1 Samuel 17:21

21 For Israel and the Philistines had ordered the battle, army against army.

1 Samuel 17:21 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 17:21

For Israel and all the Philistines had put the battle in
array
Both sides prepared for it, and drew up in line of battle:

army against army;
rank against rank, battalion against battalion, the right wing of the one against the left of the other

1 Samuel 17:21 In-Context

19 Now Saul and they and all the men of Israel were in the valley of Elah, fighting against the Philistines.
20 And David rose up early in the morning and left the sheep with a keeper and took and went with his burden as Jesse had commanded him, and he came to the trench as the host was going forth in battle array, and they had already sounded the alarm for the battle.
21 For Israel and the Philistines had ordered the battle, army against army.
22 And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage and ran into the army and came and asked about his brethren, if they were well.
23 And as he talked with them, behold, there came up that man, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the Philistines, speaking the same words, and David heard them.
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