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Kretzmann's Popular Commentary

1 Samuel 17:55

And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? He wanted to know about his parentage, where he hailed from And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell.

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See also 1 Samuel 17:55 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    WHOSE SON ... - See the marginal reference note....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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)

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    WHOSE SON... ? Though Saul had just had an interview with David, he did not know his father, whom he had promised (1 Samuel 17:25) to make free in Israel. Note in all these passages _(verses:_ 55, 56,...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Saul's inquiry concerning David's parentage 55. _he said unto Abner_ This section is not found in the Septuagint (B). On the difficulty of reconciling it with ch. 16 see Note VI. P. 241....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    WHOSE SON IS THIS YOUTH? &C.— Saul probably knew David's person, but had forgotten the name of his father. He does not ask, therefore, who the youth is, but _whose son_ he is; a question of the more c...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _Saul Inquires About David's Background._ 1 Samuel 17:55-58 55 And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son _is_ this youth?...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND WHEN SAUL SAW DAVID GO FORTH AGAINST THE PHILISTINE, HE SAID UNTO ABNER, THE CAPTAIN OF THE HOST, ABNER, WHOSE SON IS THIS YOUTH? AND ABNER SAID, AS THY SOUL LIVETH, O KING, I CANNOT TELL._ Saul...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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:

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    WHOSE SON IS THIS YOUTH? — A grave difficulty, at first sight, indisputably exists here. It is briefly this. In the preceding chapter (1 Samuel 17:18), David, the son of Jesse, is chosen to play befor...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ כִ רְאֹ֨ות שָׁא֜וּל אֶת ־דָּוִ֗ד יֹצֵא֙

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    A LOYAL FRIEND AND A JEALOUS ENEMY 1 Samuel 17:55; 1 Samuel 18:1 These verses make very good reading. They present the one ray of light in a story which, from this point on, becomes more and more som...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, (e) whose son [is] this youth? And Abner said, [As] thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell....

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (55) And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell. (5...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND WHEN SAUL SAW DAVID GO FORTH AGAINST THE PHILISTINE,.... Set out to meet him, and engage with him, as he might from the side of the mountain, where he was encamped: HE SAID UNTO ABNER, THE CAPTAI...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son [is] this youth? And Abner said, [As] thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell. Ve...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Whose son is this youth?_ It may, at first sight, appear strange that Saul should be represented here as not knowing who David was, when we have a relation in the foregoing chapter of his sending for...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    48-58 See how frail and uncertain life is, even when a man thinks himself best fortified; how quickly, how easily, and by how small a matter, the passage may be opened for life to go out, and death t...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    WHOSE SON IS THIS YOUTH? QUEST. How could David be unknown to Saul, with whom he had lived? 1 SAMUEL 16:21. ANSW. That might well be, for divers reasons, because David was not constantly with him, nor...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Samuel 17:55 Saul H7586 saw H7200 (H8800) David H1732 out H3318 (H8802) against H7125 (H8800) Philistine...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE AFTERMATH. HAVING PROMISED HIS DAUGHTER TO DAVID SAUL ENQUIRES ABOUT HIS ANTECEDENTS (1 SAMUEL 17:55). Analysis. a And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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 _...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Samuel 16:21; 1 Samuel 16:22; 1 Samuel 17:58...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Whose son — David had been some considerable time dismissed from Saul's court, and was returned home. And therefore it is not strange, if Saul for the present had forgot David. Besides the distemper o...

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