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1 Samuel 23:5-7
Lexham English Bible

5 So David and his men went to Keilah and fought with the Philistines. They drove off their livestock and dealt them a heavy blow.[a] So David saved[b] the inhabitants of Keilah.

David Flees from Saul at Keilah

6 Now when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled[c] to David at Keilah, he went down with an ephod in his hand. 7 When it was told to Saul that David had gone to Keilah, Saul said, “God has given him[d] into my hand, because he has shut himself in by going into a city with two barred gates.[e]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 23:5 Literally “he struck them with a great smiting”
  2. 1 Samuel 23:5 Or “delivered” or “rescued”
  3. 1 Samuel 23:6 Literally “And it happened that at the fleeing of Abiathar son of Ahimelech”
  4. 1 Samuel 23:7 Literally “has made him a stranger”
  5. 1 Samuel 23:7 Literally “two gates and a bar”
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