1 Samuel 17:3 meaning and explanation
The Philistines stood on one hill and the Israelites stood on another, with the valley between them.
1 Samuel 17:3, Berean Standard Bible
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The narrator sets the scene: two armies camped on opposite ridges above the Valley of Elah, with the dry riverbed between them. The Philistines are the aggressors, pressing into Judah's hill country, while Saul's forces hold the far slope.
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