1 Samuel 17:21

21 Isra'el and the P'lishtim had set up their battle lines facing each other.

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 Sha'ul and your brothers, with all the army of Isra'el, are in the Elah Valley, fighting the P'lishtim."

20 David got up early in the morning, left the sheep with a helper, took his load and set out, as Yishai had ordered him. He arrived at the barricade of the camp just as the troops were going out to their battle stations and shouting the war cry.

21 Isra'el and the P'lishtim had set up their battle lines facing each other.

22 David left his equipment in charge of the equipment guard, ran to the troops, went to his brothers and asked if they were well.

23 As he was talking with them, there came the champion, the P'lishti from Gat named Golyat, from the ranks of the P'lishtim, saying the same words as before; and David heard them.