The writing was discovered more than a year ago on a pottery shard dug up during excavations at Khirbet Qeiyafa, near Israel's Elah valley.

这篇铭文是在一年前靠近以色列的以拉谷的基伯·珂雅发(Khir bet Qeiyafa)时所找到的陶瓷碎片上发现的。

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The valley of Elah is where the Philistines sent out their Goliath to terrify the Israelites, and where young David felled the giant with his trusty slingshot.

以拉谷地是古腓力斯国派出他们的英雄歌力亚恐吓以色列人的地方，在这里，年轻的大卫王用自己可靠的弹弓击倒了巨人歌力亚。

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They are with Saul and all the men of Israel in the Valley of Elah, fighting against the Philistines.

扫罗与大卫的三个哥哥和以色列众人，在以拉谷与非利士人打仗。

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That's the way Paul Haggis, the screenwriter of "Million Dollar Baby" and "Casino Royale, " and writer and director of "Crash" and "In The Valley of Elah, " put it at Soho House last week.

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