1 Samuel 17:1

King James Version:

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¶ 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.

Complete Jewish Bible:

The P'lishtim rallied their troops for war, assembling at Sokhoh in Y'hudah and setting up camp between Sokhoh and 'Azekah in Efes-Damim.

Berean Standard Bible:

Now the Philistines gathered their forces for war at Socoh in Judah, and they camped between Socoh and Azekah in Ephes-dammim.

American Standard Version:

Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle; and they were gathered together at Socoh, which belongeth to Judah, and encamped between Socoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim.

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

Now the Philistines{H6430} gathered together{H622} their armies{H4264} to battle{H4421}, and were gathered together{H622} at Shochoh{H7755}, which belongeth to Judah{H3063}, and pitched{H2583} between Shochoh{H7755} and Azekah{H5825}, in Ephesdammim{H658}.

Cross-References (KJV):

Joshua 15:35

  • Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,

1 Chronicles 11:13

  • He was with David at Pasdammim, and there the Philistines were gathered together to battle, where was a parcel of ground full of barley; and the people fled from before the Philistines.

1 Samuel 13:5

  • And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which [is] on the sea shore in multitude: and they came up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward from Bethaven.

2 Chronicles 28:18

  • The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the low country, and of the south of Judah, and had taken Bethshemesh, and Ajalon, and Gederoth, and Shocho with the villages thereof, and Timnah with the villages thereof, Gimzo also and the villages thereof: and they dwelt there.

Judges 3:3

  • [Namely], five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baalhermon unto the entering in of Hamath.

Joshua 10:10

  • And the LORD discomfited them before Israel, and slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way that goeth up to Bethhoron, and smote them to Azekah, and unto Makkedah.

Joshua 10:11

  • And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, [and] were in the going down to Bethhoron, that the LORD cast down great stones from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died: [they were] more which died with hailstones than [they] whom the children of Israel slew with the sword.

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Commentary for 1 Samuel 17:1

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H6430
    There are 244 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: פְּלִשְׁתִּי
    Transliteration: Pᵉlishtîy
    Pronunciation: pel-ish-tee'
    Description: patrial from פְּלֶשֶׁת; a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth; Philistine.
  2. Strong's Number: H622
    There are 281 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: אָסַף
    Transliteration: ʼâçaph
    Pronunciation: aw-saf'
    Description: a primitive root; to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.); assemble, bring, consume, destroy, felch, gather (in, together, up again), [idiom] generally, get (him), lose, put all together, receive, recover (another from leprosy), (be) rereward, [idiom] surely, take (away, into, up), [idiom] utterly, withdraw.
  3. Strong's Number: H4264
    There are 190 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: מַחֲנֶה
    Transliteration: machăneh
    Pronunciation: makh-an-eh'
    Description: from חָנָה; an encampment (of travellers or troops); hence, an army, whether literal (of soldiers) or figurative (of dancers, angels, cattle, locusts, stars; or even the sacred courts); army, band, battle, camp, company, drove, host, tents.
  4. Strong's Number: H4421
    There are 308 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: מִלְחָמָה
    Transliteration: milchâmâh
    Pronunciation: mil-khaw-maw'
    Description: from לָחַם (in the sense of fighting); a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare); battle, fight(-ing), war(-rior).
  5. Strong's Number: H7755
    There are 7 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: שׂוֹכֹה
    Transliteration: Sôwkôh
    Pronunciation: so-ko'
    Description: or שֹׂכֹה; or שׂוֹכוֹ; from שׂוּךְ; Sokoh or Soko, the name of two places in Palestine; Shocho, Shochoh, Sochoh, Soco, Socoh.
  6. Strong's Number: H3063
    There are 754 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: יְהוּדָה
    Transliteration: Yᵉhûwdâh
    Pronunciation: yeh-hoo-daw'
    Description: from יָדָה; celebrated; Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory; Judah.
  7. Strong's Number: H2583
    There are 135 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: חָנָה
    Transliteration: chânâh
    Pronunciation: khaw-naw'
    Description: a primitive root (compare חָנַן); properly, to incline; by implication, to decline (of the slanting rays of evening); specifically, to pitch atent; gen. to encamp (for abode or siege); abide (in tents), camp, dwell, encamp, grow to an end, lie, pitch (tent), rest in tent.
  8. Strong's Number: H5825
    There are 7 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: עֲזֵקָה
    Transliteration: ʻĂzêqâh
    Pronunciation: az-ay-kaw'
    Description: from עָזַק; tilled; Azekah, a place in Palestine; Azekah.
  9. Strong's Number: H658
    There are 204 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: אֶפֶס דַּמִּים
    Transliteration: ʼEpheç Dammîym
    Pronunciation: eh'-fes dam-meem'
    Description: from אֶפֶס and the plural of דָּם; boundary of blood-drops; Ephes-Dammim, a place in Palestine; Ephes-dammim.