Some trust in their war chariots and others in their horses, but we trust in the power of the LORD our God.

and by your power we defeat our enemies.

but you have saved us from our enemies and defeated those who hate us.

But now you have rejected us and let us be defeated; you no longer march out with our armies.

It is better to trust in the LORD than to depend on human leaders.

Many enemies were around me; but I destroyed them by the power of the LORD!

The LORD has hidden himself from his people, but I trust him and place my hope in him.

A day is coming when people will sing, "I praise you, LORD! You were angry with me, but now you comfort me and are angry no longer.

God is my savior; I will trust him and not be afraid. The LORD gives me power and strength; he is my savior.

You have rejected us, God, and defeated us; you have been angry with us---but now turn back to us.

Have you really rejected us? Aren't you going to march out with our armies?

"Have you noticed how people are saying that I have rejected Israel and Judah, the two families that I chose? And so they look with contempt on my people and no longer consider them a nation.

And just as surely as I have done this, so I will maintain my covenant with Jacob's descendants and with my servant David. I will choose one of David's descendants to rule over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I will be merciful to my people and make them prosperous again."

"But the LORD said to me, 'Warn them not to attack, for I will not be with them, and their enemies will defeat them.'

The LORD your God is going with you, and he will give you victory.'

This is why the Israelites cannot stand against their enemies. They retreat from them because they themselves have now been condemned to destruction! I will not stay with you any longer unless you destroy the things you were ordered not to take!

Joshua conquered all these kings and their territory in one campaign because the LORD, Israel's God, was fighting for Israel.

The Philistines heard the shouting and said, "Listen to all that shouting in the Hebrew camp! What does it mean?" When they found out that the LORD's Covenant Box had arrived in the Hebrew camp,

they were afraid, and said, "A god has come into their camp! We're lost! Nothing like this has ever happened to us before!

The Philistines fought hard and defeated the Israelites, who went running to their homes. There was a great slaughter: thirty thousand Israelite soldiers were killed.

God's Covenant Box was captured, and Eli's sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were both killed.

The Philistines fought a battle against the Israelites on Mount Gilboa. Many Israelites were killed there, and the rest of them, including King Saul and his sons, fled.

The fighting was heavy around Saul, and he was hit by enemy arrows and badly wounded.

The young man saw that Saul was dead, so he too threw himself on his sword and died.

When the Israelites who lived in Jezreel Valley heard that the army had fled and that Saul and his sons had died, they abandoned their towns and ran off. Then the Philistines came and occupied them.

They cut off Saul's head, stripped off his armor, and sent messengers with them throughout Philistia to tell the good news to their idols and to their people.

When the people of Jabesh in Gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,

Saul died because he was unfaithful to the LORD. He disobeyed the LORD's commands; he tried to find guidance by consulting the spirits of the dead