No. According to The Bible, King David was more successful in battles than King Saul. In fact, this became a major issue between the two individuals when the townspeople would say "Saul has killed his thousands, but David has killed tens of thousands."
King david slew the mighty giant Goliath, this made the Philistines flee.
Yes. David was a soldier and led his army into battles. When David became king he didn't fight as many battles.
David won Michal's hand in marriage when he fulfilled King Saul's challenge to kill 100 Philistines all by himself. Michal was King Saul's daughter. King Saul hated David because he was jealous of him and was hoping that David would be killed trying to fulfill the King's request. David killed twice the number of Philistines required of the King and so Michal was given to David to be his wife. Ref: (I Samuel 18:26-30).
Judge Samson comes earlier in the Bible than King David.
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No. According to The Bible, King David was more successful in battles than King Saul. In fact, this became a major issue between the two individuals when the townspeople would say "Saul has killed his thousands, but David has killed tens of thousands."
Saul, the first king of Israel and then David, the youngest son of Jesse,
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In one of the many battles between the Israelites and the Philistines. 1 Samuel ch.17.
King david slew the mighty giant Goliath, this made the Philistines flee.
Ziklag was destroyed by Philistines.
Samson lived in the latter part of the time of the judges. Samson was a judge. (not a judge like we have today, but a judge in that time period delivered Israel out of the hand of their enemies and brought them closer to God.) We are told in Judges 16:4b "....... that He (God) was seeking an occasion to move against the Philistines. For at that time the Philistines had dominion over Israel". God raised up Samson to incite war against the Philistines. The Philistines had taken over parts of Israel and were treating the people very badly. God wanted this to stop. Samson was the first Judge to encounter the Philistines. It was not until the time of David that the Philistines were defeated badly enough to stop being a power against Israel. Samson's basic area of war against the Philistines was Zorah, which was in the territory of the Tribe of Dan. If you will recall it was David as a lad before he became King who took his sling and 5 smooth pebbles (Rocks) and put one between the eyes of Goliath who was a mercenary of the Philistines.
David brought the foreskins of 100 Philistines to King Saul as a dowry in order to marry Saul's daughter Michal. This was a requirement set by Saul as an act of revenge against the Philistines.
To prevent Saul's army from needing to engage with the Philistines, David accepted the "contest of champions" against the Philistine champion, Goliath.
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It depends on how this is meant. The Philistines made repeated incursions into territory held by the Ancient Israelites and were repulsed by a number of Israelite monarchs. The Bible argues that King David was among the most successful of these. However, the Philistines never completely left the southwest Levant (simply becoming Roman citizens) and some current Israeli cities, like Ashqelon and Ashdod, are built on former Philistine territory.