1 Samuel 17:3

3 Os filisteus ocuparam uma colina e os israelitas outra, estando o vale entre eles.

1 Samuel 17:3 Meaning and Commentary

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,
&e.] Before the Israelites are said to encamp in or by the valley; but here they are said to take the higher ground, and face the Philistines, who were on a mountain or hill on the other side over against them, which Kimchi reconciles thus; the whole or the grand army lay encamped in the valley, and, they that were set in array, or the first ranks, the first battalion, ascended the mountain to meet the Philistines. Vatablus takes it to be the same mountain, that on one part of it the Philistines formed their first battalion, and the rest of the army was in the valley; and on the other part of the mountain the Israelites pitched their camp:

and there was a valley between them;
the same as in the preceding verse.

1 Samuel 17:3 In-Context

1 Os filisteus juntaram suas forças para a guerra e se reuniram em Socó, de Judá. E acamparam em Efes-Damim, entre Socó e Azeca.

2 Saul e os israelitas reuniram-se e acamparam no vale de Elá, posicionando-se em linha de batalha para enfrentar os filisteus.

3 Os filisteus ocuparam uma colina e os israelitas outra, estando o vale entre eles.

4 Um guerreiro chamado Golias, que era de Gate, veio do acampamento filisteu. Tinha dois metros e noventa centímetros de altura.

5 Ele usava um capacete de bronze e vestia uma couraça de escamas de bronze que pesava sessenta quilos;