逐节对照
- Amplified Bible - ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Because the Philistines have acted revengefully and have taken vengeance [contemptuously] with malice in their hearts to destroy with everlasting hostility and hatred,”
- 新标点和合本 - 主耶和华如此说:“因非利士人向犹大人报仇,就是以恨恶的心报仇雪恨,永怀仇恨,要毁灭他们,
- 和合本2010(上帝版-简体) - “主耶和华如此说:因非利士人报仇,就是心存轻蔑报仇;他们永怀仇恨,意图毁灭,
- 和合本2010(神版-简体) - “主耶和华如此说:因非利士人报仇,就是心存轻蔑报仇;他们永怀仇恨,意图毁灭,
- 当代译本 - “主耶和华说,‘非利士人心存仇恨,为了报世仇要毁灭犹大,
- 圣经新译本 - 主耶和华这样说:“因为非利士人向犹大人报仇雪恨,心存轻蔑报仇雪恨,他们永远怀恨,要毁灭犹大,
- 现代标点和合本 - “主耶和华如此说:因非利士人向犹大人报仇,就是以恨恶的心报仇雪恨,永怀仇恨,要毁灭他们,
- 和合本(拼音版) - 主耶和华如此说:“因非利士人向犹大人报仇,就是以恨恶的心报仇雪恨,永怀仇恨,要毁灭他们。
- New International Version - “This is what the Sovereign Lord says: ‘Because the Philistines acted in vengeance and took revenge with malice in their hearts, and with ancient hostility sought to destroy Judah,
- New International Reader's Version - The Lord and King says, “Deep down inside them, the Philistines hated Judah. So the Philistines tried to get even with them. They had been Judah’s enemies for many years. So they tried to destroy them.”
- English Standard Version - “Thus says the Lord God: Because the Philistines acted revengefully and took vengeance with malice of soul to destroy in never-ending enmity,
- New Living Translation - “This is what the Sovereign Lord says: The people of Philistia have acted against Judah out of bitter revenge and long-standing contempt.
- The Message - “God, the Master, says: Because the Philistines were so spitefully vengeful—all those centuries of stored-up malice!—and did their best to destroy Judah, therefore I, God, the Master, will oppose the Philistines and cut down the Cretans and anybody else left along the seacoast. Huge acts of vengeance, massive punishments! When I bring vengeance, they’ll realize that I am God.”
- Christian Standard Bible - “‘This is what the Lord God says: Because the Philistines acted in vengeance and took revenge with deep contempt, destroying because of their perpetual hatred,
- New American Standard Bible - ‘This is what the Lord God says: “Because the Philistines have acted in revenge, and have taken vengeance with malice in their souls to destroy with everlasting hostility,”
- New King James Version - ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Because the Philistines dealt vengefully and took vengeance with a spiteful heart, to destroy because of the old hatred,”
- American Standard Version - Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because the Philistines have dealt by revenge, and have taken vengeance with despite of soul to destroy with perpetual enmity;
- King James Version - Thus saith the Lord God; Because the Philistines have dealt by revenge, and have taken vengeance with a despiteful heart, to destroy it for the old hatred;
- New English Translation - “This is what the sovereign Lord says: ‘The Philistines have exacted merciless revenge, showing intense scorn in their effort to destroy Judah with unrelenting hostility.
- World English Bible - “‘The Lord Yahweh says: “Because the Philistines have taken revenge, and have taken vengeance with contempt of soul to destroy with perpetual hostility;”
- 新標點和合本 - 主耶和華如此說:「因非利士人向猶大人報仇,就是以恨惡的心報仇雪恨,永懷仇恨,要毀滅他們,
- 和合本2010(上帝版-繁體) - 「主耶和華如此說:因非利士人報仇,就是心存輕蔑報仇;他們永懷仇恨,意圖毀滅,
- 和合本2010(神版-繁體) - 「主耶和華如此說:因非利士人報仇,就是心存輕蔑報仇;他們永懷仇恨,意圖毀滅,
- 當代譯本 - 「主耶和華說,『非利士人心存仇恨,為了報世仇要毀滅猶大,
- 聖經新譯本 - 主耶和華這樣說:“因為非利士人向猶大人報仇雪恨,心存輕蔑報仇雪恨,他們永遠懷恨,要毀滅猶大,
- 呂振中譯本 - 『永恆主這麼說: 非利士 人 對 猶大 人 既行了報仇的事,既 滿 心懷着輕蔑之意而報仇,以永存的仇恨心要毁滅 他們 ,
- 現代標點和合本 - 「主耶和華如此說:因非利士人向猶大人報仇,就是以恨惡的心報仇雪恨,永懷仇恨,要毀滅他們,
- 文理和合譯本 - 主耶和華曰、非利士人心存蔑視、而行報復、從其永憾、圖滅我民、
- 文理委辦譯本 - 主耶和華曰、非利士人藏匿舊怨、中心叵測、以害我民、
- 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 主天主如是云、 非利士 人攻我民、狂傲復仇、欲翦滅之、乃從其舊恨、
- Nueva Versión Internacional - «Así dice el Señor omnipotente: Los filisteos se vengaron con alevosía; con profundo desprecio intentaron destruir a Judá por causa de una antigua enemistad.
