1 Samuel 19:8

When war broke out again, David went out and fought the Philistines and struck them with such a mighty blow that they fled before him.

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

7So Jonathan summoned David and told him all these things. Then Jonathan brought David to Saul to serve him as he had before.

9But as Saul was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand, a spirit of distress from the LORD came upon him. While David was playing the harp,

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Cross References

1 Samuel 18:30Every time the Philistine commanders came out for battle, David was more successful than all of Saul’s officers, so that his name was highly esteemed.

1 Kings 20:21Then the king of Israel marched out and attacked the horses and chariots, inflicting a great slaughter on the Arameans.

Psalms 27:3Though an army encamps around me, my heart will not fear; though a war breaks out against me, I will keep my trust.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 19:2-8

Saul's Jealousy of David; Jonathan's Intercession for David. ( b. c. 1058.) 1 And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David. 2 But Jonathan Saul's son delighted much in David: and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide thyself: 3 And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where thou art, and I will commune with my father of… Read the whole commentary →

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