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DAVID WINS THE LORD’S BATTLE
David Wins The Lord’s Battle. This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.
DAVID AND GOLIATH
David and Goliath. Then a champion came out from the camp of the Philistines named Goliath of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.
He had a bronze helmet on his head, and wore a coat of scale-armor (overlapping metal plates) which weighed 5,000 shekels of bronze.
He had bronze shin protectors on his legs and a bronze javelin hung between his shoulders.
JONATHAN DEFEATS THE PHILISTINES
Jonathan Defeats the Philistines. Then Jonathan climbed up on his hands and feet, his armor bearer following after him. The enemy fell before Jonathan [in combat], and his armor bearer killed some of them after him.
SAUL FIGHTS THE PHILISTINES
Saul Fights the Philistines. Saul was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty-two years over Israel.
Saul chose for himself 3,000 men of Israel; of whom 2,000 were with him in Michmash and in the hill country of Bethel, while 1,000 were with Jonathan at Gibeah of Benjamin. But he sent the rest of the people away, each one to his own tent.
LEADING THE NATION IN GOD’S WAYS
Leading The Nation In God’s Ways. Then Samuel said to all the house of Israel, “If you are returning to the LORD with all your heart, remove the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth (pagan goddesses) from among you and direct your hearts to the LORD and serve Him only; and He will rescue you from the hand of the Philistines.”
RASHNESS PUNISHED; REVERENCE BLESSED
Rashness Punished; Reverence Blessed. The LORD struck down some of the men of Beth-shemesh because they had looked into the ark of the LORD. He struck down 50,070 men among the people, and the people mourned because the LORD had struck the people with a great slaughter
THE ARK RETURNED TO ISRAEL
The Ark Returned To Israel. And the cows went straight toward Beth-shemesh along the highway, lowing as they went, and did not turn away to the right or the left. And the Philistine lords (governors) followed them to the border of Beth-shemesh.
THE PHILISTINES AND THE ARK
The Philistines And The Ark. When the people of Ashdod got up early the next day, behold, Dagon had fallen on his face on the ground before the ark of the LORD. So they took Dagon and returned him to his place.
THE GLORY DEPARTED FROM ISRAEL
The Glory Departed From Israel. She said, “The glory has left Israel, for the ark of God has been taken.”
THE PHILISTINES CAPTURE THE ARK
The Philistines Capture the Ark. So the Philistines fought; Israel was defeated and every man fled to his tent. It was a very great defeat, for thirty thousand foot soldiers of Israel fell.
Also the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were killed.