1 Samuel 23:1

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Then they reported to David, saying, "Look, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah and are looting the threshing floors."

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  • Josh 15:44 : 44 Keilah, Achzib, and Mareshah—nine cities with their villages.
  • Neh 3:17-18 : 17 Next to him, the Levites, led by Rehum son of Bani, made repairs. Beside him, Hashabiah, ruler of half the district of Keilah, carried out repairs for his district. 18 After him, their brothers, led by Bavvai son of Henadad, ruler of half the district of Keilah, made repairs.
  • Mic 6:15 : 15 You will sow but not reap; you will press olives but not use their oil; you will tread grapes but not drink the wine.
  • Judg 6:4 : 4 They camped against them and destroyed the crops of the land all the way to Gaza, leaving nothing for the Israelites to live on—not even sheep, cattle, or donkeys.
  • Judg 6:11 : 11 Then the angel of the Lord came and sat under the terebinth tree in Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite. His son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress to hide it from the Midianites.
  • Lev 26:16 : 16 I, in turn, will do this to you: I will bring sudden terror upon you, wasting diseases and fever that destroy your eyes and drain your strength. You will plant your seed in vain, for your enemies will eat it.
  • Deut 28:33 : 33 A people you don’t know will eat the fruit of your land and the result of your labor. You will be oppressed and crushed continually.
  • Deut 28:51 : 51 They will eat the offspring of your livestock and the produce of your land until you are destroyed. They will leave you no grain, new wine, or fresh oil, no calves of your herds or lambs of your flocks, until they have wiped you out.

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  • 1 Sam 23:2-5
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    2So David asked the LORD, saying, "Should I go and attack these Philistines?" The LORD answered David, "Go and attack the Philistines and save Keilah."

    3But David's men said to him, "We are afraid here in Judah. How much more if we go to Keilah to face the battle lines of the Philistines!"

    4So David inquired of the LORD again, and the LORD answered him, "Arise, go down to Keilah, for I will give the Philistines into your hand."

    5David and his men went to Keilah and fought against the Philistines. He drove their livestock away and struck them with a great blow. Thus, David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.

  • 1 Sam 23:10-13
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    10David said, "LORD, God of Israel, your servant has certainly heard that Saul intends to come to Keilah and destroy the city because of me.

    11Will the leaders of Keilah hand me over to him? Will Saul come down as your servant has heard? LORD, God of Israel, please tell your servant." And the LORD answered, "He will come down."

    12Then David said, 'Will the leaders of Keilah hand me and my men over to Saul?' The LORD replied, 'They will hand you over.'

    13So David and his men, about six hundred in number, left Keilah and moved wherever they could go. When Saul was told that David had escaped from Keilah, he stopped his pursuit.

  • 1 Sam 23:7-8
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    7Saul was informed that David had gone to Keilah, and he said, "God has delivered him into my hand, for he has trapped himself by entering a city with gates and bars."

    8So Saul summoned all the troops for battle to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.

  • 1 Chr 14:8-10
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    77%

    8When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over all Israel, they went up in full force to search for him, but David heard about it and went out to face them.

    9The Philistines came and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.

    10David inquired of God, saying, "Should I go up against the Philistines? Will you deliver them into my hand?" The LORD replied, "Go up, and I will deliver them into your hand."

  • 2 Sam 5:17-19
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    77%

    17When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed as king over Israel, they went up in full force to search for him. But David heard of it and went down to the stronghold.

    18The Philistines came and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.

    19David inquired of the LORD, saying, "Should I go up against the Philistines? Will you deliver them into my hand?" The LORD said to David, "Go up, for I will certainly deliver the Philistines into your hand."

  • 1 Sam 28:1
    77%

    1In those days, the Philistines gathered their armies to wage war against Israel, and Achish said to David, "You surely know that you and your men will go out with me in the army."

  • 1 Chr 14:13
    76%

    13Once again the Philistines raided the valley.

  • 1 Sam 17:19-21
    3 verses
    76%

    19Saul, your brothers, and the men of Israel are in the Valley of Elah, fighting against the Philistines.

