Kings I 17:2

2 And Saul and the men of Israel gather together, and they encamp in the valley, and set the battle in array against the Philistines.

Kings I 17:2 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 17:2

And the word of the Lord came to him
The word of prophecy, as the Targum; this shows that by word, in the former verse, he means the word of the Lord by him:

saying;
as follows.

Kings I 17:2 In-Context

1 And the Philistines gather their armies to battle, and gather themselves to Socchoth of Judaea, and encamp between Socchoth and Azeca Ephermen.

2 And Saul and the men of Israel gather together, and they encamp in the valley, and set the battle in array against the Philistines.

3 And the Philistines stand on the mountain on one side, and Israel stands on the mountain on the other side, and the valley was between them.

4 And there went forth a mighty man out of the army of the Philistines, Goliath, by name, out of Geth, his height four cubits and a span.

5 And a helmet upon his head, and he wore a breastplate of chain armour; and the weight of his breastplate five thousand shekels of brass and iron.