Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The Philistines occupied one hill and the Israelites another, with the valley between them. New Living Translation So the Philistines and Israelites faced each other on opposite hills, with the valley between them. English Standard Version And the Philistines stood on the mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on the mountain on the other side, with a valley between them. Berean Standard Bible The Philistines stood on one hill and the Israelites stood on another, with the valley between them. King James Bible 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. New King James Version The Philistines stood on a mountain on one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side, with a valley between them. New American Standard Bible The Philistines were standing on the mountain on one side, while Israel was standing on the mountain on the other side, with the valley between them. NASB 1995 The Philistines stood on the mountain on one side while Israel stood on the mountain on the other side, with the valley between them. NASB 1977 And the Philistines stood on the mountain on one side while Israel stood on the mountain on the other side, with the valley between them. Legacy Standard Bible Now the Philistines stood on the mountain on one side while Israel stood on the mountain on the other side, with the valley between them. Amplified Bible The Philistines were standing on the mountain on one side and Israel was standing on the mountain on the other side, with the valley between them. Christian Standard Bible The Philistines were standing on one hill, and the Israelites were standing on another hill with a ravine between them. Holman Christian Standard Bible The Philistines were standing on one hill, and the Israelites were standing on another hill with a ravine between them. American Standard Version And the Philistines stood on the mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on the mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them. English Revised Version And the Philistines stood on the mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on the mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them. GOD'S WORD® Translation The Philistines were stationed on a hill on one side, and the Israelites were stationed on a hill on the other side. There was a ravine between the two of them. Good News Translation The Philistines lined up on one hill and the Israelites on another, with a valley between them. International Standard Version The Philistines were standing on the hill on one side while the Israelis were standing on the hill on the other side, with the valley between them. Majority Standard Bible The Philistines stood on one hill and the Israelites stood on another, with the valley between them. NET Bible The Philistines were standing on one hill, and the Israelites on another hill, with the valley between them. New Heart English Bible The Philistines stood on the mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on the mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them. Webster's Bible Translation 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. World English Bible The Philistines stood on the mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on the mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd the Philistines are standing on the mountain on this [side], and Israel is standing on the mountain on that [side], and the valley [is] between them. Young's Literal Translation And the Philistines are standing on the mountain on this side, and the Israelites are standing on the mountain on that side, and the valley is between them. Smith's Literal Translation And the rovers standing on the mountain from hence, and Israel standing on the mountain from thence, and the valley between them. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd 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. Catholic Public Domain Version And the Philistines were standing on a mountain on the one side, and Israel was standing on a mountain on the other side. And there was a valley between them. New American Bible The Philistines were stationed on one hill and the Israelites on an opposite hill, with a valley between them. New Revised Standard Version The Philistines stood on the mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on the mountain on the other side, with a valley between them. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side, and the valley was between them. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And the Philistines stood on a mountain over here and Israel stood on a mountain over there, and a valley was between them OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And the Philistines stood on the mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on the mountain on the other side; and there was a valley between them. Brenton Septuagint Translation And the Philistines stand on the mountain on one side, and Israel stands on the mountain on the other side, and the valley was between them. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Goliath's Challenge…2Saul and the men of Israel assembled and camped in the Valley of Elah, arraying themselves for battle against the Philistines. 3The Philistines stood on one hill and the Israelites stood on another, with the valley between them. 4Then a champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out from the Philistine camp. He was six cubits and a span in height,… Cross References Joshua 15:33-36 These were in the foothills: Eshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah, / Zanoah, En-gannim, Tappuah, Enam, / Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah, ... 2 Samuel 5:18-22 Now the Philistines had come and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim. / So David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go up against the Philistines? Will You deliver them into my hand?” “Go up,” replied the LORD, “for I will surely deliver the Philistines into your hand.” / So David went to Baal-perazim, where he defeated the Philistines and said, “Like a bursting flood, the LORD has burst out against my enemies before me.” So he called that place Baal-perazim. ... 