1. David was asked, “Did you know that the Philistines are fighting against Keilah? They are robbing the threshing floors.”
2. David asked the Lord, “Should I go and attack these Philistines?”“Go,” the Lord told David, “attack the Philistines, and save Keilah.”
3. David’s men told him, “We’re afraid of staying here in Judah. How much more ⌊afraid do you think we’ll be⌋ if we go to Keilah against the Philistine army?”
4. David asked the Lord again, and the Lord answered him. He said, “Go to Keilah. I’m giving you the power to defeat the Philistines.”
5. 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.
6. When Ahimelech’s son Abiathar fled to David at Keilah, Abiathar brought a priestly ephod with him.
7. When Saul was told that David went to Keilah, Saul said, “God 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.”