Then the survivors came down to the mighty ones; the Lord’s people came down to me as warriors.

Bravehearted warriors will run away naked in that day.” The Lord is speaking!

‘Call judgment down on Meroz,’ says the Lord’s angelic messenger; ‘Be sure to call judgment down on those who live there, because they did not come to help in the Lord’s battle, to help in the Lord’s battle against the warriors.’

These were the men who joined David in Ziklag, when he was banished from the presence of Saul son of Kish. (They were among the warriors who assisted him in battle.