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1 Samuel 23:1
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David Saves the City of Keilah

1 Then they told David, saying, “Look, the Philistines are fighting against aKeilah, and they are robbing the threshing floors.”  
2 Therefore David ainquired of the Lord, saying, “Shall I go and1 attack these Philistines?” And the Lord said to David, “Go and attack the Philistines, and save Keilah.”  
3 But David’s men said to him, “Look, we are afraid here in Judah. How much more then if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?”
4 Then David inquired of the Lord once again. And the Lord answered him and said, “Arise, go down to Keilah. For I will deliver the Philistines into your hand.”
5 And David and his men went to Keilah and afought with the Philistines, struck them with a mighty blow, and took away their livestock. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.  
6 Now it happened, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech afled to David at Keilah, that he went down with an ephod in his hand.  
7 And Saul was told that David had gone to Keilah. So Saul said, “God has delivered him into my hand, for he has shut himself in by entering a town that has gates and bars.”
8 Then Saul called all the people together for war, to go down to Keilah to besiege David and his men.
Verse Comparison: 1 Samuel 23:1

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American Standard Version
And they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and are robbing the threshing-floors.

Amplified® Bible
THEN THEY told David, Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah and are robbing the threshing floors.

Contemporary English Version
One day some people told David, "The Philistines keep attacking the town of Keilah and stealing grain from the threshing place."

Darby English Version
And they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshing-floors.

Good News Bible
David heard that the Philistines were attacking the town of Keilah and were stealing the newly harvested grain.

King James Version
Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshingfloors.

New American Standard Bible
Then they told David, saying, "Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah and are plundering the threshing floors."

New International Version
When David was told, "Look, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah and are looting the threshing floors,"

New King James Version
Then they told David, saying, “Look, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and they are robbing the threshing floors.”

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then they told David, saying, "Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah and plunder the threshing floors."

Revised Standard Version
Now they told David, "Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Kei'lah, and are robbing the threshing floors."

Young's Literal Translation
And they declare to David, saying, `Lo, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and they are spoiling the threshing-floors.'

New English Translation
They told David, “The Philistines are fighting in Keilah and are looting the threshing floors.”


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