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John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Samuel 17:26

And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who [is] this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?

Ver. 26. What shall be done to the man?] This he inquireth, non quia victus his pollicitationibus, as Chrysostom saith; not because he was won by these promises, - for as he hardly credited them, so he never claimed them, - but moved with "a zeal of God," and for the honour of his nation, he is willing to enter the contest, and wisheth that the king knew as much. David is not so much encouraged, as enraged against that dead dog, that thus proudly barked against the God of Israel.

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  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THE LIVING GOD - This fine expression occurs first in Deuteronomy (marginal reference), and next in Joshua 3:10, and 2 Kings 19:4. We find it twice in the Psalms of David Psalms 42:2;...

  • 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

    MEN. Heb, _'enosh._ App-14. DEFY. reproach. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim_. App-4. "Living", always in contrast with idols....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _the living God_ Jehovah as the one "living and true God" is contrasted with the idols of the heathen "which have no breath in their mouths." Cp. Deuteronomy 5:26, and esp. 2 Kings 19:4....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    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....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND DAVID SPAKE TO THE MEN THAT STOOD BY HIM, SAYING, WHAT SHALL BE DONE TO THE MAN THAT KILLETH THIS PHILISTINE, AND TAKETH AWAY THE REPROACH FROM ISRAEL? FOR WHO IS THIS UNCIRCUMCISED PHILISTINE, T...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    17:26 armies (a-41)...

  • 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

    AND DAVID SPAKE... — Very vividly does the historian here depict the scene that morning in the “front:” the dismayed soldiers of King Saul watching and listening to the boastful, impious words, as the...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֹּ֣אמֶר דָּוִ֗ד אֶֽל ־הָ אֲנָשִׁ֞ים הָ

  • 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

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  • 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 David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the (h) reproach from Israel? for who [is] this uncircumcised Philisti...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (23) And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the Philistines, and spake according to the same words: and David hea...

  • 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 DAVID SPAKE TO THE MEN THAT STOOD BY HIM,.... Who were next to him, looking upon the Philistine, and hearing what he said, SAYING, WHAT SHALL BE DONE TO THE MAN THAT KILLETH THIS PHILISTINE, AND...

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

    _The king will make his father's house free_ Free from all those tributes and charges which either the court or the camp required. _Who is this uncircumcised Philistine?_ &c. Thus David expresses a hi...

  • 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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine and taketh away the reproach from Israel, which was daily heaped upon the entire people...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    DAVID SENT TO THE CAMP...

  • 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

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    Why should you all be thus dismayed at him? he is but a man, and that of an accursed race, a stranger and enemy to God, and no way able to stand before them who have the living and almighty God for th...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Samuel 17:26 David H1732 spoke H559 (H8799) men H582 stood H5975 (H8802) saying H559 (H8800) done...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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 ‘...

  • 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

    _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 17:25 HAVE YOU SEEN? “You” is plural; the question is not directed toward David. ARMIES OF THE LIVING GOD. To David, this battle is fundamentally spiritual (see vv....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • 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 John 5:20; 1 Samuel 11:2; 1 Samuel 14:6; 1 Samuel 17:10; 1 Samuel

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