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2 Samuel 21

2 Sam. 21:15 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Moreover the Philistines
Plishtiy (Hebrew #6430)
a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth
KJV usage: Philistine.
Pronounce: pel-ish-tee'
Origin: patrial from 6429
had yet war
milchamah (Hebrew #4421)
a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare)
KJV usage: battle, fight(-ing), war((-rior)).
Pronounce: mil-khaw-maw'
Origin: from 3898 (in the sense of fighting)
again with Israel
Yisra'el (Hebrew #3478)
from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Pronounce: yis-raw-ale'
; and David
David (Hebrew #1732)
Daviyd {daw-veed'}; from the same as 1730; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse
KJV usage: David.
Pronounce: daw-veed'
Origin: rarely (fully)
went down
yarad (Hebrew #3381)
a primitive root; to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications): --X abundantly, bring down, carry down, cast down, (cause to) come(-ing) down, fall (down), get down, go(-ing) down(-ward), hang down, X indeed, let down, light (down), put down (off), (cause to, let) run down, sink, subdue, take down.
Pronounce: yaw-rad'
, and his servants
`ebed (Hebrew #5650)
a servant
KJV usage: X bondage, bondman, (bond-)servant, (man-)servant.
Pronounce: eh'-bed
Origin: from 5647
with him, and fought
lacham (Hebrew #3898)
to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction)
KJV usage: devour, eat, X ever, fight(-ing), overcome, prevail, (make) war(-ring).
Pronounce: law-kham'
Origin: a primitive root
against the Philistines
Plishtiy (Hebrew #6430)
a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth
KJV usage: Philistine.
Pronounce: pel-ish-tee'
Origin: patrial from 6429
: and David
David (Hebrew #1732)
Daviyd {daw-veed'}; from the same as 1730; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse
KJV usage: David.
Pronounce: daw-veed'
Origin: rarely (fully)
waxed faint
`uwph (Hebrew #5774)
to cover (with wings or obscurity); hence (as denominative from 5775) to fly; also (by implication of dimness) to faint (from the darkness of swooning)
KJV usage: brandish, be (wax) faint, flee away, fly (away), X set, shine forth, weary.
Pronounce: oof
Origin: a primitive root
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Ministry on This Verse

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the Philistines.
2 Sam. 5:17,22• 17But when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines came up to seek David; and David heard of it, and went down to the hold.
 22And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. (2 Sam. 5:17,22)
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1 Chron. 20:4• 4And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezer with the Philistines; at which time Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Sippai, that was of the children of {/kn{kn 11326}}the giant: and they were subdued. (1 Chron. 20:4)
and David waxed faint.
Josh. 14:10‑11• 10And now, behold, the Lord hath kept me alive, as he said, these forty and five years, even since the Lord spake this word unto Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old.
 11As yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Moses sent me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, both to go out, and to come in. (Josh. 14:10‑11)
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Psa. 71:9,18• 9Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.
 18Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have showed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come. (Psa. 71:9,18)
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Psa. 73:26• 26My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. (Psa. 73:26)
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Eccl. 12:3• 3In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened, (Eccl. 12:3)
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Isa. 40:28‑30• 28Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.
 29He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.
 30Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: (Isa. 40:28‑30)
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Jer. 9:23‑24• 23Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:
 24But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the Lord which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the Lord. (Jer. 9:23‑24)
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1 Peter 1:24‑25• 24For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
 25But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you. (1 Peter 1:24‑25)
• {v.15-22} The end of David's history has the same character as its beginning. Goliath seems to come to life again. So it was for the Lord also: after the temptation in the wilderness Satan left Him for a time and reappeared at Gethsemane, seeking to terrify Him so that He would abandon His work. (“The Sons of the Giant: 2 Samuel 21:15-22” by H.L. Rossier)
• He had gone down with his servants, taking neither his age nor his strength into account. (“The Sons of the Giant: 2 Samuel 21:15-22” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought with the Philistines. And David was exhausted.