1 Samuel 23:2–9

²David asked the Lord, “Should I go and attack these Philistines?” 

“Go,” the Lord told David, “attack the Philistines, and save Keilah.” 

³David’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?” 

⁴David asked the Lord again, and the Lord answered him. He said, “Go to Keilah. I’m giving you the power to defeat the Philistines.” 

⁵David 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. 

⁶When Ahimelech’s son Abiathar fled to David at Keilah, Abiathar brought a priestly ephod^bwith him. 

⁷When 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.” ⁸So Saul called together all the troops to go to war and blockade Keilah, where David and his men were. 

⁹When David learned that Saul was planning to harm him, he told the priest Abiathar, “Bring the ephod.”