When he taunted Israel, Jonathan, the son of David’s brother Shimeah, killed him.

Then the Philistine said, “I defy Israel’s troops this day! Give me a man so we can fight each other!”

Your servant has struck down both the lion and the bear. This uncircumcised Philistine will be just like one of them. For he has defied the armies of the living God!”

When he taunted Israel, Jonathan son of Shimea, David’s brother, killed him.

David asked the men who were standing near him, “What will be done for the man who strikes down this Philistine and frees Israel from this humiliation? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he defies the armies of the living God?”

But David replied to the Philistine, “You are coming against me with sword and spear and javelin. But I am coming against you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel’s armies, whom you have defied!

Next in command was Eleazar son of Dodo, the son of Ahohi. He was one of the three warriors who were with David when they defied the Philistines who were assembled there for battle. When the men of Israel retreated,

for he stretches out his hand against God, and vaunts himself against the Almighty,

The men of Israel said, “Have you seen this man who is coming up? He does so to defy Israel. But the king will make the man who can strike him down very wealthy! He will give him his daughter in marriage, and he will make his father’s house exempt from tax obligations in Israel.”

Jerusalem certainly stumbles, Judah falls, for their words and their actions offend the Lord; they rebel against his royal authority.

How can I curse one whom God has not cursed, or how can I denounce one whom the Lord has not denounced?

in order to take revenge on the nations, and punish foreigners.

Lawless good-for-nothing men gathered around him and conspired against Rehoboam son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was an inexperienced young man and could not resist them.

“Call for archers to come against Babylon! Summon against her all who draw the bow! Set up camp all around the city! Do not allow anyone to escape! Pay her back for what she has done. Do to her what she has done to others. For she has proudly defied me, the Holy One of Israel.

for they aroused his temper, and he spoke rashly.

because they had rebelled against God’s commands, and rejected the instructions of the sovereign king.

I myself will also walk in hostility against you and strike you seven times on account of your sins.

“‘If in spite of this you do not obey me but walk in hostility against me,

I will walk in hostile rage against you and I myself will also discipline you seven times on account of your sins.

The men of Zebulun were not concerned about their lives; Naphtali charged on to the battlefields.