2 Samuel 21:15

¹³ And he brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son; and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged.

¹⁴ And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in the country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his father: and they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was intreated for the land.

Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines: and David waxed faint.

¹⁶ And Ishbi-benob, which was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being girded with a new sword, thought to have slain David.

¹⁷ But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the light of Israel.

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BSB: Once again the Philistines waged war against Israel, and David and his servants went down and fought against the Philistines; but David became exhausted.
KJV: Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines: and David waxed faint.
WEB: The Philistines had war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines. David grew faint;
ASV: And the Philistines had war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines. And David waxed faint;
DARBY: And the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought with the Philistines. And David was exhausted.
BLB: And again were the Philistines at war with Israel, and David went down, and his servants with him, and they fought against the Philistines, and David grew faint.

ÅB: Igjen kom det til krig mellom filistrene og Israel; og David dro ned med sine menn, og de stred med filistrene. David ble trett,
OTB: Nå gjorde filisterne igjen krig med Israel, og David dro ned med sine tjenere og kjempet mot filisterne, og David ble trett.
B1930: Atter kom det til krig mellem filistrene og Israel; og David drog ned med sine menn, og de stred med filistrene. David blev trett,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Joshua 14:10–11
And now, behold, the LORD hath kept me alive, as he said, these forty and five years, even since the LORD spake this word unto Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old.
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Psalms 71:9
Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.
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2 Samuel 5:17
But when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines came up to seek David; and David heard of it, and went down to the hold.
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2 Samuel 5:25
And David did so, as the LORD had commanded him; and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gazer.
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Ecclesiastes 12:3
In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened,
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2 Samuel 5:22
And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
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Isaiah 40:28–30
Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.
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1 Peter 1:24–25
For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
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