American Standard Version
1 Samuel 17:19
19Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the vale of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
1 Samuel 17:19 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
- New International Version (NIV)They are with Saul and all the men of Israel in the Valley of Elah, fighting against the Philistines.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)Now Saul and they and all the men of Israel were in the Valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Now Saul and they and all the men of Israel were in the Valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
Context of 1 Samuel 17:19
17And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched grain, and these ten loaves, and carry them quickly to the camp to thy brethren; 18and bring these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge. Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the vale of Elah, fighting with the Philistines. 20And 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 place of the wagons, as the host which was going forth to the fight shouted for the battle. 21And Israel and the Philistines put the battle in array, army against army.
Read all of 1 Samuel 171 Samuel 17:19 word by word
וְשָׁא֤וּל וְהֵ֙מָּה֙ וְכָל־אִ֣ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל בְּעֵ֖מֶק הָֽאֵלָ֑ה נִלְחָמִ֖ים עִם־פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃Read the interlinear
Commentaries on 1 Samuel 17:19
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19Fighting with the Philistines - See at the end of the chapter, 1 Samuel 17:58; (note).Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-30Verses 12-30 Jesse little thought of sending his son to the army at that critical juncture; but the wise God orders actions and affairs, so as to serve his designs. In times of general formality and lukewarmness, every degree of zeal which implies readiness to go further, or to venture more in the cause of God than others, will be blamed as pride and ambition, and by none more than by near relations, like Eliab, or negligent superiors. It was a trial of…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Samuel 17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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