⁷ Now therefore, let your hands be strengthened, and be valiant; for your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah has anointed me king over them.”

The Whole Armor of God

¹⁰ Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.

^12 (A)Be of good courage, and let us ^(B)be strong for our people and for the cities of our God. And may ^(C)the Lord do what is good in His sight.”

^12 (A)all the valiant men arose and traveled all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth Shan; and they came to Jabesh and ^(B)burned them there.

^9 (A)Be strong and conduct yourselves like men, you Philistines, that you do not become servants of the Hebrews, ^(B)as they have been to you. ^[a]Conduct yourselves like men, and fight!”

God’s Covenant with Abram^(A)

15 After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram ^(B)in a vision, saying, ^(C)“Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your ^(D)shield, ^[a]your exceedingly ^(E)great reward.”

Final Exhortations

^13 (A)Watch, ^(B)stand fast in the faith, be brave, ^(C)be strong.

⁷ And when the men of Israel who were on the other side of the valley, and those who were on the other side of the Jordan, saw that the men of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.