1 Samuel 17:3

The Philistines were stationed on the mountain on one side and Israel on the mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.

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And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.

In Context

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.

4And a fighter came out from the tents of the Philistines, named Goliath of Gath; he was more than six cubits tall.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 21:21And when he was purposing to put shame on Israel, Jonathan, the son of Shimei, David's brother, put him to death.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 17:2-12

Goliath's Challenge to Israel. ( b. c. 1060.) 1 Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim. 2 And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines. 3 And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between… Read the whole commentary →

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