1 Samuel 17:2

17:2 Saul and the Israelite army ¹  assembled and camped in the valley of Elah, where they arranged their battle lines to fight against ²  the Philistines.

1 Samuel 17:7

17:7 The shaft ³  of his spear was like a weaver’s beam, and the iron point of his spear weighed six hundred shekels. ⁴  His shield bearer was walking before him.

1 Samuel 17:19

17:19 They are with Saul and the whole Israelite army ⁵  in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.”

1 Samuel 31:13

31:13 They took the bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree at Jabesh; then they fasted for seven days.

[17:2]  ¹ tn Heb “the men of Israel” (so KJV, NASB); NAB, NIV, NRSV “the Israelites.”

[17:2]  ² tn Heb “to meet.”

[17:7]  ³ tn The translation follows the Qere and many medieval Hebrew mss in reading “wood,” rather than the “arrow” (the reading of the Kethib).

[17:7]  ⁴ sn That is, about fifteen or sixteen pounds.

[17:19]  ⁵ tn Heb “all the men of Israel.”