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Valley of Elah

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Named at 1 Samuel 17:2: “Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and encamped in the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines.” 17:19 says, “Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.”

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1SA 17:1–3, engwebp
¹Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle; and they were gathered together at Socoh, which belongs to Judah, and encamped between Socoh and Azekah in Ephesdammim.
²Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and encamped in the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines.
³The 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.
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1SA 17:17–24, engwebp
¹⁷Jesse said to David his son, “Now take for your brothers an ephah of this parched grain and these ten loaves, and carry them quickly to the camp to your brothers;
¹⁸and bring these ten cheeses to the captain of their thousand; and see how your brothers are doing, and bring back news.”
¹⁹Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
²⁰David rose up early in the morning and left the sheep with a keeper, and took the provisions and went, as Jesse had commanded him. He came to the place of the wagons as the army which was going out to the fight shouted for the battle.
²¹Israel and the Philistines put the battle in array, army against army.
²²David left his baggage in the hand of the keeper of the baggage and ran to the army, and came and greeted his brothers.
²³As he talked with them, behold, the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, came up out of the ranks of the Philistines, and said the same words; and David heard them.
²⁴All the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him and were terrified.
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1SA 21:8–9, engwebp
⁸David said to Ahimelech, “Isn’t there here under your hand spear or sword? For I haven’t brought my sword or my weapons with me, because the king’s business required haste.”
⁹The priest said, “Behold, the sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the valley of Elah, is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If you would like to take that, take it, for there is no other except that here.” David said, “There is none like that. Give it to me.”
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Matched to OpenBible.info’s “Valley of Elah” by name and 3 shared verses. The leading identification is Valley of Elah (confidence 1000 of 1000). The dataset gives no point for it, only the region, river or route it lies in or along, so no point is drawn for it.

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Valley of Elah
OpenBible.info confidence 1000 of 1000 (current scholarship)
31.67542, 34.99802
OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, “Valley of Elah” (CC BY 4.0)

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Narrated location (2) — The Philistines encamp between Socoh and Azekah, and Saul in the valley of Elah, David comes to the camp as Jesse commanded him and greets his brothers

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Entry: Valley of Elah (place-valley-of-elah)
Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/place/valley-of-elah
Current wording: Named at 1 Samuel 17:2: “Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and encamped in the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines.” 17:19 says, “Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.”
Cited evidence: 1SA 17:1–3, engwebp / 1SA 17:17–24, engwebp / 1SA 21:8–9, engwebp
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