1 SAMUEL 4:10 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.”
Take courage, and be men, O Philistines, in order that you do not become slaves to the Hebrews as they have been to you; be men and fight—the Philistine commander's exhortation (*hitchazqu*, be strong) turns on the reversal of *avdut* (slavery). If they lose, they become slaves; if they win, they remain free.
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