Saul was told 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.”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
1 Samuel 23:7 in context
1 Samuel 23:4–10
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Then David inquired of the LORD yet again. The LORD answered him, and said, “Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into your hand.”
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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.
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When Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, he came down with an ephod in his hand.
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Saul was told 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.”
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Saul summoned all the people to war, to go down to Keilah to besiege David and his men.
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David knew that Saul was devising mischief against him. He said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring the ephod here.”
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Then David said, “O LORD, the God of Israel, your servant has surely heard that Saul seeks to come to Keilah to destroy the city for my sake.
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