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1 Samuel 17:1

Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephesdammim.

KJV

Congregantes autem Philisthiim agmina sua in prælium, convenerunt in Socho Judæ : et castrametati sunt inter Socho et Azeca in finibus Dommim.

Vulgate

Καὶ συνάγουσιν ἀλλόφυλοι τὰς παρεμβολὰς αὐτῶν εἰς πόλεμον, καὶ συνάγονται εἰς Σοκχὼθ τῆς Ἰδουμαίας, καὶ παρεμβάλλουσιν ἀνὰ μέσον Σοκχὼθ καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον Ἀζηκὰ Ἐφερμέμ.

LXX

Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle; and they were gathered together at Socoh, which belongeth to Judah, and encamped between Socoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim.

ASV

וַ/יַּאַסְפ֨וּ פְלִשְׁתִּ֤ים אֶת מַֽחֲנֵי/הֶם֙ לַ/מִּלְחָמָ֔ה וַ/יֵּאָ֣סְפ֔וּ שֹׂכֹ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר לִ/יהוּדָ֑ה וַֽ/יַּחֲנ֛וּ בֵּין שׂוֹכֹ֥ה וּ/בֵין עֲזֵקָ֖ה בְּ/אֶ֥פֶס דַּמִּֽים

Hebrew

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In this verse

People JudahJudah
Places PhilistiaAzekah

In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶ֥פֶס
'ps
proper_noun · 2×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בֵּ֥ין
byn
noun · 405×
יְהוּדָ֔ה
yhvdh
proper_noun · 809×
יֶּאֱסֹ֥ף
y'sp
verb · 200×
יַּחֲנ֖וּ
ychnv
verb · 143×
מַחֲנֵ֣ה
mchnh
noun · 216×
מִּלְחָמָ֔ה
mlchmh
noun · 316×
עֲזֵקָ֖ה
'zqh
proper_noun · 7×
פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים
plshtym
noun · 290×
שֹׂכֹ֖ה
shkh
proper_noun · 8×

Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Covers the prophet Samuel, the demand for a king, Saul's anointing and reign, David's anointing, his victory over Goliath, his friendship with Jonathan, Saul's pursuit of David, and Saul's death at Mount Gilboa. Josephus provides psychological depth to the characters.

Cross-references

  • 1Chr 11:13 — He was with David at Pasdammim, and there the Philistines were gathered together to battle, where was a parcel of ground full of barley; and the people fled from before the Philistines.
  • 1Sam 13:5 — And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude: and they came
  • 2Chr 28:18 — The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the low country, and of the south of Judah, and had taken Bethshemesh, and Ajalon, and Gederoth, and Shocho with the villages thereof, and Timnah with th
  • Josh 10:10 — And the LORD discomfited them before Israel, and slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way that goeth up to Bethhoron, and smote them to Azekah, and unto Makkedah.
  • Josh 15:35 — Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,
  • Josh 15:35 — Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,
  • Judg 3:3 — Namely, five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baalhermon unto the entering in of Hamath.