Therefore David asked counsel of the Lord, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And the Lord answered David, Go and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah.

And David’s men said unto him, See, we be afraid here in [a]Judah, how much more if we come to Keilah against the host of the Philistines?

Then David asked counsel of the Lord again. And the Lord answered him, and said, Arise, go down to Keilah: for I will deliver the Philistines into thine hand.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 23:3 That is, in the midst of Judah, much more when we come to the borders against our enemies.

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