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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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_the wilderness_ The Heb. word for "wilderness" does not necessarily
mean a _barren_district; but a wide open tract used for pasture, as
distinguished from arable land. Cp. Psalms 65:12; Joel 1:19-20;...
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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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_Saul Sends David to Meet Goliath._ 1 Samuel 17:28-37
28 And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and
Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou
down h...
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_AND ELIAB HIS ELDEST BROTHER HEARD WHEN HE SPAKE UNTO THE MEN; AND
ELIAB'S ANGER WAS KINDLED AGAINST DAVID, AND HE SAID, WHY CAMEST THOU
DOWN HITHER? AND WITH WHOM HAST THOU LEFT THOSE FEW SHEEP IN T...
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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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THE WILDERNESS] answered to our 'downs' or 'common.' It was land
suitable for grazing cattle, but not divided up into fields....
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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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AND ELIAB’S ANGER WAS KINDLED AGAINST DAVID. — There were probably
many years between the ages of the eldest and youngest of these eight
brothers, and this jealous anger was, no doubt, no new thing in...
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וַ יִּשְׁמַ֤ע אֱלִיאָב֙ אָחִ֣יו הַ
גָּדֹ֔ול ב
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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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_Battle. This speech is too insulting, even though David might seem to
have given vent to the sentiments of his soul with too much ardour;
particularly as Eliab knew that he had received the royal unc...
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(28) And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men;
and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest
thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep...
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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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_AN UNBROTHERLY BROTHER_
‘Eliab’s anger was kindled against David.’
1 Samuel 17:28
I. THERE IS SOMETHING IN THE CHARACTER OF ELIAB WHICH MAKES HIM UNFIT
FOR THE OFFICE OF KING.—Eliab seems to have...
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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 ELIAB HIS ELDEST BROTHER HEARD WHEN HE SPAKE UNTO THE MEN,....
Heard the questions he put to them, by which he perceived his
inclination:
AND ELIAB'S ANGER WAS KINDLED AGAINST DAVID; because what...
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And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and
Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou
down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in th...
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_He said, Why camest thou down hither?_ His passion made him forget
that David came by his father's order, in obedience to him, and out of
kindness to them. _With whom hast thou left those few sheep?_...
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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 Eliab, his eldest brother, heard when he spake unto the men, and
Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou
down hither, from the higher ranges near Bethlehem? AND WITH...
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DAVID SENT TO THE CAMP...
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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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ELIAB'S ANGER WAS KINDLED, either because he thought him guilty of
intolerable folly, and pride, and presumption, in pretending to such
an attempt; or because he feared and concluded he would be certa...
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1 Samuel 17:28 Eliab H446 oldest H1419 brother H251 heard H8085
(H8799) spoke H1696 (H8763) men H582 Eliabs...
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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 ‘...
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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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_Eliab’s anger was kindled against David._
A SERIES OF VICTORIES
Hitherto David has had little suffering. Life is made up of trials:
the Christian’s course is never free from them: this we are to see...
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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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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 16:13; 1 Samuel 16:7; 1 Samuel 17:20; Ecclesiastes 4:4;...
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Naughtiness — Thy false — confidence, and vain gloried curiosity.
See the folly and wickedness of envy! How groundless its jealousies
are, how unjust its censures, how unfair it representations? God
p...