King James Version
1 Samuel 17:3 in the King James Version says “And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side: and there was...” — study this verse from 1 Samuel chapter 17 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.”
1 Samuel 17:3 · KJV
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. Ephesdammim: or, the coast of Dammim, called Pasdammim
And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines. set: Heb. ranged the battle
And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.
And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.
And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass. armed: Heb. clothed
KJV Study — Public Domain
“stood”
H5975to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
“on the one side and Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
“stood”
H5975to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
“on the other side and there was a valley”
H1516a gorge (from its lofty sides; hence, narrow, but not a gully or winter-torrent)
between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or
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