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Valley of Elah

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Battles and sieges

1. c. 1010 BCDavid and Goliath in the Valley of Elah 1 Sam 17:38–54
   Saul's army with David against the Philistines and their champion Goliath of Gath. Goliath falls to a sling-stone and is beheaded; the Philistines are chased to Gath and Ekron.

Questions

• Where did David fight Goliath?

Verses (3)

1 Sam 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.

1 Sam 17:19

Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.

1 Sam 21:9

And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take it: for there is no other save that here. And David said, There is none like that; give it me.

King James Version

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