1. David was told, “Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and are robbing the threshing floors.”
2. Therefore David enquired of the Lord, saying, “Shall I go and strike these Philistines?”The Lord said to David, “Go strike the Philistines, and save Keilah.”
3. David’s men said to him, “Behold, we are afraid here in Judah. How much more then if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?”
4. Then David enquired of the Lord yet again. The Lord answered him, and said, “Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into your hand.”
5. David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their livestock, and killed them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.