1 Samuel 17:16

World English Bible (2000)

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

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  • Matt 4:2 : 2 When he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was hungry afterward.
  • Luke 4:2 : 2 for forty days, being tempted by the devil. He ate nothing in those days. Afterward, when they were completed, he was hungry.

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  • 1 Sam 17:40-46
    7 verses
    83%

    40 He took his staff in his hand, and chose for himself five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in the shepherd's bag which he had, even in his wallet. His sling was in his hand; and he drew near to the Philistine.

    41 The Philistine came on and drew near to David; and the man who bore the shield went before him.

    42 When the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him; for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and withal of a fair face.

    43 The Philistine said to David, "Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?" The Philistine cursed David by his gods.

    44 The Philistine said to David, "Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the sky, and to the animals of the field."

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

    46 Today, Yahweh will deliver you into my hand. I will strike you, and take your head from off you. I will give the dead bodies of the army of the Philistines this day to the birds of the sky, and to the wild animals of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel,

  • 1 Sam 17:48-52
    5 verses
    81%

    48 It happened, when the Philistine arose, and came and drew near to meet David, that David hurried, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine.

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

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

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

    52 The men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines, until you come to Gai, and to the gates of Ekron. The wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even to Gath, and to Ekron.

  • 1 Sam 17:23
    79%

    23 As he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the ranks of the Philistines, and spoke according to the same words: and David heard them.

  • 1 Sam 17:8-11
    4 verses
    79%

    8 He 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 servants to Saul? Choose a man for yourselves, and let him come down to me.

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

    10 The Philistine said, "I defy the armies of Israel this day! Give me a man, that we may fight together!"

    11 When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.

  • 1 Sam 17:1-4
    4 verses
    78%

    1 Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle; and they were gathered together at Socoh, which belongs to Judah, and encamped between Socoh and Azekah, in Ephesdammim.

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

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

    4 There went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.

  • 1 Sam 17:19-21
    3 verses
    77%

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

    20 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 place of the wagons, as the army which was going forth to the fight shouted for the battle.

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

  • 1 Sam 17:25-26
    2 verses
    76%

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

    26 David spoke to the men who stood by him, saying, "What shall be done to 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 17:36-37
    2 verses
    76%

    36 Your servant struck both the lion and the bear. This uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, since he has defied the armies of the living God."

    37 David said, "Yahweh who 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." Saul said to David, "Go; and Yahweh shall be with you."

  • 1 Sam 17:31-33
    3 verses
    74%

    31 When the words were heard which David spoke, they rehearsed them before Saul; and he sent for him.

    32 David said to Saul, "Let no man's heart fail because of him. Your servant will go and fight with this Philistine."

    33 Saul said to David, "You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for you are but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth."

  • 1 Sam 17:15
    74%

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

  • 1 Chr 14:8-9
    2 verses
    73%

    8 When 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.

    9 Now the Philistines had come and made a raid in the valley of Rephaim.

  • 1 Chr 14:13
    73%

    13 The Philistines yet again made a raid in the valley.

  • 1 Sam 28:1
    73%

    1 It happened in those days, that the Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel. Achish said to David, "Know assuredly that you shall go out with me in the army, you and your men."

  • 1 Sam 17:57
    73%

    57 As David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

  • 1 Sam 27:7
    73%

    7 The number of the days that David lived in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.

  • 2 Sam 5:17-18
    2 verses
    72%

    17 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.

    18 Now the Philistines had come and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.

  • 1 Sam 19:8
    72%

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

  • 1 Chr 14:16
    72%

    16 David did as God commanded him: and they struck the army of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gezer.

  • 1 Sam 17:54
    72%

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

  • 1 Sam 23:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1 David was told, "Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and are robbing the threshing floors."

    2 Therefore David inquired of Yahweh, saying, "Shall I go and strike these Philistines?" Yahweh said to David, "Go strike the Philistines, and save Keilah."

  • 1 Sam 29:11
    71%

    11 So David rose up early, he and his men, to depart in the morning, to return into the land of the Philistines. The Philistines went up to Jezreel.

  • 2 Sam 21:15
    71%

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

  • 2 Sam 5:22
    71%

    22 The Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.

  • 1 Sam 18:30
    71%

    30 Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it happened, as often as they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was highly esteemed.

  • 1 Sam 7:10
    71%

    10 As Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel; but Yahweh thundered with a great thunder on that day on the Philistines, and confused them; and they were struck down before Israel.