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David and his men went to Keilah, fought the Philistines, drove off their livestock, and decisively defeated them. So David rescued the people who lived in Keilah.

When Ahimelech’s son Abiathar fled to David at Keilah, Abiathar brought a priestly ephod[a] with him.

When Saul was told that David went to Keilah, Saul said, “Elohim has delivered him into my hands. He has trapped himself by going into a city which has a gate with a double door held shut by a bar.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 23:6 Ephod is a technical term for a part of the priest’s clothes. Its exact usage and shape are unknown.

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