King James Version
1 Samuel 17:19 in the King James Version says “Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.” — study this verse from 1 Samuel chapter 17 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.”
1 Samuel 17:19 · KJV
And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy brethren;
And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge. cheeses: Heb. cheeses of milk of: Heb. of a thousand
Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the trench, as the host was going forth to the fight, and shouted for the battle. trench: or, place of the carriage fight: or, battle array, or, place of fight
For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army against army.
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified h0120); hence, a man in general (singly or collectively)
“of Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
“of Elah”
H425elah, the name of an edomite, of four israelites, and also of a place in palestine
adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then
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