6It happened, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand.


In Context

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 inquired of Yahweh yet again. Yahweh 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.

6 It happened, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand.

7 It was told Saul that David had come to Keilah. Saul said, |God has delivered him into my hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that has gates and bars.|

8 Saul summoned all the people to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.

1 Samuel 23:6 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

23:6(Now Abiathar son of Ahimelech had brought the ephod down with him when he fled to David at Keilah.)

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:6And 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:6Now at that time, when Abiathar the son of Achimelech fled to David to Ceila, he came down having an ephod with him.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:6And 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:6And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, he came down with an ephod in his hand.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:6And 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:6And 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:6And it cometh to pass, in the fleeing of Abiathar son of Ahimelech unto David, to Keilah, an ephod came down in his hand.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:6And 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.