1Sa 4:9, 2Sa 10:12, 1Ch 19:13, 1Cor 9:25-27, 14:20, Eph 6:13-17, 1Ti 6:12 | TSK | STEP | Be strong. as they have. quit yourselves like men. Heb. be men.

1 Samuel 4:9

Be strong.

as they have.

De 28:47,48; Jud 10:7; 13:1; Isa 14:2; 33:1

quit yourselves like men. Heb. be men.

2 Samuel 10:12

Be of good.This is a very animating address, and equal to any thing of the kind in ancient or modern times. Ye fight {pro aris et focis;} for every good, sacred and civil; for God, for your families, and for your countries. Such harangues, especially in very trying circumstances, are very natural, and may perhaps be found in the records of every nation. Several instances might be quoted from Roman and Grecian history; but few are more remarkable than that of Tyrtaeus, the lame Athenian poet, to whom the command of the army was given in one of the Messenian wars. The Spartans had at that time suffered great losses, and all their stratagems proved ineffectual, so that they began to despair of success; when the poet, by his lectures on honour and courage, delivered in moving verse to the army, ravished them to such a degree with the thoughts of dying for their country, that, rushing on with a furious transport to meet their enemies, they gave them an entire overthrow, and by one decisive battle brought the war to a happy conclusion.

Nu 13:20; De 31:6; Jos 1:6,7,9,18; 1Sa 14:6,12; 17:32; 2Ch 32:7

Ne 4:14; Heb 13:6

play.

1Sa 4:9; 1Ch 19:13; 1Co 16:13

the Lord.

16:10,11; Jud 10:15; 1Sa 3:18; Job 1:21

1 Chronicles 19:13

of good.

De 31:6,7; Jos 1:7; 10:25; 1Sa 4:9; 14:6-12; 17:32; 2Sa 10:12

Ezr 10:4; Ne 4:14; Ps 27:14; 1Co 16:13

let us behave, etc.In Samuel, "let us play the men;" but the original is the same in both places, {nithchazzak}.

let the Lord.

Jud 10:15; 1Sa 3:18; 2Sa 15:26; 16:10,11; Job 1:22

1 Corinthians 9:25-27

striveth.

Eph 6:12-18; 1Ti 6:12; 2Ti 2:5; 4:7; Heb 12:4

temperate.

Ga 5:23; Tit 1:8; 2:2; 2Pe 1:6

but.

15:54; 2Ti 4:8; Heb 12:28; Jas 1:12; 1Pe 1:4; 5:4; Re 2:10; 3:11

Re 4:4,10

not.

2Co 5:1,8; Php 1:21; 2Ti 1:12; 2:5; Heb 4:1; 1Pe 5:1; 2Pe 1:10

so.

Mt 11:12; Lu 13:24; Eph 6:12; Col 1:29

I keep.

25; 4:11,12; 6:12,13; 8:13; Ro 8:13; 2Co 6:4,5; 11:27; Col 3:5

2Ti 2:22; 1Pe 2:11

and.

Ro 6:18,19

lest.

13:1-3; Ps 50:16; Mt 7:21-23; Lu 12:45-47; 13:26,27; 2Pe 2:15

a castaway.

Jer 6:30; Lu 9:25; Ac 1:25; 2Co 13:5,6

1 Corinthians 14:20

not.

3:1,2; 13:11; Ps 119:99; Isa 11:3; Ro 16:19; Eph 4:14,15; Php 1:9

Heb 5:12,13; 6:1-3; 2Pe 3:18

malice.

Ps 131:1,2; Mt 11:25; 18:3; 19:4; Mr 10:15; 1Pe 2:2

but.

Ps 119:99

men. Gr. perfect, or, of a ripe age.

2:6; Php 3:15

Ephesians 6:13-17

take.

11-17; 2Co 10:4

the whole.[Panoplia ,] a complete suit of armour, both offensive and defensive, from [pan,] all, and [hoplon ,] armour.

in the.

5:6,16; Ec 12:1; Am 6:3; Lu 8:13; Re 3:10

done all. or, overcome all. to stand.

Mal 3:2; Lu 21:36; Col 4:12; Re 6:17

having.

5:9; Isa 11:5; Lu 12:35; 2Co 6:7; 1Pe 1:13

the breastplate.The [thorax ,] or breastplate, consisted of two parts; one of which covered the whole region of the thorax or breast, and the other the back, as far down as the front part extended.

Isa 59:17; 1Th 5:8; Re 9:9,17

your.

De 33:25; So 7:1; Hab 3:19; Lu 15:22

the gospel.

Isa 52:7; Ro 10:15; 2Co 5:18-21

the shield.The [thureos ] was a large oblong shield, or scuta, like a door, [thura ,] made of wood and covered with hides.

Ge 15:1; Ps 56:3,4,10,11; Pr 18:10; 2Co 1:24; 4:16-18; Heb 6:17,18

Heb 11:24-34; 1Pe 5:8,9; 1Jo 5:4,5

to quench.

1Th 5:19

the helmet.

1Sa 17:5,58; Isa 59:17; 1Th 5:8