2 Samuel 21:15

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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:

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  • 2 Sam 5:17 : 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.
  • 2 Sam 5:22 : 22 And the Philistines came up again, and went in every direction in the valley of Rephaim.
  • 2 Sam 5:25 : 25 And David did as the Lord had said; and he overcame the Philistines, attacking them from Gibeon to near Gezer.
  • 1 Chr 20:4 : 4 Now after this there was war with the Philistines at Gezer; then Sibbecai the Hushathite put to death Sippai, one of the offspring of the Rephaim; and they were overcome.
  • Ps 71:9 : 9 Do not give me up when I am old; be my help even when my strength is gone.
  • Ps 71:18 : 18 Now when I am old and grey-headed, O God, give me not up; till I have made clear your strength to this generation, and your power to all those to come.
  • Ps 73:26 : 26 My flesh and my heart are wasting away: but God is the Rock of my heart and my eternal heritage.
  • Eccl 12:3 : 3 In the day when the keepers of the house are shaking for fear, and the strong men are bent down, and the women who were crushing the grain are at rest because their number is small, and those looking out of the windows are unable to see;
  • Isa 40:28-30 : 28 Have you no knowledge of it? has it not come to your ears? The eternal God, the Lord, the Maker of the ends of the earth, is never feeble or tired; there is no searching out of his wisdom. 29 He gives power to the feeble, increasing the strength of him who has no force. 30 Even the young men will become feeble and tired, and the best of them will come to the end of his strength;
  • Jer 9:23-24 : 23 This is the word of the Lord: Let not the wise man take pride in his wisdom, or the strong man in his strength, or the man of wealth in his wealth: 24 But if any man has pride, let it be in this, that he has the wisdom to have knowledge of me, that I am the Lord, working mercy, giving true decisions, and doing righteousness in the earth: for in these things I have delight, says the Lord.
  • 1 Pet 1:24-25 : 24 For it is said, All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flower of the grass. The grass becomes dry and the flower dead: 25 But the word of the Lord is eternal. And this is the word of the good news which was given to you.
  • Josh 14:10-11 : 10 And now, as you see, the Lord has kept me safe these forty-five years, from the time when the Lord said this to Moses, while Israel was wandering in the waste land: and now I am eighty-five years old. 11 And still, I am as strong today as I was when Moses sent me out: as my strength was then, so is it now, for war and for all the business of life.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Sam 19:8
    82%

    8And 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 17:19-21
    3 verses
    77%

    19Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.

    20And 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.

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

  • 1 Sam 28:1
    77%

    1Now 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 Chr 14:8-10
    3 verses
    76%

    8And 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.

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

    10And David, desiring directions from God, said, Am I to go up against the Philistines? and will you give them into my hands? And the Lord said, Go up; for I will give them into your hands.

  • 2 Sam 5:17-19
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    17And 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.

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

    19And David, desiring directions from the Lord, said, Am I to go up against the Philistines? will you give them up into my hands? And the Lord said, Go up, for I will certainly give up the Philistines into your hands.

  • 1 Chr 14:13
    76%

    13Then the Philistines again went out in every direction in the valley.

  • 1 Sam 31:1
    76%

    1Now 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
    76%

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

  • 2 Sam 21:16-17
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    75%

    16And there came against David one of the offspring of the Rephaim, whose spear was three hundred shekels of brass in weight, and having a new sword, he made an attempt to put David to death.

    17But Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, came to his help, and, turning on the Philistine, gave him his death-blow. Then David's men took an oath, and said, Never again are you to go out with us to the fight, so that you may not put out the light of Israel.

  • 1 Sam 17:48
    75%

    48Now 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.

  • 2 Sam 23:10
    74%

    10He was with David and went on fighting the Philistines till his hand became tired and stiff from gripping his sword: and that day the Lord gave a great salvation, and the people came back after him only to take the goods of the Philistines.

  • 1 Sam 17:32
    74%

    32And 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.

  • 1 Sam 17:41
    74%

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

  • 1 Sam 23:1-5
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    74%

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

    2So David, questioning the Lord, said, Am I to go and make an attack on these Philistines? And the Lord said to David, Go and make an attack on the Philistines so that Keilah may be kept from falling into their hands.

    3And 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?

    4Then David put the question to the Lord again, and the Lord answering said, Up! go down to Keilah; for I will give the Philistines into your hands.

    5So 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 Chr 14:16
    74%

    16And David did as the Lord had said; and they overcame the army of the Philistines, attacking them from Gibeon as far as Gezer.

  • 1 Sam 17:50-52
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    74%

    50So 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.

    51So 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.

    52And 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.

  • 2 Sam 5:22
    74%

    22And the Philistines came up again, and went in every direction in the valley of Rephaim.

  • 1 Sam 18:30
    73%

    30Then the rulers of the Philistines went out to war: and whenever they went out, David did more wisely than all the other servants of Saul, so that his name became greatly honoured.

  • 1 Sam 14:20-22
    3 verses
    73%

    20And 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.

    21Then 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.

    22And 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.

  • 2 Sam 3:1
    73%

    1Now there was a long war between Saul's people and David's people; and David became stronger and stronger, but those on Saul's side became more and more feeble.

  • 1 Sam 21:10
    73%

    10Then David got up and went in flight that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish, the king of Gath.

  • 1 Sam 14:52
    73%

    52All 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 17:11
    73%

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

  • 1 Sam 17:23
    73%

    23And 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.

  • 1 Sam 17:45
    72%

    45Then 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.

  • 1 Chr 11:15
    72%

    15And three of the thirty went down to David, to the rock, into the strong place of Adullam; and the army of the Philistines had taken up their position in the valley of Rephaim.

  • 1 Sam 17:2
    72%

    2And 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.

  • 1 Sam 30:21
    72%

    21And David came to the two hundred men, who because of weariness had not gone with him, but were waiting at the stream Besor: and they went out, meeting David and the people who were with him; and when they came near them, they said, How are you?

  • 1 Chr 19:17
    72%

    17And word of this was given to David; and he got all Israel together and went over Jordan and came to Helam and put his forces in position against them. And when David's forces were in position against the Aramaeans, the fight was started.

  • 1 Sam 17:37
    72%

    37And 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 Chr 20:8
    72%

    8These were of the offspring of the Rephaim in Gath; they came to their death by the hands of David and his servants.

  • 2 Sam 18:7
    72%

    7And the people of Israel were overcome there by the servants of David, and there was a great destruction that day, and twenty thousand men were put to the sword.

  • 1 Chr 18:1
    72%

    1And it came about after this that David made an attack on the Philistines and overcame them, and took Gath with its daughter-towns out of the hands of the Philistines.

  • 1 Sam 14:31
    72%

    31That day they overcame the Philistines from Michmash to Aijalon: and the people were feeble from need of food.

  • 1 Sam 29:2
    72%

    2And the lords of the Philistines went on with their hundreds and their thousands, and David and his men came after with Achish.