I would go out after it, strike it down, and rescue the sheep from its mouth. If it rose up against me, I would grab it by its jaw, strike it, and kill it.

If he is able to fight with me and strike me down, we will become your servants. But if I prevail against him and strike him down, you will become our servants and will serve us.”

Saul tried to nail David to the wall with the spear, but he escaped from Saul&#8217;s presence and the spear drove into the wall.<n id="1" /> David escaped quickly<n id="2" /> that night.p>

So David asked the <sc>Lordsc>, &#8220;Should I go and strike down these Philistines?&#8221; The <sc>Lordsc> said to David, &#8220;Go, strike down the Philistines and deliver Keilah.&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">But the <sc>Lordsc><n id="1" /> struck down some of the people of Beth Shemesh because they had looked into the ark of the <sc>Lordsc>; he struck down 50,070<n id="2" /> of the men. The people grieved because the <sc>Lordsc> had struck the people with a hard blow.

The people<n id="1" /> who did not die were struck with sores; the city&#8217;s cry for help went all the way up to heaven.p>

<p class="bodytext">On that day the army struck down the Philistines from Micmash to Aijalon, and they became very tired.

He fought bravely, striking down the Amalekites and delivering Israel from the hand of its enemies.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="bodytext">Then Saul struck down the Amalekites all the way from Havilah to<n id="1" /> Shur, which is next to Egypt.

The soldiers<n id="1" /> told him what had been promised, saying,<n id="2" /> &#8220;This is what will be done for the man who can strike him down.&#8221;p>

The women who were playing the music sang,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Saul has struck down his thousands,p> <p class="poetry">but David his tens of thousands!&#8221;p>

and Saul threw the spear, thinking, &#8220;I&#8217;ll nail David to the wall!&#8221; But David escaped from him on two different occasions.p>

The Philistines arranged their forces to fight<n id="1" /> Israel. As the battle spread out,<n id="2" /> Israel was defeated by<n id="3" /> the Philistines, who<n id="4" /> killed about four thousand men in the battle line in the field.p>

Too bad for us! Who can deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods who struck the Egyptians with all sorts of plagues in the desert!

<p class="bodytext">The <sc>Lordsc> attacked<n id="1" /> the residents of Ashdod severely, bringing devastation on them. He struck the people of<n id="2" /> both Ashdod and the surrounding area with sores.<n id="3" />

Then the men of Israel left Mizpah and chased the Philistines, striking them down all the way to an area below Beth Car.p>

<p class="bodytext">Jonathan attacked the Philistine outpost<n id="1" /> that was at Geba and the Philistines heard about it. Then Saul alerted<n id="2" /> all the land saying, &#8220;Let the Hebrews pay attention!&#8221;

All Israel heard this message,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Saul has attacked the Philistine outpost, and now Israel is repulsive<n id="2" /> to the Philistines!&#8221; So the people were summoned to join<n id="3" /> Saul at Gilgal.p>

In this initial skirmish Jonathan and his armor bearer struck down about twenty men in an area that measured half an acre.p>

Your servant has struck down both the lion and the bear. This uncircumcised Philistine will be just like one of them.<n id="1" /> For he has defied the armies of the living God!&#8221;