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But David’s men said to him, “Look, we are afraid here in Judah. How much more[a] if we go to Keilah to the battle lines of the Philistines?” So David again inquired of Yahweh, and Yahweh answered him and said, “Get up, go down to Keilah, for I am giving the Philistines into your hand.” So David and his men went to Keilah and fought with the Philistines. They drove off their livestock and dealt them a heavy blow.[b] So David saved[c] the inhabitants of Keilah.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 23:3 Literally “also for”
  2. 1 Samuel 23:5 Literally “he struck them with a great smiting”
  3. 1 Samuel 23:5 Or “delivered” or “rescued”