“But if he strikes him out of hatred or throws something at him intentionally ¹  so that he dies,

That day they killed about ten thousand Moabites ¹  – all strong, capable warriors; not one escaped.

The ark of God was taken, and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phineas, were killed.

He had bronze shin guards ¹  on his legs, and a bronze javelin was slung over his shoulders.

So on that day David arose and fled from Saul. He went to King Achish of Gath.

Abishai son of Zeruiah ¹  killed 18,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt.

Certainly ¹  your angry judgment upon men will bring you praise; ²  you reveal your anger in full measure. ³ 

They will bring you down to the pit, and you will die violently ¹  in the heart of the seas.

Then, if anyone prophesies in spite of this, his father and mother to whom he was born will say to him, ‘You cannot live, for you lie in the name of the Lord.’ Then his father and mother to whom he was born will run him through with a sword when he prophesies. ¹ 

The men of Judah attacked the Canaanites living in Hebron. (Hebron used to be called Kiriath Arba.) They killed Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.

Abimelech chased him, and Gaal ¹  ran from him. Many Shechemites ²  fell wounded at the entrance of the gate.

They retreated before the Israelites, taking the road to the wilderness. But the battle overtook ¹  them as men from the surrounding cities struck them down. ² 

The Philistines arranged their forces to fight ¹  Israel. As the battle spread out, ²  Israel was defeated by ³  the Philistines, who ⁴  killed about four thousand men in the battle line in the field.

So the Philistines fought. Israel was defeated; they all ran home. ¹  The slaughter was very great; thirty thousand foot soldiers fell in battle.

In this initial skirmish Jonathan and his armor bearer struck down about twenty men in an area that measured half an acre.

Then Saul clothed David with his own fighting attire and put a bronze helmet on his head. He also put body armor on him.

So David and his men went to Keilah and fought the Philistines. He took away their cattle and thoroughly defeated them. ¹  David delivered the inhabitants of Keilah.

Then David called one of the soldiers ¹  and said, “Come here and strike him down!” So he struck him down, and he died.

The Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, but David killed 22,000 of the Arameans.

The army of Israel was defeated there by David’s men. ¹  The slaughter there was great that day – 20,000 soldiers were killed.