1 Samuel 17:2

וְשָׁאוּל וְאִֽישׁ ־ יִשְׂרָאֵל נֶאֶסְפוּ וַֽיַּחֲנוּ בְּעֵמֶק הָאֵלָה וַיַּעַרְכוּ מִלְחָמָה לִקְרַאת פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

1וַיַּאַסְפוּ פְלִשְׁתִּים אֶת ־ מַֽחֲנֵיהֶם לַמִּלְחָמָה וַיֵּאָסְפוּ שֹׂכֹה אֲשֶׁר לִיהוּדָה וַֽיַּחֲנוּ בֵּין ־ שׂוֹכֹה וּבֵין ־ עֲזֵקָה בְּאֶפֶס דַּמִּֽים ׃

3וּפְלִשְׁתִּים עֹמְדִים אֶל ־ הָהָר מִזֶּה וְיִשְׂרָאֵל עֹמְדִים אֶל ־ הָהָר מִזֶּה וְהַגַּיְא בֵּינֵיהֶֽם ׃

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Cross References

1 Samuel 21:9וַיֹּאמֶר דָּוִד לַאֲחִימֶלֶךְ וְאִין יֶשׁ ־ פֹּה תַֽחַת ־ יָדְךָ חֲנִית אוֹ ־ חָרֶב כִּי גַם ־ חַרְבִּי וְגַם ־ כֵּלַי לֹֽא ־ לָקַחְתִּי בְיָדִי כִּֽי ־ הָיָה דְבַר ־ הַמֶּלֶךְ נָחֽוּץ ׃ ס

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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