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.

¶ So David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and smote them with a great slaughter: thus David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.

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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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