1 Samuel 4:9

New American Bible - revised edition

Take courage and act like soldiers, Philistines; otherwise you will become slaves to the Hebrews, as they were your slaves. Fight like soldiers!”

Cross References

2 Samuel 10:12

Hold firm and let us show ourselves courageous for the sake of our people and the cities of our God; and may the Lord do what is good in his sight.”

Isaiah 14:2

The nations will take them and bring them to their place, and the house of Israel will possess them as male and female slaves on the Lord’s land; they will take captive their captors and rule over their oppressors. Downfall of the King of Babylon.

Isaiah 33:1

Ah! You destroyer never destroyed, betrayer never betrayed! When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed; when you have stopped betraying, you will be betrayed.

1 Corinthians 16:13

Be on your guard, stand firm in the faith, be courageous, be strong.

Judges 10:7

the Lord became angry with Israel and he sold them into the power of the Philistines and the Ammonites.

Judges 13:1

The Israelites again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, who therefore delivered them into the power of the Philistines for forty years.

1 Samuel 14:21

The Hebrews who had previously sided with the Philistines and had gone up with them to their camp turned to join the Israelites under Saul and Jonathan.

1 Samuel 4:8

Woe to us! Who can deliver us from the power of these mighty gods? These are the gods who struck the Egyptians with various plagues in the desert.