the Philistines

2 Samuel 5:17, 22
When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over Israel, they all went in search of him; but David learned of this and went down to the stronghold. . . .

1 Chronicles 20:4
Some time later, war broke out with the Philistines at Gezer. At that time Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Sippai, a descendant of the Rephaim, and the Philistines were subdued.

and David waxed faint

Joshua 14:10, 11
Now behold, as the LORD promised, He has kept me alive these forty-five years since He spoke this word to Moses, while Israel wandered in the wilderness. So here I am today, eighty-five years old, . . .

Psalm 71:9, 18
Do not discard me in my old age; do not forsake me when my strength fails. . . .

Psalm 73:26
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

Ecclesiastes 12:3
on the day the keepers of the house tremble, and the strong men stoop, when those grinding cease because they are few, and those watching through windows see dimly,

Isaiah 40:28-30
Do you not know? Have you not heard? the LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will never grow faint or weary; His understanding is beyond searching out. . . .

Jeremiah 9:23, 24
This is what the LORD says: "Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches. . . .

1 Peter 1:24, 25
For, "All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall, . . .