jps - 1Samuel:23:1-6

jps@1Samuel:23:1 @ And they told David, saying: 'Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and they rob the threshing-floors.'

jps@1Samuel:23:2 @ Therefore David inquired of the LORD, saying: 'Shall I go and smite these Philistines?' And the LORD said unto David: 'Go, and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah.'

jps@1Samuel:23:3 @ And David's men said unto him: 'Behold, we are afraid here in Judah; how much more then if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?'

jps@1Samuel:23:4 @ Then David inquired of the LORD yet again. And the LORD answered him and said: 'Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into thy hand.'

jps@1Samuel:23:5 @ And David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and slew them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.

jps@1Samuel:23:6 @ And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand.