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52 Then the men of Israel and Judah charged forward, shouting a battle cry.[a] They chased the Philistines to the valley[b] and to the very gates of Ekron. The Philistine corpses lay fallen along the Shaaraim road to Gath and Ekron. 53 When the Israelites returned from their hot pursuit of the Philistines, they looted their camp. 54 David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem, and he put Goliath’s[c] weapons in his tent.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 17:52 tn Heb “arose and cried out.”
  2. 1 Samuel 17:52 tc Most of the LXX ms tradition has here “Gath.”
  3. 1 Samuel 17:54 tn Heb “his”; the referent (Goliath) has been specified in the translation for clarity.