2 Samuel 23:14

KJV1611 – Modern English

And David was then in a stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem.

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  • 1 Sam 22:4-5 : 4 And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the stronghold. 5 And the prophet Gad said to David, Do not stay in the stronghold; depart, and go into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hareth.
  • 1 Sam 24:22 : 22 And David swore to Saul. And Saul went home; but David and his men went up to the stronghold.
  • 1 Chr 12:16 : 16 Then some of the children of Benjamin and Judah came to David at the stronghold.
  • 1 Sam 10:5 : 5 After that you shall come to the hill of God, where the garrison of the Philistines is: and it shall happen, when you come there to the city, that you shall meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tambourine, and a flute, and a harp, before them; and they shall prophesy:
  • 1 Sam 13:4 : 4 And all Israel heard that Saul had struck a garrison of the Philistines, and that Israel was in abomination with the Philistines. And the people were called together to Saul at Gilgal.
  • 1 Sam 13:23-14:1 : 23 And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the pass of Michmash. 1 On a certain day, Jonathan the son of Saul said to the young man who carried his armor, "Come, let us go over to the Philistines' garrison on the other side." But he did not tell his father.
  • 1 Sam 14:6 : 6 Jonathan said to the young man who carried his armor, "Come, let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised; it may be that the LORD will work for us, for there is no restraint to the LORD to save by many or by few."
  • 1 Sam 22:1 : 1 David therefore departed from there, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his brothers and all his father's house heard it, they went down there to him.

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  • 1 Chr 11:15-18
    4 verses
    95%

    15Now three of the thirty chiefs went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam, while the army of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim.

    16And David was then in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then at Bethlehem.

    17And David longed and said, Oh that someone would give me a drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!

    18And the three broke through the camp of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem that was by the gate, and brought it to David. But David would not drink it, but poured it out to the LORD,

  • 2 Sam 23:15-16
    2 verses
    80%

    15And David longed and said, Oh that one would give me a drink of the water from the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!

    16And the three mighty men broke through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: nevertheless he would not drink it, but poured it out to the LORD.

  • 2 Sam 23:13
    77%

    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 5:17-18
    2 verses
    76%

    17But when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David. And David heard of it and went down to the stronghold.

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

  • 1 Sam 23:1-5
    5 verses
    75%

    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.

    3And David's men said to him, Behold, we are afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we come to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?

    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 23:29
    75%

    29And David went up from there, and lived in strongholds at Engedi.

  • 1 Sam 13:23
    74%

    23And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the pass of Michmash.

  • 1 Chr 11:7
    74%

    7Then David lived in the stronghold; therefore, they called it the city of David.

  • 1 Sam 17:15-16
    2 verses
    73%

    15But David went back and forth from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem.

    16The Philistine drew near morning and evening and presented himself for forty days.

  • 1 Chr 14:8-9
    2 verses
    72%

    8When the Philistines heard that David was anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David. And David heard of it and went out against them.

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

  • 1 Chr 14:13
    72%

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

  • 1 Sam 28:1
    72%

    1In those days, the Philistines gathered their armies for war, to fight against Israel. And Achish said to David, Be assured, you shall go out with me to battle, you and your men.

  • 1 Sam 22:1
    72%

    1David therefore departed from there, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his brothers and all his father's house heard it, they went down there to him.

  • 1 Sam 23:14-15
    2 verses
    72%

    14And David abode in the wilderness in strongholds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand.

    15And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life; and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a forest.

  • 1 Sam 17:23
    71%

    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.

  • 1 Chr 18:1
    71%

    1Now after this, it came to pass that David struck the Philistines and subdued them, and took Gath and its towns out of the hand of the Philistines.

  • 1 Sam 24:1
    71%

    1And it came to pass, when Saul returned from following the Philistines, that it was told to him, saying, Behold, David is in the wilderness of Engedi.

  • 1 Sam 22:4
    71%

    4And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the stronghold.

  • 2 Sam 5:9
    71%

    9So David dwelt in the fort and called it the City of David, and David built all around from Millo inward.

  • 2 Sam 21:15
    71%

    15Moreover, the Philistines had war again with Israel. And David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines; and David grew faint.

  • 1 Chr 11:13
    71%

    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.

  • 1 Chr 14:16
    71%

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

  • 1 Sam 23:19
    71%

    19Then the Ziphites went up to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Does not David hide himself with us in strongholds in the forest, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon?

  • 1 Sam 29:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1Now the Philistines gathered all their armies at Aphek, and the Israelites camped by a fountain in Jezreel.

    2And the lords of the Philistines passed by hundreds and thousands, but David and his men passed in the rear with Achish.

  • 2 Sam 5:25
    71%

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

  • 1 Sam 17:19-21
    3 verses
    70%

    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.

    21Israel and the Philistines put the battle in array, army against army.

  • 1 Chr 12:16
    70%

    16Then some of the children of Benjamin and Judah came to David at the stronghold.

  • 1 Sam 24:22
    70%

    22And David swore to Saul. And Saul went home; but David and his men went up to the stronghold.

  • 1 Sam 17:3
    70%

    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 17:41
    70%

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

  • 1 Sam 23:10
    70%

    10Then David said, O LORD God of Israel, your servant has certainly heard that Saul seeks to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.

  • 1 Sam 23:7-8
    2 verses
    70%

    7And it was told Saul that David had come to Keilah. And Saul said, God has delivered him into my hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that has gates and bars.

    8And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.

  • 1 Sam 17:12
    70%

    12Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem in Judah, named Jesse, who had eight sons. Jesse was old in the days of Saul, advanced in years.

  • 1 Sam 17:48
    70%

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