David and his men went to Keilah, fought the Philistines, drove off their livestock, and decisively defeated them. So David rescued the people who lived in Keilah.
You armed me with strength for battle. You made my opponents bow at my feet.
I wounded them so badly that they were unable to get up. They fell under my feet.
They pay me back with evil instead of good, and they accuse me because I try to do what is good.
When war broke out again, David went to fight the Philistines. He defeated them so decisively that they fled from him.
David asked the Lord again, and the Lord answered him. He said, “Go to Keilah. I’m giving you the power to defeat the Philistines.”
When Ahimelech’s son Abiathar fled to David at Keilah, Abiathar brought a priestly ephod with him.