rotherham - 1Samuel:23:1-6

rotherham@1Samuel:23:1 @ Then told they David, saying, Lo! the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and they are plundering the threshing-floors.

rotherham@1Samuel:23:2 @ So David enquired of Yahweh, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And Yahweh said unto David Go, and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah.

rotherham@1Samuel:23:3 @ But the men of David said unto him, Lo! we, here, in Judah, are afraid, how much more, then, if we go to Keilah, against the ranks of the Philistines?

rotherham@1Samuel:23:4 @ So David yet again enquired if Yahweh, and Yahweh answered him, and said Arise, go down to Keilah, for I am about to deliver the Philistines into thy hand.

rotherham@1Samuel:23:5 @ David therefore went, with his men, to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and drave forth their cattle, and smote them, with a great smiting, so David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.

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