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1 Samuel 23:6
“It happened, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand.”
Verse in context — 1 Samuel 23
Then David inquired of Yahweh yet again. Yahweh answered him, and said, "Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into your hand.
David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their livestock, and killed them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.
It happened, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand.
It was told Saul that David had come to Keilah. Saul said, "God has delivered him into my hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that has gates and bars.
Saul summoned all the people to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.
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