1 Samuel 17:1
Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim.
2 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.
3 And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.
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- BSB
- Now the Philistines gathered their forces for war at Socoh in Judah, and they camped between Socoh and Azekah in Ephes-dammim.
- KJV
- Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim.
- WEB
- 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.
- ASV
- Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle; and they were gathered together at Socoh, which belongeth to Judah, and encamped between Socoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim.
- DARBY
- And the Philistines assembled their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Sochoh, which belongs to Judah, and encamped between Sochoh and Azekah, in Ephesdammim.
- BLB
- And the Philistines gathered together their camps for the battle, and they were gathered together at Sochoh which [is] to Judah, and they encamped between Sochoh and between Azekah in Ephes-dammim.
- ÅB
- Filistrene samlet sine hærer til strid og kom sammen i Soko, som hører til Juda; og de slo leir mellom Soko og Aseka ved Efes-Dammim.
- OTB
- Nå samlet filisterne sine hærer til kamp, og de samlet seg ved Soko, som tilhører Juda; og de slo leir mellom Soko og Aseka, i Efes-Dammim.
- B1930
- Filistrene samlet sine hærer til strid og kom sammen i Soko, som hører til Juda; og de slo leir mellem Soko og Aseka ved Efes-Dammim.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Joshua 15:35
Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,
Read in context2 Chronicles 28:18
The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the low country, and of the south of Judah, and had taken Beth-shemesh, and Ajalon, and Gederoth, and Shocho with the villages thereof, and Timnah with the villages thereof, Gimzo also and the villages thereof: and they dwelt there.
Read in context1 Samuel 13:5
And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude: and they came up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward from Beth-aven.
Read in context1 Chronicles 11:13
He was with David at Pas-dammim, and there the Philistines were gathered together to battle, where was a parcel of ground full of barley; and the people fled from before the Philistines.
Read in contextJoshua 10:10–11
And the LORD discomfited them before Israel, and slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way that goeth up to Beth-horon, and smote them to Azekah, and unto Makkedah.
Read in contextJudges 3:3
Namely, five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baal-hermon unto the entering in of Hamath.
Read in context1 Samuel 7:7
And when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together to Mizpeh, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard it, they were afraid of the Philistines.
Read in context2 Chronicles 11:7
And Beth-zur, and Shoco, and Adullam,
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