1 Samuel 17:21
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For Israel had put themselves in array, and the Philistines who stood against them were prepared.

Context
David Accepts the Challenge
20David, therefore, arose in the morning, and gave the charge of the flock to the keeper: and went away loaded, as Isai had commanded him. And he came to the place of Magala, and to the army, which was going out to fight, and shouted for the battle. 21For Israel had put themselves in array, and the Philistines who stood against them were prepared.22And David leaving the vessels which he had brought, under the care of the keeper of the baggage, ran to the place of the battle, and asked if all things went well with his brethren.…
Cross References
1 Samuel 17:20
David, therefore, arose in the morning, and gave the charge of the flock to the keeper: and went away loaded, as Isai had commanded him. And he came to the place of Magala, and to the army, which was going out to fight, and shouted for the battle.

1 Samuel 17:22
And David leaving the vessels which he had brought, under the care of the keeper of the baggage, ran to the place of the battle, and asked if all things went well with his brethren.

Lexicon
And Israel
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc

and the Philistines
וּפְלִשְׁתִּ֔ים (ū·p̄ə·liš·tîm)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6430: Philistines -- inhabitants of Philistia

arrayed
וַתַּעֲרֹ֤ךְ (wat·ta·‘ă·rōḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6186: To set in a, row, arrange, put in order

in formation
מַעֲרָכָ֖ה (ma·‘ă·rā·ḵāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4634: An arrangement, a pile, a military array

against
לִקְרַ֥את (liq·raṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 7122: To encounter, befall

each other.
מַעֲרָכָֽה׃ (ma·‘ă·rā·ḵāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4634: An arrangement, a pile, a military array


Additional Translations
And Israel and the Philistines arrayed in formation against each other.For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army against army.

And Israel and the Philistines put the battle in array, army against army.

And Israel and the Philistines put the battle in array, rank against rank.

And Israel and the Philistines put the battle in array, army against army.

For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army against army.

Israel and the Philistines put the battle in array, army against army.

and Israel and the Philistines set in array rank to meet rank.
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