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Verse 1 Samuel 17:58. _WHOSE SON_ ART _THOU_, THOU _YOUNG MAN?_] That
Saul should not know David with whom he had treated a little before,
and even armed him for the combat, and that he should not kn...
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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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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....
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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...
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_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?...
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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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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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וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר אֵלָיו֙ שָׁא֔וּל בֶּן
־מִ֥י אַתָּ
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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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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...
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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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(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...
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REFLECTIONS
ew, in looking at Hezekiah on his supposed death-bed. The greatest
favorites of heaven are exposed, in common with others, to the
humiliation of the grave. But oh! how different their stat...
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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 SAUL SAID UNTO HIM, WHOSE SON [ART] THOU, [THOU] YOUNG MAN?....
Still the question was such as did not necessarily imply ignorance of
his person, but of his family:
AND DAVID ANSWERED, I [AM] THE...
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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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And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, thou young man? And David
answered, I am the son of thy servant Jesse, the Bethlehemite. With
this information Saul could now carry out his promise of which t...
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DAVID SLAYS GOLIATH...
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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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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...
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1 Samuel 17:58 Saul H7586 said H559 (H8799) son H1121 man H5288 David
H1732 answered H559 (H8799) son...
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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...
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1 Samuel 17:58
This question, short and simple as it is, is suggestive of some
practical thoughts on the subjection of personal responsibility and
faithfulness to the traditions of one's pedigree, or...
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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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_Whose son art thou, young man?_
RELATION OF ANCESTRY TO CHARACTER
I am not surprised that when this shepherd boy (ushered in and
introduced by Abner, commander-in-chief) entered the Royal presence
w...
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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 16:18; 1 Samuel 16:19; 1 Samuel 17:12...
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Why did Saul not recognize his harp player David as the one who killed
Goliath?
PROBLEM: In 1 Samuel 16, Saul hired David to play the harp for him,
and yet, in chapter 17, after David killed Goliath...