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Now when Ahimelech’s son Abiathar had fled to David in Keilah, the ephod[a] had come down with him.

It was reported to Saul that David had come to Keilah, and Saul said, “The Lord has delivered[b] him into my hand because he has shut himself in by going into a town with double gates and bars.” Saul summoned for battle all his forces[c] to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 23:6 The ephod was a type of vest normally worn by the priests.
  2. 1 Samuel 23:7 So with LXX
  3. 1 Samuel 23:8 Lit. all the people