1 Samuel 23:5

WEB

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.

KJV

So David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and smote them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.

Commentary

So David and his men went to Keilah,.... Animated by a commission from God, and a promise of success by him: and fought with the Philistines; encamped before Keilah: and brought away their cattle; which they had brought with them for the support of their army; or having routed them, they pursued them into their own country, and brought off their cattle from thence: and smote them with a great slaughter; killed great numbers of them, and put the rest to flight: so David saved the inhabitants of Keilah; from falling into the hands of the Philistines, by timely raising the siege of the city.