Save me from my enemies, my God; protect me from those who attack me!

Then he defeated the king of the Syrian state of Zobah, Hadadezer son of Rehob, as Hadadezer was on his way to restore his control over the territory by the upper Euphrates River.

Edom, Moab, Ammon, Philistia, and Amalek---as well as part of the loot he had taken from Hadadezer.

David became even more famous when he returned from killing eighteen thousand Edomites in Salt Valley.

King Hadadezer sent for the Syrians who were on the east side of the Euphrates River, and they came to Helam under the command of Shobach, commander of the army of King Hadadezer of Zobah.

Next, David attacked King Hadadezer of the Syrian state of Zobah, near the territory of Hamath, because Hadadezer was trying to gain control of the territory by the upper Euphrates River.

Abishai, whose mother was Zeruiah, defeated the Edomites in Salt Valley and killed eighteen thousand of them.

He set up military camps throughout Edom, and the people there became King David's subjects. The LORD made David victorious everywhere.

The Syrians realized that they had been defeated by the Israelites, so they brought troops from the Syrian states on the east side of the Euphrates River and placed them under the command of Shobach, commander of the army of King Hadadezer of Zobah.

and the Israelites drove the Syrian army back. David and his men killed seven thousand Syrian chariot drivers and forty thousand foot soldiers. They also killed the Syrian commander, Shobach.

Amaziah killed ten thousand Edomite soldiers in Salt Valley; he captured the city of Sela in battle and called it Joktheel, the name it still has.

Amaziah summoned up his courage and led his army to Salt Valley. There they fought and killed ten thousand Edomite soldiers

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

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

Why have you abandoned us like this, O God? Will you be angry with your own people forever?

But you are angry with your chosen king; you have deserted and rejected him.

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

And to Solomon he said, "My son, I charge you to acknowledge your father's God and to serve him with an undivided heart and a willing mind. He knows all our thoughts and desires. If you go to him, he will accept you; but if you turn away from him, he will abandon you forever.

I ask, then: Did God reject his own people? Certainly not! I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, a member of the tribe of Benjamin.

God has not rejected his people, whom he chose from the beginning. You know what the scripture says in the passage where Elijah pleads with God against Israel:

Do not kill them, O God, or my people may forget. Scatter them by your strength and defeat them, O Lord, our protector.

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 messenger answered, "Israel ran away from the Philistines; it was a terrible defeat for us! Besides that, your sons Hophni and Phinehas were killed, and God's Covenant Box was captured!"

Then they launched a strong attack against the Israelites, putting them in a desperate situation. Some of the Israelites hid in caves and holes or among the rocks or in pits and wells;

others crossed the Jordan River into the territories of Gad and Gilead. Saul was still at Gilgal, and the people with him were trembling with fear.

but Samuel said, "What have you done?" Saul answered, "The people were deserting me, and you had not come when you said you would; besides that, the Philistines are gathering at Michmash.

There were no blacksmiths in Israel because the Philistines were determined to keep the Hebrews from making swords and spears.

the charge was one small coin for sharpening axes and for fixing goads, and two coins for sharpening plows or hoes.)

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 himself was hit by enemy arrows and badly wounded.

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

When the Israelites on the other side of Jezreel Valley and east of the Jordan River heard that the Israelite army had fled and that Saul and his sons had been killed, they abandoned their towns and fled. Then the Philistines came and occupied the towns.

Help us, O God, and save us; rescue us and forgive our sins for the sake of your own honor.

You said, "I have made a covenant with the man I chose; I have promised my servant David,

You are feared in the council of the holy ones; they all stand in awe of you.

In a vision long ago you said to your faithful servants, "I have given help to a famous soldier; I have given the throne to one I chose from the people.

Bring us back, O God our savior, and stop being displeased with us!

How much longer will your anger last? Have pity, O LORD, on your servants!

The Lord is merciful and will not reject us forever.

He may bring us sorrow, but his love for us is sure and strong.

"I will make the people of Judah strong; I will rescue the people of Israel. I will have compassion on them and bring them all back home. They will be as though I had never rejected them. I am the LORD their God; I will answer their prayers.