Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Saul and the Israelites assembled and camped in the Valley of Elah and drew up their battle line to meet the Philistines. New Living Translation Saul countered by gathering his Israelite troops near the valley of Elah. English Standard Version And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered, and encamped in the Valley of Elah, and drew up in line of battle against the Philistines. Berean Standard Bible Saul and the men of Israel assembled and camped in the Valley of Elah, arraying themselves for battle against the Philistines. King James Bible 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. New King James Version And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and they encamped in the Valley of Elah, and drew up in battle array against the Philistines. New American Standard Bible Saul and the men of Israel were assembled and camped in the Valley of Elah, and they drew up in battle formation to confront the Philistines. NASB 1995 Saul and the men of Israel were gathered and camped in the valley of Elah, and drew up in battle array to encounter the Philistines. NASB 1977 And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered, and camped in the valley of Elah, and drew up in battle array to encounter the Philistines. Legacy Standard Bible But Saul and the men of Israel were gathered and camped in the valley of Elah and arranged themselves for battle to meet the Philistines. Amplified Bible Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together and they camped in the Valley of Elah, and assembled in battle formation to meet the Philistines. Christian Standard Bible Saul and the men of Israel gathered and camped in the Valley of Elah; then they lined up in battle formation to face the Philistines. Holman Christian Standard Bible Saul and the men of Israel gathered and camped in the Valley of Elah; then they lined up in battle formation to face the Philistines. 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. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And Shaul and the men of Israel were gathered and camped in the valley that is in Temtha and they set themselves in array for war against the Philistines Brenton Septuagint Translation And Saul and the men of Israel gather together, and they encamp in the valley, and set the battle in array against the Philistines. Douay-Rheims Bible And Saul and the children of Israel being gathered together came to the valley of Terebinth, and they set the army in array to fight against the Philistines. English Revised Version And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched in the vale of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines. GOD'S WORD® Translation So Saul and the army of Israel assembled and camped in the Elah Valley. They formed a battle line to fight the Philistines. Good News Translation Saul and the Israelites assembled and camped in Elah Valley, where they got ready to fight the Philistines. International Standard Version Saul and the Israelis assembled and camped in the valley of Elah, where they set up their forces to meet the Philistines. JPS Tanakh 1917 And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched in the vale of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines. Literal Standard Version and Saul and the men of Israel have been gathered, and encamp by the Valley of Elah, and set in array [for] battle to meet the Philistines. Majority Standard Bible Saul and the men of Israel assembled and camped in the Valley of Elah, arraying themselves for battle against the Philistines. New American Bible Saul and the Israelites rallied and camped in the valley of the Elah, drawing up their battle line to meet the Philistines. NET Bible Saul and the Israelite army assembled and camped in the valley of Elah, where they arranged their battle lines to fight against the Philistines. New Revised Standard Version Saul and the Israelites gathered and encamped in the valley of Elah, and formed ranks against the Philistines. New Heart English Bible Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and camped in the Valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines. Webster's Bible Translation And Saul and the men of Israel were assembled and encamped by the valley of Elah, and they set the battle in array against the Philistines. 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. 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. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Goliath's Challenge1Now the Philistines gathered their forces for war at Socoh in Judah, and they camped between Socoh and Azekah in Ephes-dammim. 2Saul and the men of Israel assembled and camped in the Valley of Elah, arraying themselves for battle against the Philistines. 3The Philistines stood on one hill and the Israelites stood on another, with the valley between them.