1 Samuel 17:3

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

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In The King James Version

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

2Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and encamped in the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines.

4A champion out of the camp of the Philistines named Goliath of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span went out.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 21:21When he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimei, David’s brother, killed him.

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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