- 현대인의 성경 - “나 주 여호와가 말한다. 블레셋 사람들이 옛날부터 복수하고자 앙심을 품고 악의와 적대감으로 유다를 멸망시키려고 하였다.
- Новый Русский Перевод - Так говорит Владыка Господь: – Филистимляне были мстительными; они мстили из-за злобы в сердце и стремились погубить Иуду по давней вражде.
- Восточный перевод - Так говорит Владыка Вечный: – Филистимляне были мстительными; они мстили из-за злобы в сердце и стремились погубить Иудею по давней вражде.
- Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Так говорит Владыка Вечный: – Филистимляне были мстительными; они мстили из-за злобы в сердце и стремились погубить Иудею по давней вражде.
- Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Так говорит Владыка Вечный: – Филистимляне были мстительными; они мстили из-за злобы в сердце и стремились погубить Иудею по давней вражде.
- La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Voici ce que déclare le Seigneur, l’Eternel : Puisque les Philistins ont agi par vengeance, et qu’ils se sont vengés, le cœur plein de mépris, au point de tout détruire dans leur haine ancestrale,
- リビングバイブル - 神である主はこう語ります。「ペリシテ人は昔からユダに恨みを抱き、復讐の念に燃えて攻めて来た。
- Nova Versão Internacional - “Assim diz o Soberano, o Senhor: Uma vez que a Filístia agiu por vingança e com maldade no coração e, com antiga hostilidade, buscou destruir Judá,
- Hoffnung für alle - »So spricht Gott, der Herr: Auch die Philister haben sich grausam an meinem Volk gerächt. Voller Hass und Verachtung wollten sie ihre Erzfeinde vernichten.
- Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - “Đây là điều Chúa Hằng Hữu Chí Cao phán: Người Phi-li-tin đã báo thù với lòng nham hiểm và khinh miệt vì chuyện ghen ghét cũ để tiêu diệt Giu-đa.
- พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - “พระยาห์เวห์องค์เจ้าชีวิตตรัสว่า ‘เนื่องจากชาวฟีลิสเตียอาฆาตและแก้แค้นด้วยใจชั่วร้าย และมุ่งทำลายยูดาห์เพราะเป็นศัตรูกันมาตั้งแต่โบราณ
- พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - พระผู้เป็นเจ้าผู้ยิ่งใหญ่กล่าวว่า เพราะฟีลิสเตียแก้แค้นด้วยจิตใจที่มุ่งร้าย ต้องการทำให้ยูดาห์พินาศและเป็นอริกันอย่างไม่จบสิ้น
交叉引用
- Psalms 83:7 - Gebal and Ammon and Amalek, Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre.
- 1 Chronicles 7:21 - Zabad his son, Shuthelah his son, and Ezer and Elead were killed by men who were natives of Gath, because they came down to take their livestock.
- 1 Samuel 4:1 - And the word of [the Lord through] Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out to meet the Philistines in battle and they camped beside Ebenezer while the Philistines camped at Aphek.
- 1 Samuel 4:2 - The Philistines assembled in battle formation to meet Israel, and when the battle was over, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who killed about four thousand men on the battlefield.
- 1 Samuel 4:3 - When the people (soldiers) came into the camp, the elders of Israel said, “Why has the Lord defeated us today before the Philistines? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord here from Shiloh, so that He may come among us and save us from the hand of our enemies.”
- 1 Samuel 4:4 - So the people sent word to Shiloh, and from there they carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord of hosts who sits above the cherubim; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were with the ark of the covenant of God.
- 1 Samuel 4:5 - So it happened that as the ark of the covenant of the Lord came into the camp, all [the people of] Israel shouted with a great shout, and the earth resounded.
- 1 Samuel 4:6 - When the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, “What does the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews mean?” Then they understood that the ark of the Lord had come into the camp.
