1 Samuel 17:53

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When the Israelites returned from their hot pursuit of the Philistines, they looted their camp.

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  • 2 Kgs 7:7-9 : 7 So they got up and fled at dusk, leaving behind their tents, horses, and donkeys. They left the camp as it was and ran for their lives. 8 When the men with a skin disease reached the edge of the camp, they entered a tent and had a meal. They also took some silver, gold, and clothes and went and hid it all. Then they went back and entered another tent. They looted it and went and hid what they had taken. 9 Then they said to one another,“It’s not right what we’re doing! This is a day to celebrate, but we haven’t told anyone. If we wait until dawn, we’ll be punished. So come on, let’s go and inform the royal palace.” 10 So they went and called out to the gatekeepers of the city. They told them,“We entered the Syrian camp and there was no one there. We didn’t even hear a man’s voice. But the horses and donkeys are still tied up, and the tents remain up.” 11 The gatekeepers relayed the news to the royal palace. 12 The king got up in the night and said to his advisers,“I will tell you what the Syrians have done to us. They know we are starving, so they left the camp and hid in the field, thinking,‘When they come out of the city, we will capture them alive and enter the city.’” 13 One of his advisers replied,“Pick some men and have them take five of the horses that are left in the city.(Even if they are killed, their fate will be no different than that of all the Israelite people– we’re all going to die!) Let’s send them out so we can know for sure what’s going on.” 14 So they picked two horsemen and the king sent them out to track the Syrian army. He ordered them,“Go and find out what’s going on.” 15 So they tracked them as far as the Jordan. The road was filled with clothes and equipment that the Syrians had discarded in their haste. The scouts went back and told the king. 16 Then the people went out and looted the Syrian camp. A seah of finely milled flour sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley for a shekel, just as in the LORD’s message.
  • Jer 4:20 : 20 I see one destruction after another taking place, so that the whole land lies in ruins. I see our tents suddenly destroyed, their curtains torn down in a mere instant.
  • Jer 30:16 : 16 But all who destroyed you will be destroyed. All your enemies will go into exile. Those who plundered you will be plundered. I will cause those who pillaged you to be pillaged.

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  • 1 Sam 17:51-52
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    79%

    51David ran and stood over the Philistine. He grabbed Goliath’s sword, drew it from its sheath, killed him, and cut off his head with it. When the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they ran away.

    52Then the men of Israel and Judah charged forward, shouting a battle cry. They chased the Philistines to the valley and to the very gates of Ekron. The Philistine corpses lay fallen along the Shaaraim road to Gath and Ekron.

  • 1 Sam 17:54
    77%

    54David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem, and he put Goliath’s weapons in his tent.

  • 1 Sam 13:17
    74%

    17Raiding bands went out from the camp of the Philistines in three groups. One band turned toward the road leading to Ophrah by the land of Shual;

  • 2 Chr 14:15
    73%

    15They also attacked the tents of the herdsmen in charge of the livestock. They carried off many sheep and camels and then returned to Jerusalem.

  • 1 Sam 7:13-14
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    13So the Philistines were defeated; they did not invade Israel again. The hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.

    14The cities that the Philistines had captured from Israel were returned to Israel, from Ekron to Gath. Israel also delivered their territory from the control of the Philistines. There was also peace between Israel and the Amorites.

  • 1 Sam 7:7
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    7When the Philistines heard that the Israelites had gathered at Mizpah, the leaders of the Philistines went up against Israel. When the Israelites heard about this, they were afraid of the Philistines.

  • 1 Sam 17:21
    72%

    21Israel and the Philistines drew up their battle lines opposite one another.

  • 1 Sam 7:11
    72%

    11Then the men of Israel left Mizpah and chased the Philistines, striking them down all the way to an area below Beth Car.

  • 1 Sam 30:19-20
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    72%

    19There was nothing missing, whether small or great. He retrieved sons and daughters, the plunder, and everything else they had taken. David brought everything back.

    20David took all the flocks and herds and drove them in front of the rest of the animals. People were saying,“This is David’s plunder!”

  • 1 Sam 30:16
    72%

    16So he took David down, and they found them spread out over the land. They were eating and drinking and enjoying themselves because of all the loot they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from the land of Judah.

  • 1 Sam 17:57
    72%

    57So when David returned from striking down the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul. He still had the head of the Philistine in his hand.

  • 1 Chr 14:13
    72%

    13The Philistines again raided the valley.

