1 Samuel 17:1

1 Samuel 17:1

David and Goliath

1 Now the Philistines gathered their armies together to battle, and were gathered at ^aSochoh, which belongs to Judah; they encamped between Sochoh and Azekah, in Ephes Dammim.

2 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.

3 The Philistines stood on a mountain on one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side, with a valley between them.

4 And a champion went out from the camp of the Philistines, named ^aGoliath, from ^bGath, whose height was six cubits and a span.

5 He had a bronze helmet on his head, and he was¹ armed with a coat of mail, and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of bronze.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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THE ISRAELITES AND PHILISTINES BEING READY TO BATTLE. (I Samuel 17:1-3)

the Philistines gathered together their armies—twenty-seven years after their overthrow at Michmash. Having now recovered their spirits and strength, they sought an opportunity of wiping out the infamy of that national disaster, as well as to regain their lost ascendency over Israel.

Shocoh—now Shuweikeh, a town in the western plains of Judah (Joshua 15:35), nine Roman miles from Eleutheropolis, toward Jerusalem [ROBINSON].

Azekah—a small place in the neighborhood.

Ephes-dammim—or, "Pas-dammim" (I Chronicles 11:13), "the portion" or "effusion of blood," situated between the other two.

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