1 Samuele 17:3

3 I Filistei stavano sul monte da una parte, e Israele stava sul monte dall’altra parte; e fra loro c’era la valle.

1 Samuele 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 Samuele 17:3 In-Context

1 Or i Filistei misero insieme i loro eserciti per combattere, si radunarono a Soco, che appartiene a Giuda, e si accamparono fra Soco e Azeka, a Efes-Dammim.
2 Saul e gli uomini d’Israele si radunarono anch’essi, si accamparono nella valle dei terebinti, e si schierarono in battaglia contro ai Filistei.
3 I Filistei stavano sul monte da una parte, e Israele stava sul monte dall’altra parte; e fra loro c’era la valle.
4 Or dal campo de’ Filistei uscì come campione un guerriero per nome Goliath, di Gath, alto sei cubiti e un palmo.
5 Aveva in testa un elmo di rame, era vestito d’una corazza a squame il cui peso era di cinquemila sicli di rame,
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