Place
Valley of Elah
Identified location. The site is known today and most scholars agree on it.
A broad valley in the lowlands of Judah where Saul's army faced the Philistines. Goliath came out to challenge Israel here, and David, sent with food for his brothers, fought him.
Who passed through
In story order. King James Version.
- Saul (King), 1 Samuel 17:2
And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines.
- Goliath, 1 Samuel 17:4
And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.
- David, 1 Samuel 17:20
And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the trench, as the host was going forth to the fight, and shouted for the battle.
Place names, references and coordinates: STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), with coordinates from OpenBible.info. Map: Natural Earth (public domain).