… Cross References 1 Samuel 17:3 The Philistines stood on one hill and the Israelites stood on another, with the valley between them. 1 Samuel 21:9 The priest replied, "The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the Valley of Elah, is here; it is wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If you want, you may take it. For there is no other but this one." And David said, "There is none like it; give it to me." Treasury of Scripture 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. the valley 1 Samuel 17:19 Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines. 1 Samuel 21:9 And 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. Jump to Previous Array Assembled Battle Camped Drew Elah Encamp Encamped Encounter Israel Israelites Line Philistines Pitched Position Saul Terebinths Together Vale ValleyJump to Next Array Assembled Battle Camped Drew Elah Encamp Encamped Encounter Israel Israelites Line Philistines Pitched Position Saul Terebinths Together Vale Valley1 Samuel 17 1. The armies of the Israelites and Philistines being ready to battle4. Goliath challenges a combat 12. David, sent by his father to visit his brothers, takes the challenge 28. Eliab chides him 30. He is brought to Saul 32. shows the reason of his confidence 38. and slays the giant 55. Saul takes notice of David Verses 2, 3. - The valley of Elah. I.e. of the terebinth tree. A valley between them. Conder ('Tent Work,' 2:160) describes the spot from personal observation thus: "Saul, coming down by the highway from the land of Benjamin, encamped by the valley on one of the low hills; and between the two hosts was the gai or ravine." In the A.V. no exactness of rendering is ever attempted, and both the emek, the broad strath or valley of Elah, with gently sloping sides, and the flag, the narrow, precipitous ravine, are equally rendered valley. Really the gai is most remarkable, and fully explains how the two hosts could remain in face of one another so long without fighting; for Conder proceeds, "Two points require to be made clear as to the episode of David's battle with Goliath: one was the meaning of the expression gai or ravine; the other was the source whence David took the 'smooth stones.' A visit to the spot explains both. In the middle of the broad, open valley we found a deep trench with vertical sides, impassable except at certain places - a valley in a valley, and a natural barrier between the two hosts. The sides and bed of this trench are strewn with rounded and waterworn pebbles, which would have been well fitted for David's sling. Here, then, we may picture to ourselves the two hosts, covering the low, rocky hills opposite to each other, and half hidden among the lentisk bushes. Between them was the rich expanse of ripening barley, and the red banks of the torrent, with its white, shingly bed. Behind all were the distant blue hill walls of Judah, whence Saul had just come down. The mail clad champion advanced from the west through the low corn, with his mighty lance perhaps tufted with feathers, his brazen helmet shining in the sun. From the east a ruddy boy in his white shirt and sandals, armed with a goat's hair sling, came down to the brook, and, according to the poetic fancy of the Rabbis, the pebbles were given voices, and cried, 'By us shalt thou overcome the giant.' The champion fell from an unseen cause, and the wild Philistines fled to the mouth of the valley, where Gath stood towering on its white chalk cliff, a frontier fortress, the key to the high road leading to the corn lands of Judah and to the vineyards of Hebron." Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Saulוְשָׁא֤וּל (wə·šā·’ūl) Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 7586: Saul -- first king of Israel, also an Edomite and two Israelites and the men וְאִֽישׁ־ (wə·’îš-) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person of Israel יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc assembled נֶאֶסְפ֔וּ (ne·’es·p̄ū) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 622: To gather for, any purpose, to receive, take away, remove and camped וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ (way·ya·ḥă·nū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 2583: To incline, to decline, to pitch a, tent, gen, to encamp in the Valley of Elah, הָאֵלָ֑ה (hā·’ê·lāh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 425: Elah -- 'terebinth', an Israelite name, also an Edomite name arraying themselves וַיַּעַרְכ֥וּ (way·ya·‘ar·ḵū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 6186: To set in a, row, arrange, put in order for battle מִלְחָמָ֖ה (mil·ḥā·māh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 4421: A battle, war against לִקְרַ֥את (liq·raṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 7122: To encounter, befall the Philistines. פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃ (pə·liš·tîm) Noun - proper - masculine plural Strong's 6430: Philistines -- inhabitants of Philistia Links 1 Samuel 17:2 NIV1 Samuel 17:2 NLT 1 Samuel 17:2 ESV 1 Samuel 17:2 NASB 1 Samuel 17:2 KJV 1 Samuel 17:2 BibleApps.com 1 Samuel 17:2 Biblia Paralela 1 Samuel 17:2 Chinese Bible 1 Samuel 17:2 French Bible 1 Samuel 17:2 Catholic Bible OT History: 1 Samuel 17:2 Saul and the men of Israel were (1Sa iSam 1 Sam i sa) |
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