Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 17:3

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

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 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.

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 17:3 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 .
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