1 Samuel 23:1; 1 Samuel 23:2; 1 Samuel 23:3; 1 Samuel 23:4; 1 Samuel 23:5; 1 Samuel 23:6; 1 Samuel 23:7; 1 Samuel 23:8; 1 Samuel 23:10; 1 Samuel 23:11; 1 Samuel 23:12; 1 Samuel 23:13

1 Samuel 23:1

1 Then they told David, saying, "Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah and are plundering the threshing floors."

1 Samuel 23:2

2 So David inquired of the LORD , saying, "Shall I go and attack these Philistines?" And the LORD said to David, "Go and attack the Philistines and deliver Keilah."

1 Samuel 23:3

3 But David's men said to him, "Behold, we are afraid here in Judah. How much more then if we go to Keilah against the ranks of the Philistines?"

1 Samuel 23:4

4 Then David inquired of the LORD once more . And the LORD answered him and said, "Arise, go down to Keilah, for I will give the Philistines into your hand.

1 Samuel 23:5

5 So David and his men went to Keilah and fought with the Philistines; and he led away their livestock and struck them with a great slaughter. Thus David delivered the inhabitants of Keilah.

1 Samuel 23:6

6 Now it came about, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David at Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand.

1 Samuel 23:7

7 When it was told Saul that David had come to Keilah, Saul said, "God has delivered him into my hand, for he shut himself in by entering a city with double gates and bars."

1 Samuel 23:8

8 So Saul summoned all the people for war, to go down to Keilah to besiege David and his men.

1 Samuel 23:10

10 Then David said, "O LORD God of Israel, Your servant has heard for certain that Saul is seeking to come to Keilah to destroy the city on my account.

1 Samuel 23:11

11 "Will the men of Keilah surrender me into his hand? Will Saul come down just as Your servant has heard? O LORD God of Israel, I pray, tell Your servant." And the LORD said, "He will come down."

1 Samuel 23:12

12 Then David said, "Will the men of Keilah surrender me and my men into the hand of Saul?" And the LORD said, "They will surrender you."

1 Samuel 23:13

13 Then David and his men, about six hundred, arose and departed from Keilah, and they went wherever they could go. When it was told Saul that David had escaped from Keilah, he gave up the pursuit.