2 Samuel 23:13
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“At harvest time, three of the thirty chief men went down to David at the cave of Adullam, while a company of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.”
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“At harvest time, three of the thirty chief men went down to David at the cave of Adullam, while a company of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And three of the thirty chief went down, and came to David in the harvest time unto the cave of Adullam: and the troop of the Philistines pitched in the valley of Rephaim.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And three of the thirty chief men went down, and came to David in the harvest time unto the cave of Adullam; and the troop of the Philistines was encamped in the valley of Rephaim.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And three of the thirty heads go down and come unto the harvest, unto David, unto the cave of Adullam, and the company of the Philistines are encamping in the valley of Rephaim,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 2 Samuel 23:13 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Joshua 12:15the king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
- Joshua 15:35Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah,
- 1 Samuel 22:1So David left Gath and took refuge in the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and the rest of his father’s household heard about it, they went down to him there.
- 2 Samuel 5:18Now the Philistines had come and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.
- 2 Samuel 5:22Once again the Philistines came up and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.
- 1 Chronicles 11:15Three of the thirty chief men went down to David, to the rock at the cave of Adullam, while a company of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.
- 1 Chronicles 14:9Now the Philistines had come and raided the Valley of Rephaim.
- Isaiah 17:5as the reaper gathers the standing grain and harvests the ears with his arm, as one gleans heads of grain in the Valley of Rephaim.
- Micah 1:15I will again bring a conqueror against you, O dweller of Mareshah. The glory of Israel will come to Adullam.
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