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Be strong, and behave yourselves like men, O you Philistines, that you not be servants to the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit yourselves like men, and fight.
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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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19th Century
Anglican
Be strong, ... O you Philistines ... —The ring of these striking words—part of the same Philistine tradition of their spl…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, O you Philistines Since this was all they had to depend upon, their manly c…
Presbyterian
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. …
