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1 Samuel 23:2
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1 Samuel 23:2
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David asked the LORD, “Should I go and attack them?” “Yes, go and save Keilah,” the LORD told him.
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One day news came to David that the Philistines were at Keilah stealing grain from the threshing floors.
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David asked the LORD, “Should I go and attack them?” “Yes, go and save Keilah,” the LORD told him.
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But David’s men said, “We’re afraid even here in Judah. We certainly don’t want to go to Keilah to fight the whole Philistine army!”
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So David asked the LORD again, and again the LORD replied, “Go down to Keilah, for I will help you conquer the Philistines.”
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So David and his men went to Keilah. They slaughtered the Philistines and took all their livestock and rescued the people of Keilah.
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