OLD TESTAMENT

1 Samuel 17:1

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Now 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.

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Verse 1. Battle. They perhaps had heard of Saul’s malady, (Salien) and bore a constant hatred to the Israelites during his reign. Calmet. 14:52.—Azeca, about 15 miles south of Jerusalem.—Dommim, or Phesdommim, 1 Chronicles 11:13.

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