Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 17:1

1 Fēilìshì rén zhāo jù tāmende jūn lǚ , yào lái zhēng zhàn . jùjí zaì shǔ Yóudà de Suōgē , ān yíng zaì Suōgē hé Yàxījiā zhōngjiān de Yǐfú dà mǐn .

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 17:1 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 17:1

Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle,
&c.] Josephus ^F19 says this was not long after the things related in the preceding chapter were transacted; and very probably they had heard of the melancholy and distraction of Saul, and thought it a proper opportunity of avenging themselves on Israel for their last slaughter of them, and for that purpose gathered together their dispersed troops:

and were gathered together at Shochoh,
which belongeth to Judah; a city of the tribe of Judah, ( Joshua 15:35 ) , which shows that, notwithstanding their last defeat, they had great footing in the land of Israel, or however had penetrated far into it in this march of theirs:

and pitched between Shochoh and Azekah;
which were both in the same tribe, and near one another, of which (See Gill on Joshua 10:10), (See Gill on Joshua 15:35).

in Ephesdammim;
which, by an apocope of the first letter, is called Pasdammim, ( 1 Chronicles 11:13 ) which the Jews ^F20 say had this name because there blood ceased.

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FOOTNOTES:

F19 Antiqu. l. 6. c. 9. sect. 1.
F20 Midrash Ruth, fol. 48. 2. Kimchi in loc.

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 17:1 In-Context

1 Fēilìshì rén zhāo jù tāmende jūn lǚ , yào lái zhēng zhàn . jùjí zaì shǔ Yóudà de Suōgē , ān yíng zaì Suōgē hé Yàxījiā zhōngjiān de Yǐfú dà mǐn .

2 Sǎoluó hé Yǐsèliè rén yĕ jùjí , zaì Yǐlā gǔ ān yíng , bǎi liè duì wǔ , yào yǔ Fēilìshì rén dǎzhàng .

3 Fēilìshì rén zhàn zaì zhèbiān shān shàng , Yǐsèliè rén zhàn zaì nàbiān shān shàng , dāngzhōng yǒu gǔ .

4 Cóng Fēilìshì yíng zhōng chūlai yī gè tǎo zhàn de rén , míng jiào gē Lìyà , shì Jiātè rén , shēn gāo liù zhǒu líng yī hǔkǒu .

5 Tóu daì tóng kuī , shēn chuān kǎijiǎ , jiǎ zhòng wǔ qiā Shĕkèlè .