1 Samuel 17:2 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
1 Samuel 17:2 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
1 Samuel 17:2 in 6 Bible Translations
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1 Samuel 17:2 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“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.”
1 Samuel 17:2 — World English Bible
1 Samuel 17:2 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and encamped in the vale of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines. ”
1 Samuel 17:2 — American Standard Version
1 Samuel 17:2 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“and Saul and the men of Israel have been gathered, and encamp by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array to meet the Philistines.”
1 Samuel 17:2 — Young's Literal Translation
1 Samuel 17:2 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and encamped in the valley of terebinths, and set the battle in array against the Philistines. ”
1 Samuel 17:2 — Darby Translation
1 Samuel 17:2 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And Saul, and the men of Israel assembled, and pitched in the valley of Elah, and put themselues in battell araie to meete the Philistims.”
1 Samuel 17:2 — Geneva Bible
1 Samuel 17:2 in Context — 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.
4 And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.
What Does 1 Samuel 17:2 Mean?
1 Samuel 17:2 is a verse from the Book of 1 Samuel, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 1 Samuel chapter 17. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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