Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing 1 Samuel 17:1:
1 Samuel 17:1
2 Chronicles 28:18
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