David and Goliath

17 Now the Philistines ^(A)gathered their armies for battle. And they were gathered at ^(B)Socoh, which belongs to Judah, and encamped between Socoh and ^(C)Azekah, in ^(D)Ephes-dammim.

^35 (A)Jarmuth, ^(B)Adullam, ^(C)Socoh, ^(D)Azekah,

^18 (A)And the Philistines had made raids on ^(B)the cities in the Shephelah and the Negeb of Judah, and had taken Beth-shemesh, Aijalon, Gederoth, Soco ^(C)with its villages, Timnah with its villages, and Gimzo with its villages. And they settled there.

¹³ He was with David at Pas-dammim ^(A)when the Philistines were gathered there for battle. There was a plot of ground full of barley, and the men fled from the Philistines.

⁵ And the Philistines mustered to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots and six thousand horsemen and troops ^(A)like the sand on the seashore in multitude. They came up and encamped in Michmash, to the east of ^(B)Beth-aven.

³ These are the nations: ^(A)the five lords of the Philistines and all the Canaanites and the Sidonians and the Hivites who lived on Mount Lebanon, from Mount Baal-hermon as far as Lebo-hamath.

^10 (A)And the Lord threw them into a panic before Israel, who^[a] struck them with a great blow at Gibeon and chased them by the way of ^(B)the ascent of Beth-horon and struck them as far as Azekah and Makkedah. ¹¹ And as they fled before Israel, while they were ^(C)going down the ascent of Beth-horon, ^(D)the Lord threw down large stones from heaven on them as far as Azekah, and they died. There were more who died because of the hailstones than the sons of Israel killed with the sword.

⁷ when the army of the king of Babylon was fighting against Jerusalem and against all the cities of Judah that were left, ^(A)Lachish and ^(B)Azekah, ^(C)for these were the only ^(D)fortified cities of Judah that remained.

⁷ Beth-zur, Soco, Adullam,

⁵² There was hard fighting against the Philistines all the days of Saul. And when Saul saw any strong man, or any valiant man, ^(A)he attached him to himself.