1 Samuel 17:19

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.

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  • 1 Sam 17:1-3
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    91%

    1 Now the Philistines got their armies together for war, and came together at Socoh in the land of Judah, and took up their position between Socoh and Azekah in Ephes-dammim.

    2 And Saul and the men of Israel came together and took up their position in the valley of Elah, and put their forces in order against the Philistines.

    3 The Philistines were stationed on the mountain on one side and Israel on the mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.

  • 1 Sam 17:20-21
    2 verses
    82%

    20 And David got up early in the morning, and, giving the sheep into the care of a keeper, took the things and went as Jesse had said; and he came to the lines where the carts were, when the army was going out to the fight giving their war-cry.

    21 And Israel and the Philistines had put their forces in position, army against army.

  • 1 Sam 17:8-11
    4 verses
    81%

    8 He took up his position and in a loud voice said to the armies of Israel, Why have you come out to make war? Am I not a Philistine and you servants of Saul? Send out a man for yourselves and let him come down to me.

    9 If he is able to have a fight with me and overcome me, then we will be your servants: but if I am able to overcome him, then you will be our servants and do work for us.

    10 And the Philistine said, I have put to shame the armies of Israel this day; give me a man so that we may have a fight together.

    11 And Saul and all Israel, hearing those words of the Philistine, were troubled and full of fear.

  • 1 Sam 31:1
    80%

    1 Now the Philistines were fighting against Israel: and the men of Israel went in flight before the Philistines, falling down wounded in Mount Gilboa.

  • 1 Chr 10:1
    79%

    1 Now the Philistines were fighting against Israel; and the men of Israel went in flight before the Philistines, falling down wounded in Mount Gilboa.

  • 1 Sam 17:50-52
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    50 So David overcame the Philistine with his leather band and a stone, wounding the Philistine and causing his death: but David had no sword in his hand.

    51 So running up to the Philistine and putting his foot on him, David took his sword out of its cover, and put him to death, cutting off his head with it. And when the Philistines saw that their fighter was dead, they went in flight.

    52 And the men of Israel and of Judah got up, and gave a cry, and went after the Philistines as far as Gath and the town doors of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines were falling down by the road from Shaaraim all the way to Gath and Ekron.

  • 1 Sam 17:41
    78%

    41 And the Philistine came nearer to David; and the man who had his body-cover went before him.

  • 1 Sam 17:23-26
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    23 And while he was talking to them, the fighter, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, came out from the Philistines' lines and said the same words, in David's hearing.

    24 And all the men of Israel, when they saw him, went in flight, overcome with fear.

    25 And the men of Israel said, Have you seen this man? Clearly he has come out to put shame on Israel: and it is certain that if any man overcomes him, the king will give that man great wealth, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's family free in Israel.

    26 And David said to the men near him, What will be done to the man who overcomes this Philistine and takes away the shame from Israel? for who is this Philistine, a man without circumcision, that he has put shame on the armies of the living God?

  • 1 Sam 17:37
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    37 And David said, The Lord, who kept me safe from the grip of the lion and the bear, will be my saviour from the hands of this Philistine. And Saul said to David, Go! and may the Lord be with you.

  • 1 Sam 17:31-34
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    78%

    31 And, hearing what David said, they gave Saul word of it: and he sent for him.

    32 And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart become feeble because of him; I, your servant, will go out and have a fight with this Philistine.

    33 And Saul said to David, You are not able to go out against this Philistine and have a fight with him: for you are only a boy, and he has been a man of war from his earliest days.

    34 And David said to Saul, Your servant has been keeper of his father's sheep; and if a lion or a bear came and took a lamb from the flock,

  • 1 Sam 14:20-22
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    20 And Saul and all the people with him came together and went forward to the fight: and every man's sword was turned against the man at his side, and there was a very great noise.

    21 Then the Hebrews who had been with the Philistines for some time, and had gone up with them to their tents, turning round were joined to those who were with Saul and Jonathan.

    22 And all the men of Israel who had taken cover in the hill-country of Ephraim, hearing that the Philistines had been put to flight, went after them, attacking them.

  • 1 Chr 14:8-9
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    77%

    8 And when the Philistines had news that David had been made king over all Israel, they went up in search of David, and David, hearing of it, went out against them.

    9 Now the Philistines had come, and had gone out in every direction in the valley of Rephaim.

  • 1 Sam 19:8
    77%

    8 And there was war again: and David went out fighting the Philistines, causing great destruction among them; and they went in flight before him.

  • 1 Sam 14:52
    76%

    52 All through the life of Saul there was bitter war against the Philistines; and whenever Saul saw any strong man or any good fighting man, he kept him near himself.

  • 1 Sam 17:47-48
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    76%

    47 And all these people who are here today may see that the Lord does not give salvation by sword and spear: for the fight is the Lord's, and he will give you up into our hands.

    48 Now when the Philistine made a move and came near to David, David quickly went at a run in the direction of the army, meeting the Philistine face to face.

  • 1 Sam 17:16
    76%

    16 And the Philistine came near every morning and evening for forty days.

  • 1 Sam 28:4
    76%

    4 And the Philistines came together and put their forces in position in Shunem; and Saul got all Israel together and they took up their positions in Gilboa.

  • 1 Sam 4:1
    76%

    1 Now at that time the Philistines came together to make war against Israel, and the men of Israel went out to war against the Philistines and took up their position at the side of Eben-ezer: and the Philistines put their forces in position in Aphek.

  • 1 Sam 28:1
    76%

    1 Now in those days the Philistines got their forces together to make war on Israel. And Achish said to David, Certainly you and your men are to go out with me to the fight.

  • 1 Sam 17:45
    76%

    45 Then David said to the Philistine, You come to me with a sword and a spear and a javelin: but I come to you in the name of the Lord of armies, the God of the armies of Israel on which you have put shame.

  • 2 Sam 21:15
    76%

    15 And the Philistines went to war again with Israel; and David went down with his people, and while they were at Gob they had a fight with the Philistines:

  • 1 Sam 23:1
    76%

    1 And they sent word to David, saying, The Philistines are fighting against Keilah and taking the grain from the grain-floors.

  • 1 Sam 23:8
    75%

    8 And Saul sent for all the people to come to the fight, and go down to Keilah to make an attack on David and his men.

  • 1 Sam 29:1
    75%

    1 Now the Philistines got all their army together at Aphek: and the Israelites put their forces in position by the fountain in Jezreel.

  • 1 Sam 23:5
    75%

    5 So David and his men went to Keilah, and had a fight with the Philistines, and took away their cattle, and put them to the sword with great destruction. So David was the saviour of the people of Keilah.

  • 1 Sam 13:4
    75%

    4 And all Israel had the news that Saul had made an attack on the Philistines, and that Israel was bitterly hated by the Philistines. And the people came together after Saul to Gilgal.

  • 2 Sam 5:17-18
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    17 And when the Philistines had news that David had been made king over Israel, they all went up in search of David; and David, hearing of it, went down to the strong place.

    18 And when the Philistines came, they went in every direction in the valley of Rephaim.

  • 1 Sam 23:3
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    3 And David's men said to him, Even here in Judah we are full of fear: how much more then if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?

  • 1 Chr 10:8
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    8 Now the day after, when the Philistines came to take their goods from the dead, they saw Saul and his sons dead in Mount Gilboa.

  • 1 Sam 17:57
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    57 And when David was coming back after the destruction of the Philistine, Abner took him to Saul, with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

  • 1 Chr 11:13
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    13 He was with David at Pas-dammim, where the Philistines had come together for the fight, near a bit of land full of barley; and the people went in flight before the Philistines.