Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
1 Samuel 17:53
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When the Israelites returned from their pursuit of the Philistines, they plundered their camps.
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And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they spoiled their tents.
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The children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they plundered their camp.
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And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they plundered their camp.
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1 Samuel 17
51 David ran and stood over him. He grabbed the Philistine’s sword and pulled it from its sheath and killed him, and he cut off his head with the sword. When the Philistines saw that their hero was dead, they turned and ran.
52 Then the men of Israel and Judah charged forward with a shout and pursued the Philistines to the entrance of Gath and to the gates of Ekron. And the bodies of the Philistines were strewn along the Shaaraim road to Gath and Ekron.
53 When the Israelites returned from their pursuit of the Philistines, they plundered their camps.
54 David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem, and he put Goliath’s weapons in his own tent.
55 As Saul had watched David going out to confront the Philistine, he said to Abner the commander of the army, “Abner, whose son is this young man?” “As surely as you live, O king,” Abner replied, “I do not know.”
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