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1 Samuel 23:6

AbiatharAhimelechDavidKeilah

4 Once again, David inquired of the LORD, and the LORD answered him: “Go at once to Keilah, for I will deliver the Philistines into your hand.”

5 Then David and his men went to Keilah, fought against the Philistines, and carried off their livestock, striking them with a mighty blow. So David saved the people of Keilah.

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

7 When Saul was told that David had gone to Keilah, he said, “God has delivered him into my hand, for he has trapped himself by entering a town with gates and bars.”

8 Then Saul summoned all his troops to go to war at Keilah and besiege David and his men.

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BSB
(Now Abiathar son of Ahimelech had brought the ephod with him when he fled to David at Keilah.)
KJV
And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand.
WEB
When Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, he came down with an ephod in his hand.
ASV
And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand.
DARBY
And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, he came down with an ephod in his hand.
BLB
(And it came to pass, when Abiathar son of Ahimelech had fled to David at Keilah, [that] an ephod came down in his hand.)
ÅB
Da Abjatar, Akimeleks sønn, flyktet til David i Ke'ila, hadde han livkjortelen med seg der ned.
OTB
Da Abjatar, sønn av Ahimelek, flyktet til David i Ke'ila, kom han ned med en efod i hånden.
B1930
Da Abjatar, Akimeleks sønn, flyktet til David i Ke'ila, hadde han livkjortelen med sig der ned.

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  • 1 Samuel 22:20

    But one of the sons of Ahimelech son of Ahitub escaped. His name was Abiathar, and he fled to David.

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  • 1 Samuel 14:3

    including Ahijah, who was wearing an ephod. He was the son of Ichabod’s brother Ahitub son of Phinehas, the son of Eli the priest of the LORD in Shiloh. But the troops did not know that Jonathan had left.

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  • 1 Samuel 14:18

    Then Saul said to Ahijah, “Bring the ark of God.” (For at that time it was with the Israelites.)

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  • Exodus 28:30–31

    And place the Urim and Thummim in the breastpiece of judgment, so that they will also be over Aaron’s heart whenever he comes before the LORD. Aaron will continually carry the judgment of the sons of Israel over his heart before the LORD.

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  • 1 Samuel 14:36–37

    And Saul said, “Let us go down after the Philistines by night and plunder them until dawn, leaving no man alive!” “Do what seems good to you,” the troops replied. But the priest said, “We must consult God here.”

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