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Verse 43. _AM I A DOG, THAT THOU COMEST TO ME WITH STAVES?_] It is
very likely that Goliath did not perceive the _sling_, which David
might have kept coiled up within his hand.
_CURSED DAVID BY HIS...
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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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The victory of faith. The flight of the Philistines
41. This verse is not found in the Sept. (B)....
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_Am I a dog_ The Sept. (B) reads: "Am I a dog that thou comest to me
with a staff and stones? And David said, Nay but worse than a dog....
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AM I A DOG— See Exodus 22:31. As nothing can be more insolent and
impious than the words of Goliath, so nothing can afford us a fairer
idea of firm faith and heroic confidence in God, than David's rep...
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_David Slays Goliath._ 1 Samuel 17:38-54
38 And Saul armed David with his armor, and he put a helmet of brass
upon his head; also he armed him with a coat of mail.
39 And David girded his sword upon...
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_AND THE PHILISTINE SAID UNTO DAVID, AM I A DOG, THAT THOU COMEST TO
ME WITH STAVES? AND THE PHILISTINE CURSED DAVID BY HIS GODS._ CURSED
DAVID BY HIS GODS, х_ BEE'ªLOHAAYW_ (H430)] - by his god (Dago...
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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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STAVES] i.e. with a mere stick (1 Samuel 17:40) instead of weapons....
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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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AM I A DOG? — The Philistine warrior — as the shepherd boy, all
unarmed, drew near — rose apparently, for he was seated, as was
often the custom with these heavily-clad warriors of antiquity when
not...
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וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר הַ פְּלִשְׁתִּי֙ אֶל
־דָּוִ֔ד הֲ
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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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HE WINS THE LORD'S BATTLE
1 Samuel 17:41
David did not wait until his enemy had crossed the valley, but
hastened to the streamlet to select the pebbles needed for his sling.
Goliath scouted such a ch...
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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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And the Philistine said unto David, [Am] I a dog, that thou comest to
me with staves? And the Philistine (o) cursed David by his gods.
(o) He swore by his gods that he would destroy him....
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_Gods. Dagon or Baalim. (Menochius) -- Septuagint (Alexandrian) has,
"idols." The beauty and accoutrements of David, made the rough warrior
suppose that he was not coming to fight, but only to laugh a...
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(42) And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained
him: for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance.
(43) And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou...
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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 THE PHILISTINE SAID UNTO DAVID, [AM] I A DOG?.... Truly David did
not think him much better, because of his impudence, impurity, and
barking blasphemy against God, and the armies of Israel; the Ta...
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And the Philistine said unto David, [Am] I a dog, that thou comest to
me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
Ver. 43. _Am I a dog?_] _a_ No, not so good as a dog, said David,
ve...
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_He disdained him_ He had looked about, expecting to meet some tall,
strong man; but when he saw what a mean figure he made with whom he
was to engage, he despised him, and thought it below him to ent...
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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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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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40-47 The security and presumption of fools destroy them. Nothing can
excel the humility, faith, and piety which appear in David's words. He
expressed his assured expectation of success; he gloried in...
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WITH STAVES, i.e. with a staff; the plural number for the singular; as
GENESIS 21:7, GENESIS 46:7. THE PHILISTINE CURSED DAVID; he prayed
that his god Dagon, and Ashtaroth, &c., would destroy him....
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1 Samuel 17:43 Philistine H6430 said H559 (H8799) David H1732 dog
H3611 come H935 (H8802) sticks H4731 Philistine
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DAVID MEETS GOLIATH (1 SAMUEL 17:40).
As has been the pattern throughout the chapter the emphasis in this
passage is again on the fact that the Philistine has defied YHWH, but
here in a more personal...
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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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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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1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 17:43 STICKS. Goliath sees David’s staff
(v. 1 Samuel 17:40) but not the true weapon, the sling. Goliath’s
gods
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CRITITCAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES—
1 Samuel 17:1. “THE PHILISTINES GATHERED TOGETHER THEIR ARMIES.”
Jamieson considers that this was twenty-seven years after their
overthrow at Michmash. “SHOCHOH,” now _...
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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 24:14; 2 Kings 8:13; 2 Samuel 16:9; 2 Samuel 3:8; 2 Samuel
9:8
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Dog — Dost thou think to beat me as easily as thou wouldst thy dog?...