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A Battle Cry Redeemed
A commentator points out that the Philistines' battle cry, "quit yourselves like men; be strong," is almost certainly the phrase the Apostle Paul quotes in 1 Corinthians 16:13. Paul takes a pagan exhortation for physical warfare and redeems it as a powerful call for spiritual courage and steadfastness for the Christian believer.
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1 Samuel
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Charles Ellicott
On 1 Samuel 4:9
19th Century
Bishop
Be strong, ... O you Philistines ... —The ring of these striking words—part of the same Philistine tradition of their spl…
John Gill
On 1 Samuel 4:9
17th Century
Pastor
Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, O you Philistines
Since this was all they had to depend upon, their manly c…
Matthew Henry
On 1 Samuel 4:1–9
17th Century
Minister
Israel is struck down before the Philistines. Sin, the accursed thing, was in the camp and gave their enemies all the advantage they could desire. …