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.
17:3 The Philistines were standing on one hill, and the Israelites 3 on another hill, with the valley between them.
1 tnHeb “the men of Israel” (so KJV, NASB); NAB, NIV, NRSV “the Israelites.”