1 Samuel 17:12

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Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem Judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man was an old man in the days of Saul, stricken [in years] among men.

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Bethlehem was Jesse and David’s Judean hometown, while Socoh, Azekah, and Ephes-dammim lay in the Valley of Elah, where Israel faced the Philistines. Gath and Ekron were Philistine cities, and Jerusalem lay northeast; these sites locate David’s arrival within Israel’s

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1 Samuel 17:12 mentions Azekah, Bethlehem, Ekron, Ephes-dammim, Gath, Jerusalem, Socoh and Valley of Elah.

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