1 Samuel 23:6 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

When Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, he came down with an ephod in his hand.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

When Abiathar son of Ahimelech fled to David at Keilah, he came with an ephod in his hand.

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

Now after Abiathar, Ahimelech’s son, fled to David, he had accompanied David to Keilah, bringing a priestly vest with him.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And in that time, when Abiathar, the son of Ahimelech, was in exile with David, he had descended to Keilah, having an ephod with him.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Now at that time, when Abiathar the son of Achimelech fled to David to Ceila, he came down having an ephod with him.

1 Samuel 23:6 Cross References

1 Kings 2:26

And to Abiathar the priest the king said, “Go to Anathoth, to your estate; for you deserve death. But I will not at this time put you to death, because you bore the ark of the Lord God before David my father, and because you shared in all the affliction of my father.”

Exodus 28:6

And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue and purple and scarlet stuff, and of fine twined linen, skilfully worked.

1 Samuel 14:18

And Saul said to Ahijah, “Bring hither the ark of God.” For the ark of God went at that time with the people of Israel.

1 Samuel 14:3

and Ahijah the son of Ahitub, Ichabod's brother, son of Phinehas, son of Eli, the priest of the Lord in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people did not know that Jonathan had gone.

1 Samuel 22:20

But one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped and fled after David.

1 Samuel 23:2

Therefore David inquired of the Lord, “Shall I go and attack these Philistines?” And the Lord said to David, “Go and attack the Philistines and save Keilah.”

1 Samuel 23:5

And David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and made a great slaughter among them. So David delivered the inhabitants of Keilah.

1 Samuel 23:7

Now it was told Saul that David had come to Keilah. And Saul said, “God has given him into my hand; for he has shut himself in by entering a town that has gates and bars.”

1 Samuel 23:9

David knew that Saul was plotting evil against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring the ephod here.”

1 Samuel 30:7

And David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, “Bring me the ephod.” So Abiathar brought the ephod to David.