2 Samuel 23:12

Authorized King James Version (1611)

But he stood in the midst of the ground, and defended it, and slew the Philistines: and the LORD wrought a great victory.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 23:10 : 10 He arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand clave unto the sword: and the LORD wrought a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to spoil.
  • Ps 3:8 : 8 Salvation [belongeth] unto the LORD: thy blessing [is] upon thy people. Selah.
  • Ps 44:2 : 2 [How] thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; [how] thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.
  • Prov 21:31 : 31 The horse [is] prepared against the day of battle: but safety [is] of the LORD.

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  • 2 Sam 23:10-11
    2 verses
    83%

    10He arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand clave unto the sword: and the LORD wrought a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to spoil.

    11And after him [was] Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a piece of ground full of lentiles: and the people fled from the Philistines.

  • 1 Chr 11:13-14
    2 verses
    82%

    13He was with David at Pasdammim, and there the Philistines were gathered together to battle, where was a parcel of ground full of barley; and the people fled from before the Philistines.

    14And they set themselves in the midst of [that] parcel, and delivered it, and slew the Philistines; and the LORD saved [them] by a great deliverance.

  • 1 Sam 17:45-52
    8 verses
    76%

    45Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.

    46This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.

    47And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle [is] the LORD'S, and he will give you into our hands.

    48¶ And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came and drew nigh to meet David, that David hasted, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine.

    49And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang [it], and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth.

    50So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but [there was] no sword in the hand of David.

    51Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled.

    52And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines, until thou come to the valley, and to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even unto Gath, and unto Ekron.

  • 1 Sam 17:1-3
    3 verses
    75%

    1¶ Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh, which [belongeth] to Judah, and pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephesdammim.

    2And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines.

    3And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side: and [there was] a valley between them.

  • 1 Sam 17:25-26
    2 verses
    74%

    25And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, [that] the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel.

    26And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who [is] this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?

  • 1 Sam 23:4-5
    2 verses
    74%

    4Then David enquired of the LORD yet again. And the LORD answered him and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into thine hand.

    5So David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and smote them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.

  • 1 Sam 23:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1¶ Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshingfloors.

    2Therefore David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And the LORD said unto David, Go, and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah.

  • 1 Sam 17:19-20
    2 verses
    73%

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

    20And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the trench, as the host was going forth to the fight, and shouted for the battle.

  • 1 Sam 19:8
    73%

    8¶ And there was war again: and David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and slew them with a great slaughter; and they fled from him.

  • 1 Chr 14:16
    73%

    16David therefore did as God commanded him: and they smote the host of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gazer.

  • 1 Sam 17:35-37
    3 verses
    73%

    35And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered [it] out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught [him] by his beard, and smote him, and slew him.

    36Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.

    37David said moreover, The LORD that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and the LORD be with thee.

  • 1 Sam 17:40-41
    2 verses
    73%

    40¶ And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag which he had, even in a scrip; and his sling [was] in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine.

    41And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and the man that bare the shield [went] before him.

  • 1 Sam 17:8-9
    2 verses
    72%

    8And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set [your] battle in array? [am] not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me.

    9If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your servants: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve us.

  • 2 Sam 5:25
    72%

    25And David did so, as the LORD had commanded him; and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gazer.

  • 1 Sam 17:23
    72%

    23And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the Philistines, and spake according to the same words: and David heard [them].

  • 2 Sam 23:13
    71%

    13And three of the thirty chief went down, and came to David in the harvest time unto the cave of Adullam: and the troop of the Philistines pitched in the valley of Rephaim.

  • 2 Sam 21:17
    71%

    17But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the light of Israel.

  • 1 Sam 19:5
    71%

    5For he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the LORD wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou sawest [it], and didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?

  • 1 Chr 14:9-10
    2 verses
    70%

    9And the Philistines came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.

    10And David enquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? and wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD said unto him, Go up; for I will deliver them into thine hand.

  • 1 Chr 14:13
    70%

    13And the Philistines yet again spread themselves abroad in the valley.

  • 1 Sam 26:13
    70%

    13¶ Then David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of an hill afar off; a great space [being] between them:

  • 1 Sam 14:23
    70%

    23So the LORD saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over unto Bethaven.

  • Judg 15:9
    70%

    9¶ Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.

  • 2 Sam 3:18
    70%

    18Now then do [it]: for the LORD hath spoken of David, saying, By the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies.

  • Judg 3:31
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    31¶ And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox goad: and he also delivered Israel.

  • 2 Sam 5:19
    70%

    19And David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up to the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD said unto David, Go up: for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into thine hand.

  • 1 Sam 17:54
    70%

    54And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armour in his tent.

  • 1 Sam 22:10
    70%

    10And he enquired of the LORD for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.

  • 2 Sam 21:19
    70%

    19And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim, a Bethlehemite, slew [the brother of] Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear [was] like a weaver's beam.

  • 1 Chr 20:7
    70%

    7But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother slew him.