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THE TRENCH - Rather, “the wagons,” which were all put together in
the camp so as to form a kind of bulwark or fortification (see 1
Samuel 26:5, 1 Samuel 26:7). Here David left his “carriage” 1
Samuel...
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2. DAVID AND GOLIATH
CHAPTER 17
_ 1. Goliath of Gath, the Philistine (1 Samuel 17:1)_
2. David's errand and inquiry (1 Samuel 17:12)
3. David's offer to fight Goliath (1 Samuel 17:31)
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1 SAMUEL 17:1 TO 1 SAMUEL 18:5. DAVID AND GOLIATH (E, with additione
by R). In this section two narratives seem to have been interwoven.
For the sake of convenience, we may denote one set of passages...
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AS. according as.
FIGHT. place of battle....
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David's errand to the camp
12 31. This section is not found in the Vatican MS. of the Sept. On
the difficulties it presents, and the question of its genuineness see
Note VI. p. 241....
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_the trench_ The word may mean either, (_a_) the circular rampart
round the camp; or (_b_) a barrier formed by the baggage waggons round
the camp; or (_c_) the place where the baggage waggons of the a...
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_David Hears of Goliath's Challenge._ 1 Samuel 17:12-27
12 Now David _was_ the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem-judah,
whose name _was_ Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among
men _fo...
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_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 SHOU...
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DAVID SLAYS GOLIATH
1 Samuel 17:1 to 1 Samuel 18:5 is evidently taken from a different
document from 1 Samuel 16:14. In 1 Samuel 16:
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TRENCH] RV 'place of the wagons.' It was a rude rampart or barricade
formed of wagons....
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ISRAEL’S FIRST KING
1 SAMUEL
_HELEN POCOCK_
CHAPTER 17
DAVID AND GOLIATH
V1 The *Philistines gathered their army ready for a battle. They met
at Sucoh in the land of *Judah. They camped in the...
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HE CAME TO THE TRENCH. — Literally, _to the wagon rampart;_ a circle
of wagons formed a rude fortification about the camp of Israel. There
— that is, within the fortified enclosure — he left (1 Samuel...
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וַ יַּשְׁכֵּ֨ם דָּוִ֜ד בַּ † בֹּ֗קֶר
וַ...
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CHAPTER XXIV.
_ DAVID'S CONFLICT WITH GOLIATH_
1 Samuel 17:1.
THESE irrepressible Philistines were never long recovering from their
disasters. The victory of Jonathan had been impaired by the exhaus...
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DAVID UNAWED BY THE GIANT
1 Samuel 17:17
At this juncture David arrived in the camp, sent by Jesse to inquire
after the welfare of his three elder sons, who had followed Saul to
the war. He also brou...
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The story contained in this chapter is one of the most familiar of the
Old Testament narratives. It places Saul and David in sharp contrast
as each stands out in clear relief.
In the presence of the e...
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(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...
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Now that we have heard the prophet's judgment of king Saul, there
follows next the choice of Jehovah. The chapter gives us in a very
striking manner the manifest sentence of death on all the thoughts...
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The Philistines, that type of the enemy's power, present themselves
again with their champion at their head, against whom no one dares to
fight. David had returned home, and was living in the simplici...
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AND DAVID ROSE UP EARLY IN THE MORNING,.... Being very ready and eager
to obey his father's orders, and visit his brethren:
AND LEFT THE SHEEP WITH A KEEPER; which showed his care and
faithfulness in...
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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 shout...
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_He came to the trench_ Probably the carriages wherewith the host was
surrounded. _As the host was going forth to the fight_ Jesse little
thought of sending his son to the camp just at that critical j...
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1 The armies of the Israelites, and Philistines beeing readie to
battell,
4 Goliath commeth proudly forth, to chalenge a combate.
12 Dauid sent by his father to visit his brethren, taketh the
chalen...
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DAVID SENT TO THE CAMP...
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And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a
keeper, faithful to his charge also in this, AND TOOK, AND WENT AS
JESSE HAD COMMANDED HIM; AND BE CAME TO THE TRENCH, the wagon rampa...
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DAVID PLAYS FOR SAUL...
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The time comes when both Saul and David are to be publicly proven as
regards their fitness to rule over Israel. The Philistines, though
previously defeated through Jonathan's faith, return to challeng...
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TRENCH:
Or, place of the carriage
THE FIGHT:
Or, battle ray, or place of fight...
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12-30 Jesse little thought of sending his son to the army at that
critical juncture; but the wise God orders actions and affairs, so as
to serve his designs. In times of general formality and lukewar...
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TO THE TRENCH, i.e. to the camp or army which was there intrenched.
SHOUTED FOR THE BATTLE; as the manner was, both to animate themselves,
and to terrify their enemies....
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1 Samuel 17:20 David H1732 early H7925 (H8686) morning H1242 left
H5203 (H8799) sheep H6629 keeper H8104 ...
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DAVID ARRIVES AT THE BATTLEFIELD AND IS APPALLED THAT ‘THIS
UNCIRCUMCISED PHILISTINE' DARES TO DEFY THE ARMIES OF THE LIVING GOD
(1 SAMUEL 17:20).
Central to the last passage was that Goliath defied ‘...
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1 Samuel 17
Notice:
I. David was on God's side. This was a religious war. Goliath fought
for Dagon and cursed David by his gods. David fought for Jehovah. Let
every child know for certain that he is...
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CONTENTS: Defiance of Israel by Goliath and David's victory over him.
CHARACTERS: God, David, Saul, Goliath, Eliab, Abinadab, Shammah.
CONCLUSION: The battle is God's battle. If our confidence is pur...
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1 Samuel 17:4. _There went out a champion, Goliath of Gath;_ a
military character well known to the Hebrews. More than thirty years
before he had scattered the army of Israel, slain the sons of Eli, a...
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_Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle._
THE BATTLE OF ELAH
While the Philistines were posted on the stony hills covered with
brushwood which bounded the valley on the south, S...
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1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 17:1 David has been chosen by the Lord,
anointed as king privately, and has been serving in Saul’s court.
Now, he defeats Goliath and, as a result, becomes publicly known.
Da...
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CRITITCAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES—
1 Samuel 17:12. “The full account of the person and family of David
tells what we already know from chap. 16, and yet reads as if nothing
had been said of his origin. T...
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EXPOSITION
1 SAMUEL 17:20-9
HE CAME TO THE TRENCH. More probably the barricade, or outer circle of
defence for their camp, made of their wagons (see on 1 Samuel 10:22).
Strictly the word means a _wag...
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Shall we turn in our Bibles to the seventeenth chapter of first
Samuel? In the seventeenth chapter of first Samuel, we read where,
The Philistines had gathered their armies together [against the
child...
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1 Samuel 17:28; 1 Samuel 26:5; Ephesians 6:1; Ephesians 6:2; Luke
19:43
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Went, &c. — Jesse little thought of sending his son to the camp,
just at that critical juncture. But the wise God orders the time and
all the circumstances of affairs, so as to serve the designs of hi...