2 Samuel 23:14

World English Bible (2000)

David was then in the stronghold; and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem.

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  • 1 Sam 22:4-5 : 4 He brought them before the king of Moab; and they lived with him all the while that David was in the stronghold. 5 The prophet Gad said to David, "Don't stay in the stronghold. Depart, and go into the land of Judah." Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hereth.
  • 1 Sam 24:22 : 22 David swore to Saul. Saul went home; but David and his men went up to the stronghold.
  • 1 Chr 12:16 : 16 There came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the stronghold to David.
  • 1 Sam 10:5 : 5 "After that you shall come to the hill of God, where is the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall happen, when you have come there to the city, that you shall meet a band of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tambourine, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they will be prophesying:
  • 1 Sam 13:4 : 4 All Israel heard that Saul had struck the garrison of the Philistines, and also that Israel was had in abomination with the Philistines. The people were gathered together after Saul to Gilgal.
  • 1 Sam 13:23-14:1 : 23 The garrison of the Philistines went out to the pass of Michmash. 1 Now it fell on a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said to the young man who bore his armor, "Come, and let us go over to the Philistines' garrison, that is on the other side." But he didn't tell his father.
  • 1 Sam 14:6 : 6 Jonathan said to the young man who bore his armor, "Come, and let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised. It may be that Yahweh will work for us; for there is no restraint on Yahweh to save by many or by few."
  • 1 Sam 22:1 : 1 David therefore departed there, and escaped to the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and all his father's house heard it, they went down there to him.

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  • 95%

    15 Three of the thirty chief men went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the army of the Philistines were encamped in the valley of Rephaim.

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

    17 David longed, and said, "Oh that one would give me water to drink of the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!"

    18 The three broke through the army 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: but David would not drink of it, but poured it out to Yahweh,

  • 80%

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

    16 The three mighty men broke through the army 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: but he would not drink of it, but poured it out to Yahweh.

  • 13 Three of the thirty chief men went down, and came to David in the harvest time to the cave of Adullam; and the troop of the Philistines was encamped in the valley of Rephaim.

  • 76%

    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 23:1-5
    5 verses
    75%

    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."

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

    4 Then David inquired of Yahweh yet again. Yahweh answered him, and said, "Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into your hand."

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

  • 29 David went up from there, and lived in the strongholds of En Gedi.

  • 23 The garrison of the Philistines went out to the pass of Michmash.

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

  • 73%

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

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

  • 1 Chr 14:8-9
    2 verses
    72%

    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.

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

  • 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 David therefore departed there, and escaped to the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and all his father's house heard it, they went down there to him.

  • 72%

    14 David stayed in the wilderness in the strongholds, and remained in the hill country in the wilderness of Ziph. Saul sought him every day, but God didn't deliver him into his hand.

    15 David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life. David was in the wilderness of Ziph in the wood.

  • 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 After this it happened, that David struck the Philistines, and subdued them, and took Gath and its towns out of the hand of the Philistines.

  • 1 It happened, when Saul was returned from following the Philistines, that it was told him, saying, "Behold, David is in the wilderness of En Gedi."

  • 4 He brought them before the king of Moab; and they lived with him all the while that David was in the stronghold.

  • 9 David lived in the stronghold, and called it the city of David. David built around from Millo and inward.

  • 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;

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

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

  • 19 Then the Ziphites came up to Saul to Gibeah, saying, "Doesn't David hide himself with us in the strongholds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of the desert?

  • 1 Sam 29:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1 Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek: and the Israelites encamped by the spring which is in Jezreel.

    2 The lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by thousands; and David and his men passed on in the rear with Achish.

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

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    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.

  • 16 There came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the stronghold to David.

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

  • 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.

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

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

  • 1 Sam 23:7-8
    2 verses
    70%

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

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

  • 12 Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem Judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man was an old man in the days of Saul, stricken [in years] among men.

  • 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.