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Kretzmann's Popular Commentary

1 Samuel 17:7

And the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron (about seventeen pounds); and one bearing a shield went before him, for the great shield was needed only when the soldier was on the defensive.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 1 Samuel 17:7. _THE STAFF ON HIS SPEAR_ WAS _LIKE A WEAVER'S BEAM_] Either like that on which the _warp_ is _rolled_, or that on which the _cloth_ is _rolled_. We know not how _thick_ this was,...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    SPEAR’S-HEAD - literally, “the flame of his spear,” the metal part which flashed like a flame. SIX HUNDRED SHEKELS - i. e., between seventeen and eighteen pounds avoirdupois....

  • 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

    SHIELD. Hebrew zinnah,. shield of the largest size, covering the whole body. Same word in 1 Samuel 17:41, not 1 Samuel 17:6 and 1 Samuel 17:45....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _the staff of his spear_, &c. THE SHAFT of Goliath's spear, short, but extraordinarily stout and heavy, is compared to the "beam" to which the web is fastened in a loom (cp. 2 Samuel 21:19). The iron...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Goliath's Challenge 4. _a champion_ Lit. " THE (well-known) man of the interspaces," or "interval between two camps" (Gr. μεταίχμιον : see Eur. _Phoen_. 1361, in the account of the combat between Ete...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _Goliath's Challenge._ 1 Samuel 17:1-11 Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh, which _belongeth_ to Judah, and pitched between Shochoh an...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND THE STAFF OF HIS SPEAR WAS LIKE A WEAVER'S BEAM; AND HIS SPEAR'S HEAD WEIGHED SIX HUNDRED SHEKELS OF IRON: AND ONE BEARING A SHIELD WENT BEFORE HIM._ Staff of his spear - rather under five feet...

  • 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...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _וְ_†_עֵ֣ץ_† חֲנִיתֹ֗ו כִּ מְנֹור֙ אֹֽרְגִ֔ים וְ...

  • 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

    ISRAEL DEFIED BY THE PHILISTINE CHAMPION 1 Samuel 17:1 When their king lost the special consciousness of God's presence and power, the whole kingdom became demoralized, and the Hebrews had the humili...

  • 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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Beam, which was of a very different construction from ours. Hostius concludes, that all the armour of Goliath must have weighed 272 pounds and 13 ounces, including the buckler and spear which his armo...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (3) And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them. (4) And there went out a champion out of the camp of...

  • 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 THE STAFF OF HIS SPEAR WAS LIKE A WEAVER'S BEAM,.... The wooden part of it, held in the hand; this for thickness was like the beam in the weaver's loom, about which the warp, or else the web, is r...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And the staff of his spear [was] like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head [weighed] six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him. Ver. 7. _And one bearing a shield._] For s...

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

    _He was armed with a coat of mail_ Made of plates of brass laid over one another like the scales of a fish. _Five thousand shekels of brass_ The common shekel contained a fourth part of an ounce; and...

  • 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

    1-11 Men so entirely depend upon God in all things, that when he withdraws his help, the most valiant and resolute cannot find their hearts or hands, as daily experience shows....

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    A WEAVER'S BEAM, on which the weavers fasten their web. It was like this for thickness; and for length, that he omits, as easy to be collected by proportion to the rest. And though the whole weight of...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Samuel 17:7 staff H6086 (H8675) H2671 spear H2595 weavers H707 (H8802) beam H4500 iron H1270 spearhead...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    GOLIATH CHALLENGES ISRAEL WITH NO TAKERS. DAVID IS SENT TO TAKE HIS BROTHERS FOOD (1 SAMUEL 17:1). This passage brings us face to face with two figures, the first the formidable Philistine warrior, Go...

  • 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 Biblical Illustrator

    _One bearing a shield went before him._ THE SHIELD BEARER OF GOLIATH I. That it is a grievous mistake for men to arm themselves as in triple mail against good influences. Goliath had a “helmet of bra...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 17:4 A CHAMPION in ancient Near Eastern literature is a man who steps out to fight between two battle lines. Here Goliath offers to fight, on behalf of his side, against any...

  • 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

    ADVANCE OF DAVID IN REPUTATION BY THE SLAUGHTER OF GOLIATH (1 Samuel 17:1.). EXPOSITION GOLIATH'S DEFIANCE OF ISRAEL ...

  • 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 Chronicles 11:23; 1 Chronicles 20:5; 2 Samuel 21:19...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Beam — On which the weavers fasten their web. It was like this for thickness. And though the whole weight of Goliath's armour may seem prodigious; yet it is not so much by far as one Athanatus did man...

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