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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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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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the Philistines.
2 Sam. 5:17,22• 17{i}And the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, and all the Philistines went up to seek David; and David heard of it, and went down to the stronghold.{/i}
 22And the Philistines came up yet again. {i}and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.{/i} (2 Sam. 5:17,22)
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1 Chron. 20:4• 4{i}And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezer with the Philistines; then Sibbechai the Hushathite smote Sippai, one of the children of Rapha; and they were subdued.{/i} (1 Chron. 20:4)
and David waxed faint.
Josh. 14:10‑11• 10{i}And now behold, Jehovah has kept me alive, as he said, these forty-five years, since Jehovah spoke this word to Moses, when Israel wandered in the wilderness; and now behold, I am this day eighty-five years old.{/i}
 11{i}I am still this day strong, as 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.{/i} (Josh. 14:10‑11)
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Psa. 71:9,18• 9Cast me not off in the time of old age;{HR}When my strength faileth, forsake me not.
 18Yea also unto old age and grey hairs,{HR}O God, forsake me not,{HR}Until I declare, thine arm to a generation,{HR}Thy might to every one that is to come. (Psa. 71:9,18)
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Psa. 73:26• 26My flesh and my heart faileth;{HR}Rock of my heart and my portion [is] God forever. (Psa. 73:26)
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Eccl. 12:3• 3In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble,{HR}And the strong men shall bow themselves,{HR}And the grinders cease because they are few,{HR}And those that look out of the windows be darkened, (Eccl. 12:3)
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Isa. 40:28‑30• 28Dost thou not know, hast thou not heard, [that] the everlasting God, Jehovah, 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 stumble and fall; (Isa. 40:28‑30)
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Jer. 9:23‑24• 23{i}Thus saith Jehovah: Let not the wise glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty glory in his might; let not the rich glory in his riches:{/i}
 24{i}but let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am Jehovah, who exercise loving-kindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth; for in these things I delight, saith Jehovah{/i}. (Jer. 9:23‑24)
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1 Peter 1:24‑25• 24Because all flesh [is] as grass, and all its glory as a flower of grass. The grass withered and the flower fell away,
 25but the word of [the] Lord abideth forever. And this is the word that as glad tidings was 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.

W. Kelly 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.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)