“There was severe war against the Philistines all the days of Saul; and when Saul saw any mighty man or any valiant man, he took him into his service.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. 1 Samuel 14 contains 52 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.