1 Samuel 23:6

New Living Translation

Now when Abiathar son of Ahimelech fled to David at Keilah, he brought the ephod with him.

Cross References

1 Kings 2:26

Then the king said to Abiathar the priest, “Go back to your home in Anathoth. You deserve to die, but I will not kill you now, because you carried the Ark of the Sovereign Lord for David my father and you shared all his hardships.”

Exodus 28:6

“The craftsmen must make the ephod of finely woven linen and skillfully embroider it with gold and with blue, purple, and scarlet thread.

1 Samuel 14:18

Then Saul shouted to Ahijah, “Bring the ephod here!” For at that time Ahijah was wearing the ephod in front of the Israelites.

1 Samuel 14:3

Among Saul’s men was Ahijah the priest, who was wearing the ephod, the priestly vest. Ahijah was the son of Ichabod’s brother Ahitub, son of Phinehas, son of Eli, the priest of the Lord who had served at Shiloh. No one realized that Jonathan had left the Israelite camp.

1 Samuel 22:20

Only Abiathar, one of the sons of Ahimelech, escaped and fled to David.

1 Samuel 23:2

David asked the Lord, “Should I go and attack them?” “Yes, go and save Keilah,” the Lord told him.

1 Samuel 23:5

So David and his men went to Keilah. They slaughtered the Philistines and took all their livestock and rescued the people of Keilah.

1 Samuel 23:7

Saul soon learned that David was at Keilah. “Good!” he exclaimed. “We’ve got him now! God has handed him over to me, for he has trapped himself in a walled town!”

1 Samuel 23:9

But David learned of Saul’s plan and told Abiathar the priest to bring the ephod and ask the Lord what he should do.

1 Samuel 30:7

Then he said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring me the ephod!” So Abiathar brought it.