  • 1 Sam 31:7
    72%

    7When the men of Israel who were in the valley and across the Jordan saw that the men of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned the cities and fled. The Philistines came and occupied them.

  • 2 Sam 23:10
    71%

    10he stood his ground and fought the Philistines until his hand grew so tired that it seemed stuck to his sword. The LORD gave a great victory on that day. When the army returned to him, the only thing left to do was to plunder the corpses.

  • 1 Sam 14:48
    71%

    48He fought bravely, striking down the Amalekites and delivering Israel from the hand of its enemies.

  • 1 Sam 14:21-22
    2 verses
    71%

    21The Hebrews who had earlier gone over to the Philistine side joined the Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan.

    22When all the Israelites who had hidden themselves in the hill country of Ephraim heard that the Philistines had fled, they too pursued them in battle.

  • 1 Sam 14:46
    71%

    46Then Saul stopped chasing the Philistines, and the Philistines went back home.

  • Num 31:9
    71%

    9The Israelites took the women of Midian captive along with their little ones, and took all their herds, all their flocks, and all their goods as plunder.

  • 1 Sam 6:16
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    16The five leaders of the Philistines watched what was happening and then returned to Ekron on the same day.

  • Judg 20:42
    71%

    42They retreated before the Israelites, taking the road to the wilderness. But the battle overtook them as men from the surrounding cities struck them down.

  • 1 Chr 10:7
    71%

    7When all the Israelites who were in the valley saw that the army had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned their cities and fled. The Philistines came and occupied them.

  • Num 31:11
    71%

    11They took all the plunder and all the spoils, both people and animals.

  • 1 Chr 10:1
    70%

    1Saul’s Death Now the Philistines fought against Israel. The Israelites fled before the Philistines and many of them fell dead on Mount Gilboa.

  • 1 Sam 29:1
    70%

    1David Is Rejected by the Philistine Leaders The Philistines assembled all their troops at Aphek, while Israel camped at the spring that is in Jezreel.

  • 1 Chr 10:9
    70%

    9They stripped his corpse, and then carried off his head and his armor. They sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines proclaiming the news to their idols and their people.

  • 1 Sam 4:10
    70%

    10So the Philistines fought. Israel was defeated; they all ran home. The slaughter was very great; thirty thousand foot soldiers from Israel fell in battle.

  • 1 Sam 23:1
    70%

    1David Delivers the City of Keilah They told David,“The Philistines are fighting in Keilah and are looting the threshing floors.”

  • Josh 10:43
    70%

    43Then Joshua and all Israel returned to the camp at Gilgal.

  • 1 Sam 27:9
    70%

    9When David would attack a district, he would leave neither man nor woman alive. He would take sheep, cattle, donkeys, camels, and clothing and would then go back to Achish.

  • 1 Sam 19:8
    70%

    8Now once again there was war. So David went out to fight the Philistines. He defeated them thoroughly and they ran away from him.

  • 1 Sam 31:1
    70%

    1The Death of Saul Now the Philistines were fighting against Israel. The men of Israel fled from the Philistines and many of them fell dead on Mount Gilboa.

  • Judg 13:1
    70%

    1Samson’s Birth The Israelites again did evil in the LORD’s sight, so the LORD handed them over to the Philistines for forty years.

  • 1 Chr 14:16
    70%

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

  • Josh 10:15
    70%

    15Then Joshua and all Israel returned to the camp at Gilgal.

  • 1 Chr 14:9
    70%

    9Now the Philistines had come and raided the Valley of Rephaim.

  • 1 Sam 17:19
    70%

    19They are with Saul and the whole Israelite army in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.”

  • 1 Chr 11:14
    70%

    14but then they made a stand in the middle of that area. They defended it and defeated the Philistines; the LORD gave them a great victory.

  • 1 Sam 4:3
    70%

    3When the army came back to the camp, the elders of Israel said,“Why did the LORD let us be defeated today by the Philistines? Let’s take with us the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Shiloh. When it is with us, it will save us from the hand of our enemies.”

  • 1 Sam 17:1
    70%

    1David Kills Goliath The Philistines gathered their troops for battle. They assembled at Socoh in Judah. They camped in Ephes Dammim, between Socoh and Azekah.

  • 2 Chr 28:8
    69%

    8The Israelites seized from their brothers 200,000 wives, sons, and daughters. They also carried off a huge amount of plunder and took it back to Samaria.