- Zechariah 9:5 - Ashkelon will see it and fear; Gaza will writhe in pain, And Ekron, for her hope and expectation, has been ruined. The king will perish from Gaza, And Ashkelon will not be inhabited.
- Zechariah 9:6 - And a mongrel race will live in Ashdod, And I will put an end to the pride and arrogance of the Philistines.
- Zechariah 9:7 - I will take the blood from their mouths And their detestable things from between their teeth [those repulsive, idolatrous sacrifices eaten with the blood]. Then they too will be a remnant for our God, And be like a clan in Judah, And Ekron will be like one of the Jebusites.
- Zechariah 9:8 - Then I will camp around My house [as a guard] because of an army, Because of him who passes by and returns; And no oppressor will again overrun them (Israel), For now My eyes are upon them [providentially protecting them].
- 1 Samuel 13:1 - Saul was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty-two years over Israel.
- 1 Samuel 13:2 - 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.
- 1 Samuel 13:3 - Jonathan attacked and defeated the Philistine garrison which was at Geba, and the Philistines heard about it. Then Saul blew the trumpet throughout the land, saying, “Let the Hebrews hear.”
- 1 Samuel 13:4 - All Israel heard that Saul had defeated the Philistine garrison, and also that Israel had become despicable to the Philistines. And the people were summoned to join Saul at Gilgal.
- 1 Samuel 13:5 - Now the Philistines gathered to fight against Israel, 30,000 chariots and 6,000 horsemen, and troops in multitude, like sand on the seashore. They came up and camped at Michmash, east of Beth-aven.
- 1 Samuel 13:6 - When the men of Israel saw that they were in a tight situation (for their troops were hard-pressed), they hid in caves, in thickets, in cellars, and in [dry] cisterns (pits).
- 1 Samuel 13:7 - Also some of the Hebrews had crossed the [river] Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead. As for Saul, he was still in Gilgal, and all the people followed him, trembling [in fear and anticipation].
- 1 Samuel 13:8 - Now Saul waited seven days, according to the appointed time which Samuel had set, but Samuel had not come to Gilgal; and the people were scattering away from Saul.
- 1 Samuel 13:9 - So Saul said, “Bring me the burnt offering and the peace offerings.” And he offered the burnt offering [which he was forbidden to do].
- 1 Samuel 13:10 - As soon as he finished offering the burnt offering, Samuel finally came; Saul went out to meet and to welcome him.
- 1 Samuel 13:11 - But Samuel said, “What have you done?” Saul said, “Since I saw that the people were scattering away from me, and that you did not come within the appointed time, and that the Philistines were assembling at Michmash,
- 1 Samuel 13:12 - therefore, I said, ‘Now the Philistines will come down against me at Gilgal, and I have not asked for the Lord’s favor [by making supplication to Him].’ So I forced myself to offer the burnt offering.”
- 1 Samuel 13:13 - Samuel said to Saul, “You have acted foolishly; you have not kept the commandment of the Lord your God, which He commanded you, for [if you had obeyed] the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever.
- 1 Samuel 13:14 - But now your kingdom shall not endure. The Lord has sought out for Himself a man (David) after His own heart, and the Lord has appointed him as leader and ruler over His people, because you have not kept (obeyed) what the Lord commanded you.”
- 2 Samuel 8:1 - Now it came about after this that David defeated the Philistines and subdued (humbled) them, and he took control of Metheg-ammah [the main city] from the hand of the Philistines.
- 2 Samuel 8:2 - He defeated Moab, and measured them with a length of rope, making them lie down on the ground; he measured two lengths to [choose those to] put to death, and one full length to [choose those to] be kept alive. And the [surviving] Moabites became servants to David, bringing tribute.
- 2 Samuel 8:3 - Then David defeated Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to restore his power at the River [Euphrates].
- 2 Samuel 8:4 - David captured from him 1,700 horsemen and 20,000 foot soldiers. David also hamstrung all the chariot horses (making them lame), but reserved enough of them for a hundred chariots.
- 2 Samuel 8:5 - When the Arameans (Syrians) of Damascus came to help Hadadezer, king of Zobah, David struck down 22,000 Arameans.
- 2 Samuel 8:6 - Then David put garrisons among the Arameans in Damascus, and the Arameans became his servants and brought tribute. The Lord helped David wherever he went.
- 2 Samuel 8:7 - David took the shields of gold that were carried by the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.
- 2 Samuel 8:8 - And from Betah and Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, King David took an immense quantity of bronze.
