1Samuel:23:1-6
nsb@1Samuel:23:1 @ David heard that the Philistines attacked the town of Keilah. They robbed the threshing floors of the newly harvested grain.
nsb@1Samuel:23:2 @ He asked Jehovah: »Shall I go and attack the Philistines?« Jehovah answered: »Yes, Attack them and save Keilah.«
nsb@1Samuel:23:3 @ Davids men said to him: »We have enough to be afraid of here in Judah. It will be worse if we go to Keilah and attack the Philistine forces!«
nsb@1Samuel:23:4 @ David consulted Jehovah once again, and Jehovah said to him: »Go attack Keilah! I will give you victory over the Philistines.«
nsb@1Samuel:23:5 @ David and his men went to Keilah and fought the Philistines. They drove off their livestock, and overwhelmingly defeated them. So David rescued the people who lived in Keilah.
nsb@1Samuel:23:6 @ When Ahimelechs son Abiathar fled to David at Keilah, Abiathar brought a priestly ephod with him.
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