1 Samuel 17:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And Saul and the men of Israel came together and took up their position in the valley of Elah, and put their forces in order against the Philistines.

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  • 1 Sam 21:9 : 9 And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you put to death in the valley of Elah, is here folded in a cloth at the back of the ephod: take that, if you will, for there is no other sword here. And David said, there is no other sword like that; give it to me.
  • 1 Sam 17:19 : 19 Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.

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  • 1 Sam 17:19-21
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    19Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.

    20And David got up early in the morning, and, giving the sheep into the care of a keeper, took the things and went as Jesse had said; and he came to the lines where the carts were, when the army was going out to the fight giving their war-cry.

    21And Israel and the Philistines had put their forces in position, army against army.

  • 1 Sam 17:3
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    3The Philistines were stationed on the mountain on one side and Israel on the mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.

  • 1 Sam 17:1
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    1Now the Philistines got their armies together for war, and came together at Socoh in the land of Judah, and took up their position between Socoh and Azekah in Ephes-dammim.

  • 1 Sam 28:4
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    4And the Philistines came together and put their forces in position in Shunem; and Saul got all Israel together and they took up their positions in Gilboa.

  • 1 Sam 29:1
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    1Now the Philistines got all their army together at Aphek: and the Israelites put their forces in position by the fountain in Jezreel.

  • 1 Sam 4:1-2
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    1Now at that time the Philistines came together to make war against Israel, and the men of Israel went out to war against the Philistines and took up their position at the side of Eben-ezer: and the Philistines put their forces in position in Aphek.

    2And the Philistines put their forces in order against Israel, and the fighting was hard, and Israel was overcome by the Philistines, who put to the sword about four thousand of their army in the field.

  • 1 Sam 17:10-11
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    10And the Philistine said, I have put to shame the armies of Israel this day; give me a man so that we may have a fight together.

    11And Saul and all Israel, hearing those words of the Philistine, were troubled and full of fear.

  • 1 Chr 10:1
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    1Now the Philistines were fighting against Israel; and the men of Israel went in flight before the Philistines, falling down wounded in Mount Gilboa.

  • 1 Sam 31:1
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    1Now the Philistines were fighting against Israel: and the men of Israel went in flight before the Philistines, falling down wounded in Mount Gilboa.

  • 1 Chr 14:8-9
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    8And when the Philistines had news that David had been made king over all Israel, they went up in search of David, and David, hearing of it, went out against them.

    9Now the Philistines had come, and had gone out in every direction in the valley of Rephaim.

  • 1 Sam 17:41
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    41And the Philistine came nearer to David; and the man who had his body-cover went before him.

  • 1 Sam 17:8
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    8He took up his position and in a loud voice said to the armies of Israel, Why have you come out to make war? Am I not a Philistine and you servants of Saul? Send out a man for yourselves and let him come down to me.

  • 1 Sam 13:4-6
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    4And all Israel had the news that Saul had made an attack on the Philistines, and that Israel was bitterly hated by the Philistines. And the people came together after Saul to Gilgal.

    5And the Philistines came together to make war on Israel, three thousand war-carriages and six thousand horsemen and an army of people like the sands of the sea in number: they came up and took up their position in Michmash, to the east of Beth-aven.

    6When the men of Israel saw the danger they were in, (for the people were troubled,) they took cover in cracks in the hillsides and in the woods and in rocks and holes and hollows.

  • 1 Sam 17:52
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    52And the men of Israel and of Judah got up, and gave a cry, and went after the Philistines as far as Gath and the town doors of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines were falling down by the road from Shaaraim all the way to Gath and Ekron.

  • 1 Sam 28:1
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    1Now in those days the Philistines got their forces together to make war on Israel. And Achish said to David, Certainly you and your men are to go out with me to the fight.

  • 1 Sam 26:5
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    5And David got up and came to the place where Saul's tents were: and David had a view of the place where Saul was sleeping with Abner, the son of Ner, the captain of his army: and Saul was sleeping inside the ring of carts, and the tents of the people were all round him.

