1 Samuel 17:19
New International Version
They are with Saul and all the men of Israel in the Valley of Elah, fighting against the Philistines.”

New Living Translation
David’s brothers were with Saul and the Israelite army at the valley of Elah, fighting against the Philistines.

English Standard Version
Now Saul and they and all the men of Israel were in the Valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.

Berean Standard Bible
They are with Saul and all the men of Israel in the Valley of Elah, fighting against the Philistines.”

King James Bible
Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.

New King James Version
Now Saul and they and all the men of Israel were in the Valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.

New American Standard Bible
For Saul and they and all the men of Israel are in the Valley of Elah, fighting the Philistines.”

NASB 1995
“For Saul and they and all the men of Israel are in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.”

NASB 1977
“For Saul and they and all the men of Israel are in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.”

Legacy Standard Bible
And Saul and they and all the men of Israel are in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.”

Amplified Bible
Now they are with Saul and all the men of Israel in the Valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.”

Christian Standard Bible
They are with Saul and all the men of Israel in the Valley of Elah fighting with the Philistines.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They are with Saul and all the men of Israel in the Valley of Elah fighting with the Philistines.”

American Standard Version
Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the vale of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And Shaul and all the men of Israel in the valley that is in Temtha were fighting with the Philistines

Contemporary English Version
They're with Saul's army, fighting the Philistines in Elah Valley."

Douay-Rheims Bible
But Saul, and they, and all the children of Israel were in the valley of Terebinth fighting against the Philistines.

English Revised Version
Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the vale of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
They, along with Saul and all the soldiers of Israel, are in the Elah Valley fighting the Philistines."

Good News Translation
King Saul, your brothers, and all the other Israelites are in Elah Valley fighting the Philistines."

International Standard Version
Saul, your brothers, and all the men of Israel are in the valley of Elah fighting with the Philistines."

JPS Tanakh 1917
now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, are in the vale of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.'

Literal Standard Version
And Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, [are] in the Valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.

Majority Standard Bible
They are with Saul and all the men of Israel in the Valley of Elah, fighting against the Philistines.”

New American Bible
Saul and your brothers, together with all Israel, are at war with the Philistines in the valley of the Elah.”

NET Bible
They are with Saul and the whole Israelite army in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines."

New Revised Standard Version
Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.

New Heart English Bible
Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the Valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.

Webster's Bible Translation
Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.

World English Bible
Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.

Young's Literal Translation
And Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel are in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
David Accepts the Challenge
18Take also these ten portions of cheese to the commander of their unit. Check on the welfare of your brothers and bring back an assurance from them. 19They are with Saul and all the men of Israel in the Valley of Elah, fighting against the Philistines.” 20So David got up early in the morning, left the flock with a keeper, loaded up, and set out as Jesse had instructed him. He reached the camp as the army was marching out to its position and shouting the battle cry.…

Cross References
1 Samuel 17:18
Take also these ten portions of cheese to the commander of their unit. Check on the welfare of your brothers and bring back an assurance from them.

1 Samuel 17:20
So David got up early in the morning, left the flock with a keeper, loaded up, and set out as Jesse had instructed him. He reached the camp as the army was marching out to its position and shouting the battle cry.


Treasury of Scripture

Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.

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1 Samuel 17
1. The armies of the Israelites and Philistines being ready to battle
4. 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














(19) In the valley of Elan, fighting with the Philistines.--The words of this verse, which read in the English Version as an explanatory parenthesis, are really part of Jesse's direction to his shepherd son, telling him where he would find his brethren. "They are in the valley of the Terebinth (Elah), fighting with the Philistines."



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
They
וְהֵ֙מָּה֙ (wə·hêm·māh)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1992: They

are with Saul
וְשָׁא֤וּל (wə·šā·’ūl)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 7586: Saul -- first king of Israel, also an Edomite and two Israelites

and all
וְכָל־ (wə·ḵāl)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

the men
אִ֣ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 582: Man, mankind

of Israel
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc

in the Valley of Elah,
הָֽאֵלָ֑ה (hā·’ê·lāh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 425: Elah -- 'terebinth', an Israelite name, also an Edomite name

fighting
נִלְחָמִ֖ים (nil·ḥā·mîm)
Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 3898: To feed on, to consume, to battle

against
עִם־ (‘im-)
Preposition
Strong's 5973: With, equally with

the Philistines.”
פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃ (pə·liš·tîm)
Noun - proper - masculine plural
Strong's 6430: Philistines -- inhabitants of Philistia


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