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David Flees from Saul at Keilah

Now when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled[a] to David at Keilah, he went down with an ephod in his hand. When it was told to Saul that David had gone to Keilah, Saul said, “God has given him[b] into my hand, because he has shut himself in by going into a city with two barred gates.[c] Saul then summoned all of the army for the battle, to go down to Keilah to lay a siege against David and his men.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 23:6 Literally “And it happened that at the fleeing of Abiathar son of Ahimelech”
  2. 1 Samuel 23:7 Literally “has made him a stranger”
  3. 1 Samuel 23:7 Literally “two gates and a bar”