  • 1 Sam 17:16
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    16And the Philistine came near every morning and evening for forty days.

  • 1 Sam 17:48
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    48Now when the Philistine made a move and came near to David, David quickly went at a run in the direction of the army, meeting the Philistine face to face.

  • 1 Chr 14:13
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    13Then the Philistines again went out in every direction in the valley.

  • 1 Sam 26:3
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    3And Saul put up his tents on the hill of Hachilah, which is in front of the waste land on the road. But David was in the waste land, and he saw that Saul was coming after him.

  • 2 Sam 5:17-18
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    17And when the Philistines had news that David had been made king over Israel, they all went up in search of David; and David, hearing of it, went down to the strong place.

    18And when the Philistines came, they went in every direction in the valley of Rephaim.

  • 1 Sam 7:7
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    7Now when the Philistines had news that the children of Israel had come together at Mizpah, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And the children of Israel, hearing of it, were full of fear.

  • Judg 15:9
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    9Then the Philistines went and put up their tents in Judah, all round Lehi.

  • 1 Chr 19:17
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    17And word of this was given to David; and he got all Israel together and went over Jordan and came to Helam and put his forces in position against them. And when David's forces were in position against the Aramaeans, the fight was started.

  • 1 Sam 23:8
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    8And Saul sent for all the people to come to the fight, and go down to Keilah to make an attack on David and his men.

  • 1 Sam 14:20-22
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    20And Saul and all the people with him came together and went forward to the fight: and every man's sword was turned against the man at his side, and there was a very great noise.

    21Then the Hebrews who had been with the Philistines for some time, and had gone up with them to their tents, turning round were joined to those who were with Saul and Jonathan.

    22And all the men of Israel who had taken cover in the hill-country of Ephraim, hearing that the Philistines had been put to flight, went after them, attacking them.

  • 1 Sam 17:23
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    23And while he was talking to them, the fighter, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, came out from the Philistines' lines and said the same words, in David's hearing.

  • 1 Sam 13:16
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    16And Saul, with Jonathan his son and the people who were with them, was waiting in Geba in the land of Benjamin: but the tents of the Philistines were in Michmash.

  • 1 Sam 17:31-33
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    31And, hearing what David said, they gave Saul word of it: and he sent for him.

    32And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart become feeble because of him; I, your servant, will go out and have a fight with this Philistine.

    33And Saul said to David, You are not able to go out against this Philistine and have a fight with him: for you are only a boy, and he has been a man of war from his earliest days.

  • 1 Sam 15:5
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    5And Saul came to the town of Amalek, and took up his position in the valley secretly.

  • 1 Chr 10:8
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    8Now the day after, when the Philistines came to take their goods from the dead, they saw Saul and his sons dead in Mount Gilboa.

  • 1 Sam 17:37
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    37And David said, The Lord, who kept me safe from the grip of the lion and the bear, will be my saviour from the hands of this Philistine. And Saul said to David, Go! and may the Lord be with you.

  • 1 Sam 17:45
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    45Then David said to the Philistine, You come to me with a sword and a spear and a javelin: but I come to you in the name of the Lord of armies, the God of the armies of Israel on which you have put shame.

  • 1 Sam 14:52
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    52All through the life of Saul there was bitter war against the Philistines; and whenever Saul saw any strong man or any good fighting man, he kept him near himself.

  • 2 Sam 5:22
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    22And the Philistines came up again, and went in every direction in the valley of Rephaim.

  • 2 Sam 10:17
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    17And word of this was given to David: and he got all Israel together and went over Jordan and came to Helam. And the Aramaeans put their forces in position against David, and made an attack on him.

  • 1 Sam 17:26
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    26And David said to the men near him, What will be done to the man who overcomes this Philistine and takes away the shame from Israel? for who is this Philistine, a man without circumcision, that he has put shame on the armies of the living God?

  • 1 Sam 31:8
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    8Now on the day after, when the Philistines came to take their goods from the dead, they saw Saul and his three sons dead on the earth in Mount Gilboa.