It happened, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand.
"Saul said, `God has given him into my hand'"  (1 Samuel 23:7).  "It is ironic that Saul would think that God had delivered David into his hand, since Samuel had declared to him emphatically that God had rejected him because of his sins  (1 Samuel 13:13-14; 15:23,26)."[8]