1 Samuel 17:21 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

And Israel and the Philistines put the battle in array, army against army.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army against army.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And Israel and the Philistines put the battle in array, army against army.

American Standard Version (1901)

And Israel and the Philistines put the battle in array, army against army.

Common English Bible

Israel and the Philistines took up their battle formations opposite each other.

Catholic Public Domain Version

For Israel had positioned their troops, but the Philistines also had prepared themselves against them.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

For Israel had put themselves in array: and the Philistines who stood against them were prepared.

1 Samuel 17:21 Cross References

Ruth 1:2

And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Beth-lehem-judah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.

1 Samuel 17:20

And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the place of the wagons, as the host which was going forth to the fight shouted for the battle.

1 Samuel 17:22

And David left his baggage in the hand of the keeper of the baggage, and ran to the army, and came and saluted his brethren.

1 Samuel 4:2

And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: and when they joined battle, Israel was smitten before the Philistines: and they slew of the army in the field about four thousand men.