he subdued the leaders of the enemy and all the rulers of the Philistines.

For he wiped out his enemies on every side and scorned his adversaries the Philistines; he crushed their power to our own day.

those who live in Seir and the Philistines and the foolish people who live in Shechem.

They pursued them down the descent of Beth-horon to the plain; eight hundred of them fell, and the rest fled into the land of the Philistines.

When the traders of the region heard what was said to them, they took silver and gold in immense amounts and fetters and went to the camp to get the Israelites for slaves. And forces from Syria and the land of the Philistines joined with them.

they all fled into the land of the Philistines.

When he saw that their army was strong, he prayed, saying, “Blessed are you, O Savior of Israel, who crushed the attack of the mighty warrior by the hand of your servant David and gave the camp of the Philistines into the hands of Jonathan son of Saul and of the man who carried his armor.

Success at Hebron and Philistia

Then Judas and his brothers went out and fought the descendants of Esau in the land to the south. He struck Hebron and its villages and tore down its strongholds and burned its towers on all sides.

Then he marched off to go into the land of the Philistines and passed through Marisa.

But Judas turned aside to Azotus in the land of the Philistines; he tore down their altars, and the carved images of their gods he burned with fire; he plundered the towns and returned to the land of Judah.

I divided fertile lands among you; I drove out the Canaanites, the Perizzites, and the Philistines before you. What more can I do for you? says the Lord.

David had been attacking the Philistines all day long and together with the soldiers of his nation had killed many of them.