    20Early in the morning, David left the flock with a keeper, loaded up, and set out as Jesse had directed. He reached the camp as the army was going out to its battle positions, shouting the war cry.

    21Israel and the Philistines were drawing up their lines, facing each other.

  • 1 Sam 17:23
    75%

    23As he was speaking with them, Goliath, the Philistine champion from Gath, stepped out from his lines and shouted his usual words, and David heard them.

  • 2 Sam 23:13-14
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    13During harvest time, three of the thirty chief men went down to David at the cave of Adullam while a band of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.

    14At that time, David was in the stronghold, and the Philistine garrison was at Bethlehem.

  • 1 Sam 17:41
    75%

    41The Philistine came closer and closer to David, with his shield bearer walking in front of him.

  • 1 Sam 23:27
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    27a messenger came to Saul, saying, 'Hurry and come, because the Philistines have raided the land.'

  • 1 Chr 14:16
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    16David did as God commanded him, and they struck down the Philistine army from Gibeon to Gezer.

  • 1 Sam 19:8
    74%

    8War broke out again. David went out to fight the Philistines and struck them with a great slaughter, causing them to flee before him.

  • 1 Sam 17:48
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    48When the Philistine arose and came forward to meet David, David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet the Philistine.

  • 2 Sam 5:22-23
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    22The Philistines came up again and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.

    23When David inquired of the LORD, He said, "Do not go straight up, but circle around behind them and attack them in front of the balsam trees.

  • 1 Sam 17:44-45
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    44Then he said to David, 'Come here, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the sky and the wild animals of the field.'

    45David replied to the Philistine, 'You come against me with a sword, spear, and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD of Hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.'

  • 2 Sam 5:25
    74%

    25So David did as the LORD commanded him, and he struck down the Philistines all the way from Geba to Gezer.

  • 1 Sam 27:1
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    1David said to himself, "One day I will perish at the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will give up looking for me throughout the territory of Israel, and I will be safe from him."

  • 2 Sam 21:15
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    15Once again, there was war between the Philistines and Israel. David went down with his men to fight the Philistines, and he became exhausted.

  • 1 Sam 24:9
    73%

    9David got up afterward, went out of the cave, and called after Saul, 'My lord the king!' When Saul looked behind him, David bowed down with his face to the ground and paid homage.

  • 2 Sam 3:18
    73%

    18Now do it! For the Lord has promised David, 'By the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel from the Philistines and from all their enemies.’'

  • 1 Sam 30:23
    73%

    23But David said, "You must not act this way, my brothers, with what the Lord has given us. He has protected us and delivered the raiding party that came against us into our hands.

  • 1 Sam 29:2
    73%

    2The Philistine rulers marched with their units of hundreds and thousands, and David and his men were marching at the rear with Achish.

  • 1 Sam 17:26
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    26David said to the men standing with him, 'What will be done for the man who strikes down this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the armies of the living God?'

  • 1 Sam 27:10
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    10When Achish asked, "Where did you raid today?" David replied, "Against the Negev of Judah, against the Negev of the Jerahmeelites, and against the Negev of the Kenites."

  • 1 Chr 11:16
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    16At that time, David was in the stronghold, and the Philistine garrison was at Bethlehem.

  • 1 Sam 24:1
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    1David went up from there and stayed in the strongholds of En-gedi.

  • 1 Sam 17:32
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    32David said to Saul, 'Let no one lose heart because of this Philistine. Your servant will go and fight him.'

  • 1 Sam 17:52
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    52The men of Israel and Judah rose up, shouted, and pursued the Philistines all the way to the entrance of the valley and to the gates of Ekron. The dead Philistines lay scattered along the road to Shaaraim, as far as Gath and Ekron.

  • 1 Chr 11:13-14
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    13He was with David at Pas Dammim, where the Philistines had gathered for battle. At a field full of barley, the troops fled from the Philistines.

    14But they took their stand in the middle of the field and defended it. They struck down the Philistines, and the LORD brought about a great victory.

  • 1 Sam 17:11
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    11When Saul and all Israel heard the words of the Philistine, they were dismayed and greatly afraid.

  • Judg 15:9
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    9The Philistines went up and camped in Judah, spreading out near Lehi.