1 Samuel 19:8 - Forerunner Commentary

1 Samuel 19:8

6 So Saul heeded the voice of Jonathan, and Saul swore, “As the Lord lives, he shall not be killed.”

7 Then Jonathan called David, and Jonathan told him all these things. So Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence ^aas in times past.

8 And there was war again; and David went out and fought with the Philistines, ^aand struck them with a mighty blow, and they fled from him.

9 Now ^athe distressing spirit from the Lord came upon Saul as he sat in his house with his spear in his hand. And David was playing music with his hand.

10 Then Saul sought to pin David to the wall with the spear, but he slipped away from Saul’s presence; and he drove the spear into the wall. So David fled and escaped that night.

11 ^aSaul also sent messengers to David’s house to watch him and to kill him in the morning. And Michal, David’s wife, told him, saying, “If you do not save your life tonight, tomorrow you will be killed.”

12 So Michal ^alet David down through a window. And he went and fled and escaped.

Verse Comparison: 1 Samuel 19:8

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American Standard Version
And there was war again: and David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and slew them with a great slaughter; and they fled before him.

Amplified® Bible
Then there was war again, and David went out and fought with the Philistines, and made a great slaughter among them and they fled before him.

Contemporary English Version
The next time there was a war with the Philistines, David fought hard and forced them to retreat.

Darby English Version
And there was war again; and David went forth and fought with the Philistines, and smote them with a great slaughter; and they fled before him.

Good News Bible
War with the Philistines broke out again. David attacked them and defeated them so thoroughly that they fled.

King James Version
And there was war again: and David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and slew them with a great slaughter; and they fled from him.

New American Standard Bible
When there was war again, David went out and fought with the Philistines and defeated them with great slaughter, so that they fled before him.

New International Version
Once more war broke out, and David went out and fought the Philistines. He struck them with such force that they fled before him.

New King James Version
And there was war again; and David went out and fought with the Philistines, and struck them with a mighty blow, and they fled from him.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
When a war erupted again, David went out and fought with the Philistines and defeated them with great slaughter, so that they fled before him.

Revised Standard Version
And there was war again; and David went out and fought with the Philistines, and made a great slaughter among them, so that they fled before him.

Young's Literal Translation
And there addeth to be war, and David goeth out and fighteth against the Philistines, and smiteth among them -- a great smiting, and they flee from his face.

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