Lexicon :: Strong's H7291 - rāḏap̄

The men of Israel and Judah rallied, shouting their battle cry, and chased the Philistines to the entrance of the valley and to the gates of Ekron.[fn] Philistine bodies were strewn all along the Shaaraim road to Gath and Ekron.

and Saul and his men went to look for him. When David was told about it, he went down to the rock and stayed in the Wilderness of Maon. Saul heard of this and pursued David there.

“Who has the king of Israel come after? What are you chasing after? A dead dog? A single flea?

“Someone is pursuing you and intends to take your life. My lord’s life is tucked safely in the place[fn] where the LORD your God protects the living, but he is flinging away your enemies’ lives like stones from a sling.

Then he continued, “Why is my lord pursuing his servant? What have I done? What crime have I committed?

and David asked the LORD, “Should I pursue these raiders? Will I overtake them? ”

The LORD replied to him, “Pursue them, for you will certainly overtake them and rescue the people.”

He chased Abner and did not turn to the right or the left in his pursuit of him.

Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men, and I will set out in pursuit of David tonight.

Joab blew the ram’s horn, and the troops broke off their pursuit of Israel because Joab restrained them.

So David said to Abishai, “Sheba son of Bichri will do more harm to us than Absalom. Take your lord’s soldiers and pursue him, or he will find fortified cities and elude us.”[fn]

I pursue my enemies and destroy them;

I do not turn back until they are wiped out.

So Gad went to David, told him the choices, and asked him, “Do you want three[fn] years of famine to come on your land, to flee from your foes three months while they pursue you, or to have a plague in your land three days? Now, consider carefully[fn] what answer I should take back to the one who sent me.”

and each one struck down his opponent. So the Arameans fled and Israel pursued them, but King Ben-hadad of Aram escaped on a horse with the cavalry.

So Gehazi pursued Naaman. When Naaman saw someone running after him, he got down from the chariot to meet him and asked, “Is everything all right? ”

When King Ahaziah of Judah saw what was happening, he fled up the road toward Beth-haggan. Jehu pursued him, shouting, “Shoot him too! ” So they shot him in his chariot[fn] at Gur Pass near Ibleam, but he fled to Megiddo and died there.

the Chaldean army pursued him and overtook him in the plains of Jericho. Zedekiah’s entire army left him and scattered.

Abijah pursued Jeroboam and captured some cities from him: Bethel, Jeshanah, and Ephron,[fn] along with their surrounding villages.

Then Asa and the people who were with him pursued them as far as Gerar. The Cushites fell until they had no survivors, for they were crushed before the LORD and his army. So the people of Judah carried off a great supply of loot.

You divided the sea before them,

and they crossed through it on dry ground.

You hurled their pursuers into the depths

like a stone into raging water.

Will you frighten a wind-driven leaf?

Will you chase after dry straw?

Why do you persecute me as God does?

Will you never get enough of my flesh?

Terrors are turned loose against me;

they chase my dignity away like the wind,

and my prosperity has passed by like a cloud.

LORD my God, I seek refuge in you;

save me from all my pursuers and rescue me,

I pursue my enemies and overtake them;

I do not turn back until they are wiped out.

Only goodness and faithful love will pursue me

all the days of my life,

and I will dwell in[fn] the house of the LORD

as long as I live.[fn]

The course of my life is in your power;

rescue me from the power of my enemies

and from my persecutors.

Turn away from evil and do what is good;

seek peace and pursue it.

Draw the spear and javelin against my pursuers,

and assure me, “I am your deliverance.”

Those who repay evil for good

attack me for pursuing good.

For they persecute the one you struck

and talk about the pain of those you wounded.

saying, “God has abandoned him;

chase him and catch him,

for there is no one to rescue him.”

so pursue them with your tempest

and terrify them with your storm.

For he did not think to show kindness,

but pursued the suffering, needy, and brokenhearted

in order to put them to death.

How many days must your servant wait?

When will you execute judgment on my persecutors?

Listen to my cry,

for I am very weak.

Rescue me from those who pursue me,

for they are too strong for me.