- 2 Samuel 8:9 - When Toi king of Hamath heard about David’s defeat of all the forces of Hadadezer,
- 2 Samuel 8:10 - Toi sent Joram his son to King David to greet and congratulate him for his battle and defeat of Hadadezer; for Hadadezer had been at war with Toi. Joram brought with him articles of silver, gold, and bronze [as gifts].
- 2 Samuel 8:11 - King David also dedicated these [gifts] to the Lord, along with the silver and gold that he had dedicated from all the nations which he subdued:
- 2 Samuel 8:12 - from Aram (Syria), Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, and Amalek, and from the spoil of Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of Zobah.
- 2 Samuel 8:13 - So David made a name for himself when he returned from killing 18,000 Arameans (Syrians) in the Valley of Salt.
- 2 Samuel 8:14 - He put garrisons in Edom; in all Edom he put garrisons, and all the Edomites became servants to David. And the Lord helped him wherever he went.
- 2 Samuel 8:15 - So David reigned over all Israel, and continued to administer justice and righteousness for all his people.
- 2 Samuel 8:16 - Joab the son of Zeruiah was [commander] over the army; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder (secretary);
- 2 Samuel 8:17 - Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were the [chief] priests, and Seraiah was the scribe;
- 2 Samuel 8:18 - Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was [head] over both the Cherethites and Pelethites [the king’s bodyguards]; and David’s sons were chief [confidential] advisers (officials) [to the king].
- 1 Samuel 17:1 - Now the Philistines gathered their armies for battle and were assembled at Socoh, which belongs to Judah; and they camped between Socoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim.
- 1 Samuel 17:2 - Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together and they camped in the Valley of Elah, and assembled in battle formation to meet the Philistines.
- 1 Samuel 17:3 - The Philistines were standing on the mountain on one side and Israel was standing on the mountain on the other side, with the valley between them.
- 1 Samuel 17:4 - Then a champion came out from the camp of the Philistines named Goliath of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.
- 1 Samuel 17:5 - 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.
- 1 Samuel 17:6 - He had bronze shin protectors on his legs and a bronze javelin hung between his shoulders.
- 1 Samuel 17:7 - The [wooden] shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s beam; the blade-head of his spear weighed six hundred shekels of iron. And a shield-bearer walked in front of him.
- 1 Samuel 17:8 - Goliath stood and shouted to the battle lines of Israel, saying to them, “Why have you come out to draw up for battle? Am I not the Philistine and are you not servants of Saul? Choose a man for yourselves and have him come down to me.
- 1 Samuel 17:9 - If he is able to fight with me and kill me, then we will become your servants; but if I prevail against him and kill him, then you shall become our servants and serve us.”
- 1 Samuel 17:10 - Again the Philistine said, “I defy the battle lines of Israel this day; give me a man so that we may fight together.”
- 1 Samuel 17:11 - When Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, they were dismayed and greatly afraid.
- 1 Samuel 17:12 - Now David was the son of the Ephrathite of Bethlehem in Judah, named Jesse, who had eight sons. Jesse was old in the days of Saul, advanced in years among men.
- 1 Samuel 17:13 - His three older sons had followed Saul into battle. The names of his three sons who went to battle were Eliab, the firstborn; next, Abinadab; and third, Shammah.
- 1 Samuel 17:14 - David was the youngest. Now the three oldest followed Saul,
- 1 Samuel 17:15 - but David went back and forth from Saul to tend his father’s flock at Bethlehem.
- 1 Samuel 17:16 - The Philistine [Goliath] came out morning and evening, and took his stand for forty days.
- 1 Samuel 17:17 - Then Jesse said to David his son, “Take for your brothers an ephah of this roasted grain and these ten loaves of bread and run quickly to the camp to your brothers.
- 1 Samuel 17:18 - Also take these ten cuts of cheese to the commander of the unit. See how your brothers are doing and bring back news of them.
- 1 Samuel 17:19 - Now they are with Saul and all the men of Israel in the Valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.”
- 1 Samuel 17:20 - So David got up early in the morning, left the flock with a keeper, picked up the provisions and went just as Jesse had directed him. And he came to the encampment as the army was going out in battle formation shouting the battle cry.
- 1 Samuel 17:21 - Israel and the Philistines drew up in battle formation, army against army.
- 1 Samuel 17:22 - Then David left his provisions in the care of the supply keeper, and ran to the ranks and came and greeted his brothers.
