1 Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshing floors.
2 Therefore David inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go and strike these Philistines? And the LORD said unto David,
3 And David's men said unto him, Behold, we are afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we come to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?
4 Then David inquired of the LORD yet again. And the LORD answered him and said,
5 So David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and struck them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.
6 And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand.