17:44 The Philistine said to David, “Come here to me, so I can give your flesh to the birds of the sky and the wild animals of the field!” 1
1 Samuel 17:2
17:2 Saul and the Israelite army 2 assembled and camped in the valley of Elah, where they arranged their battle lines to fight against 3 the Philistines.
1 Samuel 21:10
21:10 So on that day David arose and fled from Saul. He went to King Achish of Gath.
1 tc Many medieval Hebrew mss have “the earth” here, instead of the MT’s “the field.”
2 tnHeb “the men of Israel” (so KJV, NASB); NAB, NIV, NRSV “the Israelites.”