- 1 Samuel 17:23 - As he was talking with them, behold, the champion, the Philistine of Gath named Goliath, was coming up from the army of the Philistines, and he spoke these same words again; and David heard him.
- 1 Samuel 17:24 - When the men of Israel all saw the man, they fled from him, and were very frightened.
- 1 Samuel 17:25 - The men of Israel said, “Have you seen this man who is coming up? Surely he is coming up to defy Israel. The king will reward the man who kills him with great riches, and will give him his daughter [in marriage] and make his father’s house (family) free [from taxes and service] in Israel.”
- 1 Samuel 17:26 - Then David spoke to the men who were standing by him, “What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes the disgrace [of his taunting] from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he has taunted and defied the armies of the living God?”
- 1 Samuel 17:27 - The men told him, “That is what will be done for the man who kills him.”
- 1 Samuel 17:28 - Now Eliab his oldest brother heard what he said to the men; and Eliab’s anger burned against David and he said, “Why have you come down here? With whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your presumption (overconfidence) and the evil of your heart; for you have come down in order to see the battle.”
- 1 Samuel 17:29 - But David said, “What have I done now? Was it not just a [harmless] question?”
- 1 Samuel 17:30 - Then David turned away from Eliab to someone else and asked the same question; and the people gave him the same answer as the first time.
- 1 Samuel 17:31 - When the words that David spoke were heard, the men reported them to Saul, and he sent for him.
- 1 Samuel 17:32 - David said to Saul, “Let no man’s courage fail because of him (Goliath). Your servant will go out and fight with this Philistine.”
- 1 Samuel 17:33 - Then Saul said to David, “You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight him. For you are [only] a young man and he has been a warrior since his youth.”
- 1 Samuel 17:34 - But David said to Saul, “Your servant was tending his father’s sheep. When a lion or a bear came and took a lamb out of the flock,
- 1 Samuel 17:35 - I went out after it and attacked it and rescued the lamb from its mouth; and when it rose up against me, I seized it by its whiskers and struck and killed it.
- 1 Samuel 17:36 - Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear; and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, since he has taunted and defied the armies of the living God.”
- 1 Samuel 17:37 - David said, “The Lord who rescued me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear, He will rescue me from the hand of this Philistine.” And Saul said to David, “Go, and may the Lord be with you.”
- 1 Samuel 17:38 - Then Saul dressed David in his garments and put a bronze helmet on his head, and put a coat of mail (armor) on him.
- 1 Samuel 17:39 - Then David fastened his sword over his armor and tried to walk, [but he could not,] because he was not used to them. And David said to Saul, “I cannot go with these, because I am not used to them.” So David took them off.
- 1 Samuel 17:40 - Then he took his [shepherd’s] staff in his hand and chose for himself five smooth stones out of the stream bed, and put them in his shepherd’s bag which he had, that is, in his shepherd’s pouch. With his sling in his hand, he approached the Philistine.
- 1 Samuel 17:41 - The Philistine came and approached David, with his shield-bearer in front of him.
- 1 Samuel 17:42 - When the Philistine looked around and saw David, he derided and disparaged him because he was [just] a young man, with a ruddy complexion, and a handsome appearance.
- 1 Samuel 17:43 - The Philistine said to David, “Am I a dog, that you come to me with [shepherd’s] staffs?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
- 1 Samuel 17:44 - The Philistine also said to David, “Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the sky and the beasts of the field.”
- 1 Samuel 17:45 - Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword, a spear, and a javelin, but I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have taunted.
- 1 Samuel 17:46 - This day the Lord will hand you over to me, and I will strike you down and cut off your head. And I will give the corpses of the army of the Philistines this day to the birds of the sky and the wild beasts of the earth, so that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel,
- 1 Samuel 17:47 - and that this entire assembly may know that the Lord does not save with the sword or with the spear; for the battle is the Lord’s and He will hand you over to us.”
- 1 Samuel 17:48 - When the Philistine rose and came forward to meet David, David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet the Philistine.
- 1 Samuel 17:49 - David put his hand into his bag and took out a stone and slung it, and it struck the Philistine on his forehead. The stone penetrated his forehead, and he fell face down on the ground.
- 1 Samuel 17:50 - So David triumphed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone, and he struck down the Philistine and killed him; but there was no sword in David’s hand.
- 1 Samuel 17:51 - So he ran and stood over the Philistine, grasped his sword and drew it out of its sheath and killed him, and cut off his head with it. When the Philistines saw that their [mighty] champion was dead, they fled.