2 Chronicles 11:10-12 Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron, the fortified cities in Judah and Benjamin. / He strengthened their fortifications and put officers in them, with supplies of food, oil, and wine. / He also put shields and spears in all the cities and strengthened them greatly. So Judah and Benjamin belonged to him. Judges 15:9-10 Then the Philistines went up, camped in Judah, and deployed themselves near the town of Lehi. / “Why have you attacked us?” said the men of Judah. The Philistines replied, “We have come to arrest Samson and pay him back for what he has done to us.” 1 Samuel 14:52 And the war with the Philistines was fierce for all the days of Saul. So whenever he noticed any strong or brave man, Saul would enlist him. 1 Samuel 13:5 Now the Philistines assembled to fight against Israel with three thousand chariots, six thousand horsemen, and troops as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Michmash, east of Beth-aven. 1 Samuel 23:13-14 Then David and his men, about six hundred strong, set out and departed from Keilah, moving from place to place. When Saul was told that David had escaped from Keilah, he declined to go forth. / And David stayed in the wilderness strongholds and in the hill country of the Wilderness of Ziph. Day after day Saul searched for him, but God would not deliver David into his hand. 1 Samuel 28:4 The Philistines gathered together and camped at Shunem, while Saul gathered all Israel and camped at Gilboa. 2 Samuel 23:13-14 At harvest time, three of the thirty chief men went down to David at the cave of Adullam, while a company of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim. / At that time David was in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was at Bethlehem. 1 Kings 4:25 Throughout the days of Solomon, Judah and Israel dwelt securely from Dan to Beersheba, each man under his own vine and his own fig tree. 2 Kings 14:7 Amaziah struck down 10,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. He took Sela in battle and called it Joktheel, which is its name to this very day. Psalm 23:4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. Isaiah 9:4 For as in the day of Midian You have shattered the yoke of their burden, the bar across their shoulders, and the rod of their oppressor. Matthew 4:1-11 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. / After fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry. / The tempter came to Him and said, “If You are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.” ... Luke 4:1-13 Then Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, / where for forty days He was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they had ended, He was hungry. / The devil said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.” ... Treasury of Scripture 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. Jump to Previous Hill Israel Israelites Mountain Occupied Philistines Ravine Side Standing Stationed Stood ValleyJump to Next Hill Israel Israelites Mountain Occupied Philistines Ravine Side Standing Stationed Stood Valley1 Samuel 17 1. The armies of the Israelites and Philistines being ready to battle4. Goliath challenges a combat 12. David, sent by his father to visit his brothers, takes the challenge 28. Eliab chides him 30. He is brought to Saul 32. shows the reason of his confidence 38. and slays the giant 55. Saul takes notice of David The Philistines The Philistines were a significant and persistent enemy of Israel throughout the Old Testament. Their origins trace back to the Aegean region, and they were part of the Sea Peoples who settled along the coastal plains of Canaan. Archaeological findings, such as pottery and inscriptions, confirm their presence and influence in the region. In the biblical narrative, the Philistines often symbolize the worldly opposition to God's people, representing challenges that require faith and divine intervention to overcome. stood on one hill the Israelites stood on another with the valley between them Goliath, of Gath.--The Philistine champion belonged to a race or family of giants, the remnant of the sons of Anak (see Joshua 11:22), who still dwelt in Gath and Gaza and Ashdod. The height mentioned was about nine feet two inches. We have in history a few instances of similar giants. This doughty champion was "full of savage insolence, unable to understand how any one could contend against his brute strength and impregnable panoply; the very type of the stupid 'Philistine,' such as has, in the language of modern Germany, not unfitly identified the name with the opponents of light and freedom and growth."--Stanley. Hebrew The Philistinesוּפְלִשְׁתִּ֞ים (ū·p̄ə·liš·tîm) Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine plural Strong's 6430: Philistines -- inhabitants of Philistia stood עֹמְדִ֤ים (‘ō·mə·ḏîm) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 5975: To stand, in various relations on אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to one מִזֶּ֔ה (miz·zeh) Preposition-m | Pronoun - masculine singular Strong's 2088: This, that hill הָהָר֙ (hā·hār) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country and the Israelites וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל (wə·yiś·rā·’êl) Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc stood עֹמְדִ֥ים (‘ō·mə·ḏîm) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 5975: To stand, in various relations on אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to another, מִזֶּ֑ה (miz·zeh) Preposition-m | Pronoun - masculine singular Strong's 2088: This, that with the valley וְהַגַּ֖יְא (wə·hag·gay) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - common singular Strong's 1516: A valley between them. בֵּינֵיהֶֽם׃ (bê·nê·hem) Preposition | third person masculine plural Strong's 996: An interval, space between Links 1 Samuel 17:3 NIV1 Samuel 17:3 NLT 1 Samuel 17:3 ESV 1 Samuel 17:3 NASB 1 Samuel 17:3 KJV 1 Samuel 17:3 BibleApps.com 1 Samuel 17:3 Biblia Paralela 1 Samuel 17:3 Chinese Bible 1 Samuel 17:3 French Bible 1 Samuel 17:3 Catholic Bible OT History: 1 Samuel 17:3 The Philistines stood on the mountain (1Sa iSam 1 Sam i sa) |
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