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1 Samuel 17:21

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Israel and the Philistines put the battle in array, army against army.
1 Samuel 17:21 · World English Bible
Parallel translations
  • KJV For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army against army.
  • BSB And Israel and the Philistines arrayed in formation against each other.
  • NKJV For Israel and the Philistines had drawn up in battle array, army against army.
  • NASB Israel and the Philistines drew up in battle formation, army against army.
  • NLT Soon the Israelite and Philistine forces stood facing each other, army against army.

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Christ at the center

The rise of the anointed king after Israel's failed first choice points to the true Anointed One (Messiah means 'anointed'), the shepherd-king after God's own heart from Bethlehem.

How 1 Samuel 17:21 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

Original language

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For Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלand the Philistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּיhad put the battle in arrayעָרַךְarmyמַעֲרָכָהagainstקִרְאָהarmyמַעֲרָכָה
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