- 1 Samuel 17:52 - The men of Israel and Judah stood with a shout and pursued the Philistines as far as the entrance to the valley and the gates of Ekron. And the [fatally] wounded Philistines fell along the way to Shaaraim, even as far as Gath and Ekron.
- 1 Samuel 17:53 - The sons of Israel returned from their pursuit of the Philistines and plundered their camp.
- 1 Samuel 17:54 - Then David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem, but he put his weapons in his tent.
- 1 Samuel 17:55 - When Saul saw David going out against the Philistine, he said to Abner the captain of the army, “Abner, whose son is this young man?” And Abner answered, “By your life, O king, I do not know.”
- 1 Samuel 17:56 - The king said, “Ask whose son the young man is.”
- 1 Samuel 17:57 - When David returned from killing [Goliath] the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.
- 1 Samuel 17:58 - Saul asked him, “Whose son are you, young man?” And David answered, “I am the son of your servant Jesse of Bethlehem.”
- Amos 1:6 - Thus says the Lord, “For three transgressions of Gaza [in Philistia] and for four (multiplied delinquencies) I will not reverse its punishment or revoke My word concerning it, Because [as slave traders] they took captive the entire [Jewish] population [of defenseless Judean border villages, of which none was spared] And deported them to Edom [for the slave trade].
- Amos 1:7 - So I will send a fire [of war, conquest, and destruction] on the wall of Gaza And it shall consume her citadels.
- Amos 1:8 - And I will cut off and destroy the inhabitants from Ashdod, And the ruler who holds the scepter, from Ashkelon; And I will unleash My power and turn My hand [in judgment] against Ekron, And the rest of the Philistines [in Gath and the towns dependent on these four Philistine cities] shall die,” Says the Lord God.
- Zephaniah 2:4 - For [this is the fate of the Philistines:] Gaza will be abandoned And Ashkelon a desolation; [The people of] Ashdod will be driven out at noon [in broad daylight] And Ekron will be uprooted and destroyed.
- Zephaniah 2:5 - Woe (judgment is coming) to the inhabitants of the seacoast, The nation of the Cherethites [in Philistia]! The word of the Lord is against you, O Canaan, land of the Philistines; I will destroy you So that no inhabitant will be left.
- Zephaniah 2:6 - So the [depopulated] seacoast shall be pastures, With [deserted] meadows for shepherds and folds for flocks.
- Zephaniah 2:7 - The seacoast will belong To the remnant of the house of Judah; They will pasture [their flocks] on it. In the [deserted] houses of Ashkelon [in Philistia] they [of Judah] will lie down and rest in the evening, For the Lord their God will care for them; And restore their fortune [permitting them to occupy the land].
- Joel 3:4 - Moreover, what are you to Me, O Tyre and Sidon and all the [five small] regions of Philistia? Will you pay Me back for something [I have supposedly done to you]? Even if you do pay Me back, I will swiftly and speedily return your deed [of retaliation] on your own head.
- Joel 3:5 - Because you have taken My silver and My gold and have carried My precious treasures to your temples and palaces,
- Joel 3:6 - and have sold the children of Judah and the children of Jerusalem to the Greeks, so that you may send them far away from their territory,
- Joel 3:7 - behold, I am going to stir them up from the place where you have sold them [and return them to their land], and I shall return your action [of retaliation] on your own head.
- Joel 3:8 - Also I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans, to a distant nation,” for the Lord has spoken.
- Joel 3:9 - Proclaim this among the [pagan] nations: Prepare a war! Stir up the mighty men! Let all the men of war come near, let them come up!
- Joel 3:10 - Beat your plowshares into swords And your pruning hooks into spears; Let the weak say, “I am strong!”
- Joel 3:11 - Hurry and come, all you surrounding nations, And gather yourselves there; Bring down, O Lord, Your mighty ones (Your warriors).
- Joel 3:12 - Let the nations be stirred [to action] And come up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat, For there I will sit to judge and punish All the surrounding nations.
- Joel 3:13 - Put in the sickle [of judgment], for the harvest is ripe; Come, tread [the grapes], for the wine press is full; The vats overflow, for the wickedness [of the people] is great.
- Joel 3:14 - Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision (judgment)! For the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision [when judgment is executed].
- Joel 3:15 - The sun and the moon grow dark And the stars lose their brightness.
- Joel 3:16 - The Lord thunders and roars from Zion And utters His voice from Jerusalem [in judgment of His enemies], And the heavens and the earth tremble and shudder; But the Lord is a refuge for His people And a stronghold [of protection] to the children of Israel.
