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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.

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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.”

52 Then the men of Israel and Judah surged forward with a shout and pursued the Philistines to the entrance of Gath[a] and to the gates of Ekron.(A) Their dead were strewn along the Shaaraim(B) road to Gath and Ekron.

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  1. 1 Samuel 17:52 Some Septuagint manuscripts; Hebrew of a valley

52 And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines, until thou come to the valley, and to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even unto Gath, and unto Ekron.

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