When the Philistines heard that the Israelites had gathered at Mizpah, the leaders of the Philistines went up against Israel. When the Israelites heard about this, they were afraid of the Philistines.

A garrison of the Philistines had gone out to the pass at Micmash.

The Philistines arranged their forces to fight Israel. As the battle spread out, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who killed about four thousand men in the battle line in the field.

Jonathan attacked the Philistine outpost that was at Geba and the Philistines heard about it. Then Saul alerted all the land saying, “Let the Hebrews pay attention!”

When they made themselves known to the Philistine garrison, the Philistines said, “Look! The Hebrews are coming out of the holes in which they hid themselves.”

The Philistines stayed right on the heels of Saul and his sons. They struck down Saul’s sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malki-Shua.

When the ark of the Lord had been in the land of the Philistines for seven months,

The five leaders of the Philistines watched what was happening and then returned to Ekron on the same day.

Then Saul stopped chasing the Philistines, and the Philistines went back home.

Saul and the Israelite army assembled and camped in the valley of Elah, where they arranged their battle lines to fight against the Philistines.

Then a champion came out from the camp of the Philistines. His name was Goliath; he was from Gath. He was close to seven feet tall.

They are with Saul and the whole Israelite army in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.”

When the Israelites returned from their hot pursuit of the Philistines, they looted their camp.

They told David, “The Philistines are fighting in Keilah and are looting the threshing floors.”

But a messenger came to Saul saying, “Come quickly, for the Philistines have raided the land!”

The length of time that David lived in the Philistine countryside was a year and four months.

The Philistines assembled; they came and camped at Shunem. Saul mustered all Israel and camped at Gilboa.

When Saul saw the camp of the Philistines, he was absolutely terrified.

The Philistines assembled all their troops at Aphek, while Israel camped at the spring that is in Jezreel.

When the leaders of the Philistines were passing in review at the head of their units of hundreds and thousands, David and his men were passing in review in the rear with Achish.