1 Samuel 17:41 meaning and explanation

Now the Philistine came closer and closer to David, with his shield-bearer before him.

1 Samuel 17:41, Berean Standard Bible

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The scene is the Valley of Elah, where the Philistine champion Goliath has taunted Israel's army for forty days. David, a shepherd boy sent by his father to check on his brothers, has refused Saul's armor and gone out with a sling and five stones.

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