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Selected Verse: 1 Samuel 23:6 - Strong Concordance

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1Sa 23:6 Strong Concordance And it came to pass, when Abiathar [054] the son [01121] of Ahimelech [0288] fled [01272] to David [01732] to Keilah [07084], that he came down [03381] with an ephod [0646] in his hand [03027].
  King James 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.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
an ephod--in which was the Urim and Thummim (Exo 28:30). It had, probably, been committed to his care, while Ahimelech and the other priests repaired to Gibeah, in obedience to the summons of Saul.
 
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30 And thou shalt put [05414] in the breastplate [02833] of judgment [04941] the Urim [0224] and the Thummim [08550]; and they shall be upon Aaron's [0175] heart [03820], when he goeth [0935] in before [06440] the LORD [03068]: and Aaron [0175] shall bear [05375] the judgment [04941] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478] upon his heart [03820] before [06440] the LORD [03068] continually [08548].
1 Then they told [05046] David [01732], saying [0559], Behold, the Philistines [06430] fight [03898] against Keilah [07084], and they rob [08154] the threshingfloors [01637].