1 Samuel 19:8

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The next time there was a war with the Philistines, David fought hard and forced them to retreat.

Cross References

1 Kings 20:21

but Ahab and his soldiers followed them and captured their horses and chariots. Ahab and Israel's army crushed the Syrians.

Psalm 27:3

Armies may surround me, but I won't be afraid; war may break out, but I will trust you.

1 Samuel 18:14

The LORD helped David, and he and his soldiers always won their battles.

1 Samuel 18:30

The Philistine rulers kept coming to fight Israel, but whenever David fought them, he won. He was famous because he won more battles against the Philistines than any of Saul's other officers.

1 Samuel 19:7

Jonathan called to David and told him what Saul had said. Then he brought David to Saul, and David served in Saul's army just as he had done before.

1 Samuel 19:9

One night, David was in Saul's home, playing the harp for him. Saul was sitting there, holding a spear, when an evil spirit from the LORD took control of him. Saul tried to pin David to the wall with the spear, but David dodged, and it stuck in the wall. David ran out of the house and escaped.

1 Samuel 23:5

David and his men went there and fiercely attacked the Philistines. They killed many of them, then led away their cattle, and rescued the people of Keilah.