CHAPTER EXPLORER
1 Samuel 17
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58 verses in KJV · 327 outgoing cross-reference links
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Opening verses of 1 Samuel 17 (KJV)
17:1 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 Ephesdammim.
17:2 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.
17:3 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 them.
Historical / attribution context
Traditional writer attribution: Samuel
Approximate study chronology: c. 1063 BC
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H6430pe.lish.tiPhilistine · 40 occurrencesH1732da.vidDavid · 36 occurrencesH2088zehthis · 20 occurrencesH7586sha.ulSaul · 18 occurrencesH376ishman · 17 occurrencesH3478yis.ra.elIsrael · 16 occurrencesH1980ha.lakhto go: went · 16 occurrencesH5221na.khahto smite · 12 occurrencesH4634ma.a.ra.khahrank · 11 occurrencesH3027yadhand · 11 occurrencesH1121benson: child · 10 occurrencesH4421mil.cha.mahbattle · 9 occurrencesH3947la.qachto take: take · 8 occurrencesH1697da.varword · 8 occurrences
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