3 So the Philistines and Israelites faced each other on opposite hills, with the valley between them.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Samuel 17:3

Commentary on 1 Samuel 17:1-11

(Read 1 Samuel 17:1-11)

Men so entirely depend upon God in all things, that when he withdraws his help, the most valiant and resolute cannot find their hearts or hands, as daily experience shows.