1Sa 17:2 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. Ver. 2. By the valley of Elah. ] So called from the store of oaks that grew there. Ad convallem querceti. a a Tremel. read more
1Sa 17:3 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. Ver. 3. And the Philistines stood on a mountain, &c. ] Thus the two armies stood long facing one another; expecting who should begin, and waiting for advantages. In like sort when the Caliph of Egypt came against Baldwin II, king of Jerusalem, both the armies lay the one facing the other for three months’ time, and then rose, - the... read more
the valley: 1 Samuel 17:19, 1 Samuel 21:9 set the battle in array: Heb. ranged the battle Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 19:9 - put the battle read more
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 21:21 - Shimeah read more
2. The valley of Elah The Wady es-Sumt, which has been often visited by travellers, and is represented by all as corresponding fully to the statements of this narrative. This valley is a mile in width, and through its centre runs a watercourse whose banks and bed abound with pebbles. The mountains on either side have a steep, uniform slope, and are about five hundred feet high. “It took its name Elah of old from the terebinth, (butm,) of which the largest specimen we saw in Palestine still... read more
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The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Samuel 17:1-27
1 Samuel 17:1-27Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle.The battle of ElahWhile the Philistines were posted on the stony hills covered with brushwood which bounded the valley on the south, Saul and his army were posted on a similar stony ridge on its northern side. The valley, one of the most fertile in Palestine, was, at the scene of the conflict, about half a mile broad, with a torrent bed in the centre, which had been scooped out by the winter floods. This is apparently... read more