1 Samuel 23:5

Good News Translation

So David and his men went to Keilah and attacked the Philistines; they killed many of them and took their livestock. And so it was that David saved the town.

Cross References

2 Samuel 22:40

You give me strength for the battle and victory over my enemies.

Psalm 18:38

I strike them down, and they cannot rise; they lie defeated before me.

Psalm 38:20

Those who pay back evil for good are against me because I try to do right.

1 Samuel 19:8

War with the Philistines broke out again. David attacked them and defeated them so thoroughly that they fled.

1 Samuel 23:4

So David consulted the Lord again, and the Lord said to him, “Go and attack Keilah, because I will give you victory over the Philistines.”

1 Samuel 23:6

When Abiathar son of Ahimelech escaped and joined David in Keilah, he took the ephod with him.