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Verse 1 Samuel 17:19. _FIGHTING WITH THE PHILISTINES._] See at the end
of the chapter. 1 Samuel 17:58....
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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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_Now Saul_, &c. Probably, "Now Saul and they … ARE," &c., i.e. it is
Jesse's direction to David where to find his brothers, not a remark of
the historian....
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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....
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NOW SAUL, AND THEY—WERE IN THE VALLEY OF ELAH, FIGHTING— Or, _Now
Saul, and they—were still by the valley of oaks, ready to fight._...
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_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...
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_NOW SAUL, AND THEY, AND ALL THE MEN OF ISRAEL, WERE IN THE VALLEY OF
ELAH, FIGHTING WITH THE PHILISTINES._
No JFB commentary on this verse....
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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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IN THE VALLEY OF ELAN, FIGHTING WITH THE PHILISTINES. — The words of
this verse, which read in the English Version as an explanatory
parenthesis, are really part of Jesse’s direction to his shepherd
s...
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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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DAVID UNAWED BY THE GIANT
1 Samuel 17:17
At this juncture David arrived in the camp, sent by Jesse to inquire
after the welfare of his three elder sons, who had followed Saul to
the war. He also brou...
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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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_Fighting, or ready to engage. (Haydock)_...
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(19) Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley
of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
The fighting here spoken of means, I should suppose, the preparation
only, for battle: f...
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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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NOW SAUL, AND THEY,.... That is, the sons of Jesse, and brethren of
David:
AND ALL THE MEN OF ISRAEL; the soldiers in the army:
WERE IN THE VALLEY ELAH; or "by" it, near unto it; for they were set
i...
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Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, [were] in the valley of
Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
Ver. 19. _Fighting,_] _i.e., _ Skirmishing, and ready to join battle....
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_Fighting with the Philistines_ That is, in a posture and readiness to
fight with them, as it is explained 1 Samuel 17:20, being drawn up in
battle array. _In the valley of Elah_ Not, strictly speakin...
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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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DAVID SENT TO THE CAMP...
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DAVID PLAYS FOR SAUL...
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Now, Saul and they, the eons of Jesse, AND ALL THE MEN OF ISRAEL WERE
IN THE VALLEY OF ELAH, FIGHTING WITH THE PHILISTINES. This remark
belongs to the instructions which Jesse addressed to David.
Whe...
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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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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...
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i.e. In a posture and readiness to fight with them; as it is
explained, 1 SAMUEL 17:20,21. Men are oft said in Scripture to do what
they intend and are prepared to do, as hath been showed formerly by...
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1 Samuel 17:19 Saul H7586 men H376 Israel H3478 Valley H6010 Elah H425
fighting H3898 (H8737) Philistines H6430
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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...
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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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_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...
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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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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...
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ADVANCE OF DAVID IN REPUTATION BY THE SLAUGHTER OF GOLIATH (1 Samuel
17:1.).
EXPOSITION
GOLIATH'S DEFIANCE OF ISRAEL ...
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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 17:19...
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Fighting — That is, in a posture and readiness to fight with them;
as it is explained, 1 Samuel 17:20....