- Joel 3:17 - Then you will know and understand fully that I am the Lord your God, Dwelling in Zion, My holy mountain. Then Jerusalem will be holy, And strangers [who do not belong] will no longer pass through it.
- Joel 3:18 - And in that day The mountains will drip with sweet wine And the hills will flow with milk; And all the brooks and riverbeds of Judah will flow with water, And a fountain will go out from the house of the Lord To water the [desert] Valley of Shittim.
- Joel 3:19 - Egypt will become a waste, And Edom will become a desolate wilderness, Because of their violence against the children of Judah, In whose land they have shed innocent blood.
- Joel 3:20 - But Judah shall be inhabited forever And Jerusalem from generation to generation.
- Joel 3:21 - And I shall avenge their blood which I have not avenged, For the Lord dwells in Zion.
- Isaiah 9:12 - The Arameans on the east and the Philistines on the west; And they devour Israel with gaping jaws. In spite of all this, God’s anger does not turn away But His hand is still stretched out [in judgment].
- 1 Samuel 21:1 - Then David went to Nob to Ahimelech the priest; and Ahimelech came trembling [in fear] to meet David and said to him, “Why are you alone, and no one with you?”
- 1 Samuel 21:2 - David said to Ahimelech the priest, “The king has commissioned me with a matter and has told me, ‘Let no one know anything about the matter for which I am sending you and with which I have commissioned you. I have directed the young men to a certain place.’
- 1 Samuel 21:3 - Now what [food] do you have on hand? Give me five loaves of bread, or whatever can be found.”
- 1 Samuel 21:4 - The priest answered David, “There is no ordinary (unconsecrated) bread on hand, but there is consecrated bread; [you may have it] if only the young men have kept themselves from women.”
- 1 Samuel 21:5 - David answered the priest, “Be assured that women have been kept from us in these three days since I set out, and the bodies of the young men were consecrated (ceremonially clean), although it was an ordinary (unconsecrated) journey; so how much more will their vessels be holy today?”
- 1 Samuel 21:6 - So the priest gave him the consecrated bread; for there was no bread there except the bread of the Presence which was removed from before the Lord in order to put hot bread in its place when it was taken away.
- 1 Samuel 21:7 - Now one of Saul’s servants was there that day, detained before the Lord; his name was Doeg the Edomite, the chief of Saul’s shepherds.
- 1 Samuel 21:8 - David said to Ahimelech, “Do you not have a sword or spear here on hand? For I brought neither my sword nor my [other] weapons with me, because the king’s business was urgent.”
- 1 Samuel 21:9 - Then the priest said, “The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the Valley of Elah, is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod; if you would take it for yourself, do so. For there is no other here except for it.” And David said, “There is none like that; give it to me.”
- 1 Samuel 21:10 - Then David arose and fled from Saul that day, and went to Achish king of Gath.
- 1 Samuel 21:11 - The servants of Achish said to him, “Is this not David the king of the land? Did they not sing in praise of this one as they danced, saying, ‘Saul has slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands’?”
- 1 Samuel 21:12 - David took these words to heart and was greatly afraid of Achish king of Gath.
- 1 Samuel 21:13 - So [fearing for his life] he changed his behavior in their sight, and acted insanely in their hands, and he scribbled on the doors of the gate, and drooled on his beard.
- 1 Samuel 21:14 - Then Achish said to his servants, “Look, you see that the man is insane. Why have you brought him to me?
- 1 Samuel 21:15 - Do I lack madmen, that you bring this one to behave like a madman in my presence? Shall this one come into my house?”
- Jeremiah 47:1 - The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines before Pharaoh attacked and conquered [the Philistine city of] Gaza.
- Jeremiah 47:2 - Thus says the Lord: “Behold, waters are going to rise out of the north (Babylonia) And become an overflowing stream And overflow the land and all that is in it, The city and those who live in it. Then the people will cry out, And all the inhabitants of the land [of Philistia] will wail.
- Jeremiah 47:3 - Because of the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of the war-horses [of the Babylonian king], The rattling of his chariots, and the rumbling of his wheels, The fathers have not looked and turned back for their children, So weak are their hands [with terror]
- Jeremiah 47:4 - Because of the day that is coming To destroy all the Philistines And to cut off from Tyre and Sidon Every ally who remains. For the Lord is going to destroy the Philistines, The remnant [still surviving] of the coastland of Caphtor.
- Jeremiah 47:5 - Baldness [as a sign of mourning] will come on Gaza; Ashkelon will be cut off and ruined. O remnant of their valley, How long will you gash yourselves [as a sign of mourning]?
