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1 Samuel 23:5

New Century Version

So David and his men went to Keilah and fought the Philistines and took their cattle. David killed many Philistines and saved the people of Keilah.

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You gave me strength in battle. You made my enemies bow before me.

I crushed them so they couldn’t rise up again. They fell beneath my feet.

They repay me with evil for the good I did. They lie about me because I try to do good.

When war broke out again, David went out to fight the Philistines. He defeated them, and they ran away from him.

David again asked the Lord, and the Lord answered, “Go down to Keilah. I will help you defeat the Philistines.”

(Now Abiathar son of Ahimelech had brought the holy vest with him when he came to David at Keilah.)