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OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 2

1 Samuel 17:2

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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.

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1 Samuel 17:1–5

1

Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle; and they were gathered together at Socoh, which belongs to Judah, and encamped between Socoh and Azekah in Ephesdammim.

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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.

3

The Philistines stood on the mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on the mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.

4

A champion out of the camp of the Philistines named Goliath of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span went out.

5

He had a helmet of bronze on his head, and he wore a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of bronze.

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