put: 1 Samuel 17:8, 1 Samuel 17:21
they joined battle: Heb. the battle was spread
Israel: Joshua 7:5-8, Joshua 7:12; Psalms 44:9-10
and they: Psalms 79:7-8, Psalms 106:40-41; Lamentations 3:40
the army: Heb. the array
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1 Samuel 4:2
1 Samuel 4:2
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