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2 Samuel 23:12

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But he stood in the midst of the ground, and defended it, and slew the Philistines: and the Lord wrought a great victory.

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  1. 2 Samuel 23:10

    He arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand clave unto the sword: and the Lord wrought a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to spoil.

  2. 2 Samuel 23:11

    And after him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a piece of ground full of lentiles: and the people fled from the Philistines.

  3. 2 Samuel 23:13

    And three of the thirty chief went down, and came to David in the harvest time unto the cave of Adullam: and the troop of the Philistines pitched in the valley of Rephaim.

  4. 2 Samuel 23:14

    And David was then in an hold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Beth–lehem.

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