2 Samuel 23:12

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • 2 Sam 23:10 : 10 He arose and struck down the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand stuck to the sword: and the LORD wrought a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to plunder.
  • Ps 3:8 : 8 Salvation belongs to the LORD; your blessing is upon your people. Selah.
  • Ps 44:2 : 2 How You drove out the heathen with Your hand, and planted them; how You afflicted the peoples and cast them out.
  • Prov 21:31 : 31 The horse is prepared for 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 struck down the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand stuck to the sword: and the LORD wrought a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to plunder.

    11And after him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered into a troop, where there was a piece of ground full of lentils: 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 to battle, where there was a plot of ground full of barley; and the people fled from the Philistines.

    14But they stationed themselves in the midst of that piece of ground and defended it, and slew the Philistines; and the LORD saved them by a great deliverance.

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

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

    46This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you down and cut off your head. I will give the bodies of the Philistine army this day to the birds of the sky and 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 does not save with sword and spear, for the battle is the LORD's, and he will give you into our hands.

    48When the Philistine arose and came near to meet David, David hurried and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine.

    49David put his hand in his bag, took a stone, slung it, and struck the Philistine in the forehead, and the stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the earth.

    50Thus David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone and struck the Philistine, and killed him. There was no sword in David's hand.

    51David ran and stood over the Philistine, took his sword, drew it out of its sheath, and killed him, and cut off his head with it. When the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled.

    52The men of Israel and Judah arose, shouted, and pursued the Philistines as far as the entrance to the valley and to the gates of Ekron. The wounded of the Philistines fell along the way to Shaaraim, even to Gath and Ekron.

  • 1 Sam 17:1-3
    3 verses
    75%

    1Now the Philistines gathered their armies for battle, and assembled at Socoh, which belongs to Judah, and camped between Socoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim.

    2And Saul and the men of Israel gathered and camped by the Valley of Elah, setting the battle in array against the Philistines.

    3The Philistines stood on a mountain on one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side, with a valley between them.

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

    25The men of Israel said, Have you seen this man that has come up? Surely he has come up to defy Israel. The king will enrich the man who kills him with great riches, will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel.

    26David spoke to the men standing by him, asking, What shall be done for the man who kills this Philistine and takes 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 inquired of the LORD yet again. And the LORD answered him and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into your hand.

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

  • 1 Sam 23:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they are robbing the threshing floors.

    2Therefore David inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go and strike these Philistines? And the LORD said to David, Go and strike 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.

    20David rose early in the morning, left the sheep with a keeper, took the provisions, and went as Jesse had commanded him; he came to the camp as the army was going out to the fight and shouting for battle.

  • 1 Sam 19:8
    73%

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

  • 1 Chr 14:16
    73%

    16David therefore did as God commanded him, and they struck down the Philistine army from Gibeon to Gezer.

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

    35I went after it, struck it, and rescued the lamb from its mouth. When it rose against me, I caught it by its beard, struck it, and killed it.

    36Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear, and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, because he has defied the armies of the living God.

    37David said moreover, The LORD who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine. Saul said to David, Go, and the LORD be with you.

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

    40He took his staff in his hand, chose five smooth stones from the brook, put them in the shepherd's bag, in the pouch he had, and with his sling in his hand, approached the Philistine.

    41The Philistine came closer and closer to David, and the man who carried his shield went in front of him.

  • 1 Sam 17:8-9
    2 verses
    72%

    8He stood and cried to the armies of Israel and said to them, Why have you come out to set your battle in array? Am I not a Philistine, and you the servants of Saul? Choose a man for yourselves and let him come down to me.

    9If he is able to fight with me and kill me, then we will be your servants. But if I prevail against him and kill him, then you will be our servants and serve us.

  • 2 Sam 5:25
    72%

    25And David did so, as the LORD had commanded him, and struck the Philistines from Geba until you come to Gezer.

  • 1 Sam 17:23
    72%

    23As he talked with them, behold, the champion, the Philistine of Gath named Goliath came from the ranks of the Philistines and spoke the same words as before, and David heard them.

  • 2 Sam 23:13
    71%

    13And three of the thirty chief men went down and came to David in the harvest time into the cave of Adullam while the troop of the Philistines was encamped in the valley of Rephaim.

  • 2 Sam 21:17
    71%

    17But Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, came to his aid and struck the Philistine and killed him. Then David's men swore to him, saying, You shall no more go out with us to battle, lest you quench the lamp of Israel.

  • 1 Sam 19:5
    71%

    5For he put his life in his hand, and killed the Philistine, and the LORD worked a great salvation for all Israel; you saw it, and rejoiced; why then will you 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.

    10David inquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will you deliver them into my hand? And the LORD said to him, Go up; for I will deliver them into your hand.

  • 1 Chr 14:13
    70%

    13And the Philistines once again spread themselves out in the valley.

  • 1 Sam 26:13
    70%

    13Then David went over to the other side and stood on the top of a hill a great distance away, a large space being between them.

  • 1 Sam 14:23
    70%

    23So the LORD saved Israel that day, and the battle passed beyond Beth Aven.

  • Judg 15:9
    70%

    9The Philistines went up and camped in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.

  • 2 Sam 3:18
    70%

    18Now then do it, for the LORD has 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
    70%

    31And after him came Shamgar the son of Anath, who killed six hundred men of the Philistines with an ox goad: and he also delivered Israel.

  • 2 Sam 5:19
    70%

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

  • 1 Sam 17:54
    70%

    54David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem, but he put the Philistine's armor in his tent.

  • 1 Sam 22:10
    70%

    10And he enquired of the LORD for him, and gave him food, 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, killed the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear's staff was like a weaver's beam.

  • 1 Chr 20:7
    70%

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