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2 Samuel 1:20
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2 Samuel 1:20
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20 Don’t announce the news in Gath,
don’t proclaim it in the streets of Ashkelon,
or the daughters of the Philistines will rejoice
and the pagans will laugh in triumph.
2 Samuel 1:20
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2 Samuel 1:20
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Micah 1:10
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Micah 1:10
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10 Don’t tell our enemies in Gath[a];
don’t weep at all.
You people in Beth-leaphrah,[b]
roll in the dust to show your despair.
Micah 1:10
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Micah 1:10
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- Micah 1:10 Gath sounds like the Hebrew for tell.
- Micah 1:10 Beth Ophrah means house of dust.
1 Samuel 18:6
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1 Samuel 18:6
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6 When the victorious Israelite army was returning home after David had killed the Philistine, women from all the towns of Israel came out to meet King Saul. They sang and danced for joy with tambourines and cymbals.[a]
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- 18:6 The type of instrument represented by the word cymbals is uncertain.
1 Samuel 18:6
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1 Samuel 18:6
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6 When the men were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out from all the towns of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing,(A) with joyful songs and with timbrels(B) and lyres.
Judges 11:34
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Judges 11:34
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34 When Jephthah returned home to Mizpah, his daughter came out to meet him, playing on a tambourine and dancing for joy. She was his one and only child; he had no other sons or daughters.
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Judges 11:34
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Judges 11:34
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34 When Jephthah returned to his home in Mizpah, who should come out to meet him but his daughter, dancing(A) to the sound of timbrels!(B) She was an only child.(C) Except for her he had neither son nor daughter.
Exodus 15:20-21
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Exodus 15:20-21
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20 Then Miriam the prophet, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine and led all the women as they played their tambourines and danced. 21 And Miriam sang this song:
“Sing to the Lord,
for he has triumphed gloriously;
he has hurled both horse and rider
into the sea.”
Exodus 15:20-21
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Exodus 15:20-21
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Ezekiel 16:57
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Ezekiel 16:57
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57 But now your greater wickedness has been exposed to all the world, and you are the one who is scorned—by Edom[a] and all her neighbors and by Philistia.
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- 16:57 As in many Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac version; Masoretic Text reads Aram.
Ezekiel 16:57
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Ezekiel 16:57
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57 before your wickedness was uncovered. Even so, you are now scorned(A) by the daughters of Edom[a](B) and all her neighbors and the daughters of the Philistines—all those around you who despise you.
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- Ezekiel 16:57 Many Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Vulgate Aram
Ezekiel 16:27
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Ezekiel 16:27
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27 That is why I struck you with my fist and reduced your boundaries. I handed you over to your enemies, the Philistines, and even they were shocked by your lewd conduct.
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Ezekiel 16:27
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Ezekiel 16:27
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27 So I stretched out my hand(A) against you and reduced your territory; I gave you over(B) to the greed of your enemies, the daughters of the Philistines,(C) who were shocked by your lewd conduct.
1 Samuel 31:8-9
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1 Samuel 31:8-9
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8 The next day, when the Philistines went out to strip the dead, they found the bodies of Saul and his three sons on Mount Gilboa. 9 So they cut off Saul’s head and stripped off his armor. Then they proclaimed the good news of Saul’s death in their pagan temple and to the people throughout the land of Philistia.
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1 Samuel 31:8-9
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1 Samuel 31:8-9
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8 The next day, when the Philistines(A) came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa. 9 They cut off his head and stripped off his armor, and they sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news(B) in the temple of their idols and among their people.(C)
1 Samuel 31:4
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1 Samuel 31:4
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4 Saul groaned to his armor bearer, “Take your sword and kill me before these pagan Philistines come to run me through and taunt and torture me.”
But his armor bearer was afraid and would not do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.
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1 Samuel 31:4
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1 Samuel 31:4
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4 Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through,(A) or these uncircumcised(B) fellows will come and run me through and abuse me.”
But his armor-bearer was terrified and would not do it; so Saul took his own sword and fell on it.
1 Samuel 17:36
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1 Samuel 17:36
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36 I have done this to both lions and bears, and I’ll do it to this pagan Philistine, too, for he has defied the armies of the living God!
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1 Samuel 17:36
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1 Samuel 17:36
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36 Your servant has killed both the lion(A) and the bear; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, because he has defied the armies of the living God.
1 Samuel 17:26
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1 Samuel 17:26
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26 David asked the soldiers standing nearby, “What will a man get for killing this Philistine and ending his defiance of Israel? Who is this pagan Philistine anyway, that he is allowed to defy the armies of the living God?”
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1 Samuel 17:26
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1 Samuel 17:26
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26 David asked the men standing near him, “What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace(A) from Israel? Who is this uncircumcised(B) Philistine that he should defy(C) the armies of the living(D) God?”
Judges 16:23-24
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Judges 16:23-24
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Samson’s Final Victory
23 The Philistine rulers held a great festival, offering sacrifices and praising their god, Dagon. They said, “Our god has given us victory over our enemy Samson!”
24 When the people saw him, they praised their god, saying, “Our god has delivered our enemy to us! The one who killed so many of us is now in our power!”
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Judges 16:23-24
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Judges 16:23-24
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The Death of Samson
23 Now the rulers of the Philistines assembled to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon(A) their god and to celebrate, saying, “Our god has delivered Samson, our enemy, into our hands.”
24 When the people saw him, they praised their god,(B) saying,
“Our god has delivered our enemy
into our hands,(C)
the one who laid waste our land
and multiplied our slain.”
Judges 14:19
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Judges 14:19
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19 Then the Spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon him. He went down to the town of Ashkelon, killed thirty men, took their belongings, and gave their clothing to the men who had solved his riddle. But Samson was furious about what had happened, and he went back home to live with his father and mother.
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Judges 14:19
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Judges 14:19
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19 Then the Spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon him.(A) He went down to Ashkelon,(B) struck down thirty of their men, stripped them of everything and gave their clothes to those who had explained the riddle. Burning with anger,(C) he returned to his father’s home.
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