KJV 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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
1 Samuel 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.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Saul and the men of Israel assembled and camped in the Valley of Elah, arraying themselves for battle against the Philistines.
WEB World English Bible
Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and encamped in the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines.
ASV American Standard Version
And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and encamped in the vale of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and Saul and the men of Israel have been gathered, and encamp by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array to meet the Philistines.
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.
5 And [he had] an helmet of brass upon his head, and he [was] armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat [was] five thousand shekels of brass.
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וְשָׁא֤וּלH7586 · sha.ulSaulוְאִֽישׁ־H376 · ishmanיִשְׂרָאֵל֙H3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelנֶאֶסְפ֔וּH622 · a.saphto gatherוַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּH2583 · cha.nahto campבְּעֵ֣מֶקH6010 · e.meqValley (of Achor)הָאֵלָ֑הH425 · e.lahElahוַיַּעַרְכ֥וּH6186 · a.rakhto arrangeמִלְחָמָ֖הH4421 · mil.cha.mahbattleלִקְרַ֥אתH7122 · qa.rato encounter: meetפְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃H6430 · pe.lish.tiPhilistine
Cross-references
1 Samuel 21:9And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it [is here] wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take [it]: for [there is] no other save that here. And David said, [There is] none like that; give it me.1 Samuel 17:19Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, [were] in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
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