^{4 Ref} Then David put the question to the Lord again, and the Lord answering said, Up! go down to Keilah; for I will give the Philistines into your hands.

⁵ So David and his men went to Keilah, and had a fight with the Philistines, and took away their cattle, and put them to the sword with great destruction. So David was the saviour of the people of Keilah.

^{6 Ref} Now when Abiathar, the son of Ahimelech, went in flight to David, he came down to Keilah with the ephod in his hand.

^{7 Ref} And news was given to Saul that David had come to Keilah. And Saul said, Now God has given him into my hands; for by going into a walled town with locked doors, he has let himself be shut in.

⁸ And Saul sent for all the people to come to the fight, and go down to Keilah to make an attack on David and his men.

^{9 Ref} And it was clear to David that Saul had evil designs against him, and he said to Abiathar the priest, Come here with the ephod.

^{10 Ref} Then David said, O Lord, the God of Israel, news has been given to your servant that it is Saul's purpose to come to Keilah and send destruction on the town because of me.

^{11 Ref} And now, is it true, as they have said to me, that Saul is coming? O Lord, the God of Israel, give ear to your servant, and say if these things are so. And the Lord said, He is coming down.

^{12 Ref} Then David said, Will the men of Keilah give me and my men up to Saul? and the Lord said, They will give you up.