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1 Samuel 17:2

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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.

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  1. 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. 1 Samuel 17:3

    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.

  3. 1 Samuel 17:4

    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.

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