KJV King James Version
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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
1 Samuel 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.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Now the Philistines gathered their forces for war at Socoh in Judah, and they camped between Socoh and Azekah in Ephes-dammim.
WEB World English Bible
Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle; and they were gathered together at Socoh, which belongs to Judah, and encamped between Socoh and Azekah, in Ephesdammim.
ASV American Standard Version
Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle; and they were gathered together at Socoh, which belongeth to Judah, and encamped between Socoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And the Philistines gather their camps to battle, and are gathered to Shochoh, which is to Judah, and encamp between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephes-Dammim;
Surrounding context — 1 Samuel 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.
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 them.
4 And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height [was] six cubits and a span.
Topics connected to this verse
Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיַּאַסְפ֨וּH622 · a.saphto gatherפְלִשְׁתִּ֤יםH6430 · pe.lish.tiPhilistineאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]מַֽחֲנֵיהֶם֙H4264 · ma.cha.nehcampלַמִּלְחָמָ֔הH4421 · mil.cha.mahbattleוַיֵּאָ֣סְפ֔וּH622 · a.saphto gatherשֹׂכֹ֖הH7755 · s.vo.khohSocohאֲשֶׁ֣רH834 · a.sherwhichלִיהוּדָ֑הH3063 · ye.hu.dahJudahוַֽיַּחֲנ֛וּH2583 · cha.nahto campבֵּין־H996 · ba.yinbetweenשׂוֹכֹ֥הH7755 · s.vo.khohSocohוּבֵין־H996 · ba.yinbetweenעֲזֵקָ֖הH5825 · a.ze.qahAzekahבְּאֶ֥פֶסH658 · e.phes dam.mimEphes-dammimדַּמִּֽים׃H658 · e.phes dam.mimEphes-dammim
Cross-references
Joshua 15:35Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,1 Chronicles 11:13He was with David at Pasdammim, and there the Philistines were gathered together to battle, where was a parcel of ground full of barley; and the people fled from before the Philistines.1 Samuel 13:5And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which [is] on the sea shore in multitude: and they came up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward from Bethaven.2 Chronicles 28:18The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the low country, and of the south of Judah, and had taken Bethshemesh, and Ajalon, and Gederoth, and Shocho with the villages thereof, and Timnah with the villages thereof, Gimzo also and the villages thereof: and they dwelt there.Joshua 10:10-11And the LORD discomfited them before Israel, and slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way that goeth up to Bethhoron, and smote them to Azekah, and unto Makkedah.Judges 3:3[Namely], five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baalhermon unto the entering in of Hamath.2 Chronicles 11:7And Bethzur, and Shoco, and Adullam,1 Samuel 14:46Then Saul went up from following the Philistines: and the Philistines went to their own place.Jeremiah 34:7When the king of Babylon’s army fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish, and against Azekah: for these defenced cities remained of the cities of Judah.1 Samuel 7:7And when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together to Mizpeh, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard [it], they were afraid of the Philistines.1 Samuel 14:52And there was sore war against the Philistines all the days of Saul: and when Saul saw any strong man, or any valiant man, he took him unto him.
HISTORICAL INTERPRETATION
Compare classic commentaries on 1 Samuel 17:1
Put Matthew Henry, Adam Clarke, Calvin, Wesley, Barnes, Jamieson–Fausset–Brown, Aquinas’ Catena and other public-domain sources beside the passage.
Compare commentaries →