- Jeremiah 47:6 - O you sword of the Lord, How long will it be before you are quiet? Put yourself into your sheath; Rest and be still.
- Jeremiah 47:7 - How can His sword be quiet When the Lord has given it an order? Against Ashkelon and against the [whole Philistine] seashore There He has assigned it.”
- Judges 14:1 - Samson went down to Timnah and at Timnah he saw a woman, one of the daughters of the Philistines.
- Judges 14:2 - So he went back and told his father and his mother, “I saw a woman in Timnah, one of the daughters of the Philistines; now get her for me as a wife.”
- Judges 14:3 - But his father and mother said to him, “Is there no woman among the daughters of your relatives, or among all our people, that you must go to take a wife from the uncircumcised (pagan) Philistines?” And Samson said to his father, “Get her for me, because she looks pleasing to me.”
- Judges 14:4 - His father and mother did not know that it was of the Lord, and that He was seeking an occasion [to take action] against the Philistines. Now at that time the Philistines were ruling over Israel.
- Judges 14:5 - Then Samson went down to Timnah with his father and mother [to arrange the marriage], and they came as far as the vineyards of Timnah; and suddenly, a young lion came roaring toward him.
- Judges 14:6 - The Spirit of the Lord came upon him mightily, and he tore the lion apart as one tears apart a young goat, and he had nothing at all in his hand; but he did not tell his father or mother what he had done.
- Judges 14:7 - So he went down and talked with the woman; and she looked pleasing to Samson.
- Judges 14:8 - When he returned later to take her, he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion; and behold, a swarm of bees and honey were in the body of the lion.
- Judges 14:9 - So he scraped the honey out into his hands and went on, eating as he went. When he came to his father and mother, he gave them some, and they ate it; but he did not tell them he had taken the honey from the body of the lion.
- Judges 14:10 - His father went down to the woman, and Samson prepared a feast there, for that was the customary thing for young men to do.
- Judges 14:11 - When the people saw him, they brought thirty companions (wedding attendants) to be with him.
- Judges 14:12 - Then Samson said to them, “Let me now ask you a riddle; if you can tell me what it is within the seven days of the feast, and solve it, then I will give you thirty linen tunics (undergarments) and thirty changes of [outer] clothing.
- Judges 14:13 - But if you are unable to tell me [the answer], then you shall give me thirty linen tunics (undergarments) and thirty changes of [outer] clothing.” And they said to him, “Ask your riddle, so that we may hear it.”
- Judges 14:14 - So he said to them, “Out of the eater came something to eat, And out of the strong came something sweet.” And they could not solve the riddle in three days.
- Judges 14:15 - Then on the fourth day they said to Samson’s wife, “Persuade your husband to tell us [through you] the [answer to the] riddle, or we will burn you and your father’s household with fire. Have you invited us to make us poor? Is this not true?”
- Judges 14:16 - So Samson’s wife wept before him and said, “You only hate me, you do not love me; you have asked my countrymen a riddle, and have not told [the answer] to me.” And he said to her, “Listen, I have not told my father or my mother [either], so [why] should I tell you?”
- 2 Chronicles 28:18 - The Philistines had also invaded the cities of the low country and of the Negev (the South country) of Judah, and had taken Beth-shemesh, Aijalon, Gederoth, and Soco with their villages, and also Timnah with its villages, and Gimzo with its villages, and they settled there.
- Jeremiah 25:20 - and all the foreign (mixed) population, all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines (and [their cities of] Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod);
- Isaiah 14:29 - “Do not rejoice, O Philistia, any of you, Because the rod [of Judah] that struck you is broken; For out of the serpent’s root will come a viper [King Hezekiah of Judah], And its offspring will be a flying serpent.
- Isaiah 14:30 - The firstborn of the helpless [of Judah] will feed [on My meadows], And the needy will lie down in safety; But I will kill your root with famine, And your survivors will be put to death.
- Isaiah 14:31 - Howl, O gate; cry, O city! Melt away, O Philistia, all of you; For smoke comes out of the north, And there is no straggler in his ranks and no one stands detached [in Hezekiah’s battalions].
- Ezekiel 25:12 - ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Because Edom has acted against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and has greatly offended and has incurred grievous guilt by taking revenge on them,”
- Ezekiel 25:6 - For thus says the Lord God, “Because you have clapped your hands and stamped your feet and rejoiced with all the contempt, and malice, and spite of your soul against the land of Israel,