1 Samuel 17:2

And Saul and the men of Israel gather together, and they encamp in the valley, and set the battle in array against the Philistines.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

1And the Philistines gather their armies to battle, and gather themselves to Socchoth of Judæa, and encamp between Socchoth and Azeca + 17:1 Alex. Aphesdommin.Ephermen.

3And the Philistines stand on the mountain on one side, and Israel stands on the mountain on the other side, and the valley was between them.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 21:9And David said to Abimelech, See if there is here under thy hand spear or sword, for I have not + 21:9 Gr. taken.brought in my hand my sword or my weapons, for the word of the king was urgent.

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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