52 The men of Israel and Judah rallied, shouting their battle cry, and chased the Philistines to the entrance of the valley and to the gates of Ekron.[a](A) Philistine bodies were strewn all along the Shaaraim road(B) to Gath and Ekron.

53 When the Israelites returned from the pursuit of the Philistines, they plundered their camps. 54 David took Goliath’s[b] head and brought it to Jerusalem, but he put Goliath’s weapons in his own tent.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 17:52 LXX reads Ashkelon
  2. 1 Samuel 17:54 Lit the Philistine’s

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