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1 Samuel 17:1

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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  • WEB World English Bible

    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.

  • KJV King James Version

    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.

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and they were gathered together at Socoh, which belongeth to Judah, and pitched between Socoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim.

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Cross-references (11)

Passages linked to 1 Samuel 17:1 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Joshua 15:35 Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah,
  • 1 Samuel 13:5 The Philistines assembled themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the seashore in multitude. They came up and encamped in Michmash, eastward of Beth Aven.
  • 1 Chronicles 11:13 He was with David at Pasdammim, and there the Philistines were gathered together to battle, where there was a plot of ground full of barley; and the people fled from before the Philistines.
  • 2 Chronicles 28:18 The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the lowland, and of the South of Judah, and had taken Beth Shemesh, Aijalon, Gederoth, Soco with its villages, Timnah with its villages, and also Gimzo and its villages; and they lived there.
  • Joshua 10:10-11 Yahweh confused them before Israel. He killed them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them by the way of the ascent of Beth Horon, and struck them to Azekah and to Makkedah. As they fled from before Israel, while they were at the descent of Beth Horon, Yahweh hurled down great stones from the sky on them to Azekah, and they died. There were more who died from the hailstones than those whom the children of Israel killed with the sword.
  • Judges 3:3 the five lords of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived on Mount Lebanon, from Mount Baal Hermon to the entrance of Hamath.
  • 1 Samuel 7:7 When the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together at Mizpah, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. When the children of Israel heard it, they were afraid of the Philistines.
  • 1 Samuel 14:46 Then Saul went up from following the Philistines; and the Philistines went to their own place.
  • 1 Samuel 14:52 There was severe war against the Philistines all the days of Saul; and when Saul saw any mighty man, or any valiant man, he took him into his service.
  • 2 Chronicles 11:7 Beth Zur, Soco, Adullam,
  • Jeremiah 34:7 when the king of Babylon’s army was fighting against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish and against Azekah; for these alone remained of the cities of Judah as fortified cities.

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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Or, in Ephes Dammim.

Or, in Ephes Dammim.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.

John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Sa 17:1 Now the Philistines gathered together their armies…
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain To revenge their former great and shameful defeat, 1Sa…
Matthew Henry 1710 · Public Domain It was not long ago that the Philistines were…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle,....…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Goliath challenges the armies of Israel, ver. 1-11. David…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain The Philistines gather together against Israel at Ephes-dammim,
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 1Sa 17:1. The Philistines gathered together their armies —…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain The narrative reverts to the Philistine wars 1Sa 14:52;…
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Battle. They perhaps had heard of Saul’s malady, (Salien)…
Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures 1864 · Public Domain Saul’s New War with the Philistines and David’s Exploit…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 1. Socoh — One of the cities of Judah.…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain Ch. 1Sa_17:1-3. The Philistine invasion
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (1) Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain GOLIATH"S DEFIANCE OF ISRAEL (vers. 1-11).
The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle.
The Expositor's Bible 1887 · Public Domain
The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary 1892 · Public Domain 1Sa_17:1. “The Philistines gathered together their armies.” Jamieson considers…
The Sermon Bible 1900 · Public Domain 1 Samuel 17
J. R. Dummelow 1909 · Public Domain David slays Goliath
Arno C. Gaebelein 1922 · Public Domain 2. David and Goliath
Paul E. Kretzmann 1924 · Public Domain Goliath’s Defiance of Israel
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 17:1 The Philistines presented an ongoing threat throughout Saul’s…

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