1 Samuel 17:19

Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.

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Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.

In Context

18And take these ten cheeses to the captain of their thousand, and see how your brothers are and come back with a sign to say how they are.

20And David got up early in the morning, and, giving the sheep into the care of a keeper, took the things and went as Jesse had said; and he came to the lines where the carts were, when the army was going out to the fight giving their war-cry.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 17:2And Saul and the men of Israel came together and took up their position in the valley of Elah, and put their forces in order against the Philistines.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 17:13-31

David Comes to the Camp of Israel. ( b. c. 1060.) 12 Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem-judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul. 13 And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah. 14 And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul. 15 But David went and… Read the whole commentary →

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