1 Samuel 4:9

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Be brave, Philistines. Fight like men. In the past they were our slaves, so fight like men or you will become their slaves.”

Cross References

1 Corinthians 16:13

Be careful. Hold firmly to your faith. Have courage and be strong.

Judges 13:1

Again the people started doing what the Lord said was wrong. So the Lord allowed the Philistines to rule over them for 40 years.

2 Samuel 10:12

Be strong, and let us fight bravely for our people and for the cities of our God. The Lord will do what he decides is right.”

Isaiah 33:1

Look at you. You attack others when you have not been attacked. You turn against others when no one has turned against you. So when you stop your attacks, you will be attacked. When you stop turning against others, they will turn against you.

Judges 10:7

So the Lord became angry with the Israelites and allowed the Philistines and the Ammonites to defeat them.

Isaiah 14:2

Those nations will bring the Israelites back to their land. The men and women from the other nations will become slaves to Israel. In the past, those people forced the Israelites to become their slaves. But in the future the Israelites will defeat those nations, and Israel will then rule over them in the Lord’s land.

1 Samuel 4:8

We are worried. Who can save us from these powerful gods? These gods are the same ones that gave the Egyptians those diseases and terrible sicknesses.

1 Samuel 14:21

There were Hebrews who served the Philistines in the past and who stayed in the Philistine camp. But now these Hebrews joined the Israelites with Saul and Jonathan.