1 Samuel 17:2 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

² Saul and the Israelites gathered and encamped in the valley of Elah and formed ranks against the Philistines.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² Saul and the men of Israel were encamped in the Valley of Elah and drew up in battle array against the Philistines.

American Standard Version (1901)

² 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.

Common English Bible

² Saul and the Israelite army assembled and camped in the Elah Valley, where they got organized to fight the Philistines.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² But Saul and the sons of Israel, having gathered together, went to the Valley of Terebinth. And they positioned the army so as to fight against the Philistines.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² And Saul and the children of Israel being gathered together came to the valley of Terebinth: and they set the army in array to fight against the Philistines.

1 Samuel 17:2 Cross References

1 Samuel 17:19

Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel were in the valley of Elah fighting with the Philistines.

1 Samuel 17:3

The Philistines stood on the mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on the mountain on the other side, with a valley between them.

1 Samuel 21:10

David rose and fled that day from Saul; he went to King Achish of Gath.

1 Samuel 21:9

The priest said, “The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the valley of Elah, is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod; if you will take that, take it, for there is none here except that one.” David said, “There is none like it; give it to me.”