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Verse 1 Samuel 17:52. _DAVID TOOK THE HEAD OF THE PHILISTINE_] It has
been already remarked that this, with the following verses, and the
five first verses of the eighteenth chapter, are omitted by th...
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JERUSALEM - See Judges 1:8 note.
HIS TENT - Perhaps the tabernacle. David had neither tent nor house of
his own. It would be quite in accordance with David’s piety that he
should immediately dedicate...
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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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JERUSALEM. Jerusalem (west of Moriah) had been taken by Judah, who
dwelt there. The Jebusites were still holding Jebus, or Zion, the
mount immediately south of Moriah. Compare Joshua 15:63.Judges 1:7;...
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The victory of faith. The flight of the Philistines
41. This verse is not found in the Sept. (B)....
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_to Jerusalem_ There are no indications that Jerusalem had yet
attained any importance either as a political or religious centre. The
citadel still remained in the hands of the Jebusites, though the l...
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AND DAVID TOOK THE HEAD OF THE PHILISTINE— After having shewn the
head to Saul, 1 Samuel 17:57 and exhibited it to all the people, chap.
1 Samuel 18:6 he deposited it at Jerusalem, that it might be an...
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_David Slays Goliath._ 1 Samuel 17:38-54
38 And Saul armed David with his armor, and he put a helmet of brass
upon his head; also he armed him with a coat of mail.
39 And David girded his sword upon...
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_AND DAVID TOOK THE HEAD OF THE PHILISTINE, AND BROUGHT IT TO
JERUSALEM; BUT HE PUT HIS ARMOUR IN HIS TENT._
David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem.
This must have been at...
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BROUGHT IT TO JERUSALEM] But Jerusalem was still a non-Hebrew city (2
Samuel 5:4.). A little later we find the sword of Goliath at Nob (1
Samuel 21:9), and hence some think that Nob is intended here....
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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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THE HEAD OF THE PHILISTINE. — There is no real difficulty here, for
although the fortress of Jebus, on Mount Zion, was in the hands of the
Jebusites, and continued to be so until David captured the st...
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וַ יִּקַּ֤ח דָּוִד֙ אֶת ־רֹ֣אשׁ הַ
פְּלִשְׁתּ
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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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HE WINS THE LORD'S BATTLE
1 Samuel 17:41
David did not wait until his enemy had crossed the valley, but
hastened to the streamlet to select the pebbles needed for his sling.
Goliath scouted such a ch...
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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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Tent, or tabernacle of the Lord, which David erected in his honour, at
Jerusalem, many years afterwards. (Jun. Piscator, &c.) The lower part
of Jerusalem was already in the hands of the Israelites. He...
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(52) And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and
pursued the Philistines, until thou come to the valley, and to the
gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the
w...
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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 DAVID TOOK THE HEAD OF THE PHILISTINE, AND BROUGHT IT TO
JERUSALEM,.... After he had been introduced with it to Saul, and when
he had passed through various cities in Israel, carrying the head in...
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And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to
Jerusalem; but he put his armour in his tent.
Ver. 54. _And brought it to Jerusalem._] Setting it up for a trophy of
his victory, and for...
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_And brought it to Jerusalem_ After he had shown it to Saul, 1 Samuel
17:57, and exposed it to all the people, chap. 1 Samuel 18:6.
Jerusalem was now become a noted city, which was the reason why he
b...
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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 SLAYS GOLIATH...
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And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to
Jerusalem, for the city itself was in the hands of the Israelites,
only the fortress of Jebus on Mount Zion had not yet been conquered;
BUT...
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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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BROUGHT IT TO JERUSALEM; either to terrify the Jebusites, who yet held
the fort of Zion, 2 SAMUEL 5:7; or for some other reason not recorded,
nor now known. IN HIS TENT, i.e. in the tent which was ere...
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THE ROUTING OF THE PHILISTINES (1 SAMUEL 17:51).
Having brought the Philistine down David ran over to him and cut off
his head with his own sword, and on seeing their champion humbled the
Philistines...
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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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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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1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 17:54 JERUSALEM refers to a suburb in the
area around Jerusalem, not the Jebusite walled city that David
captured later (see 2 Samuel 5:6).
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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 21:9; Exodus 16:33; Joshua 4:7; Joshua 4:8...
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How could Goliath’s head be carried to Jerusalem when it was held
then by the Jebusites.
PROBLEM: When David killed Goliath and cut his head off, the city of
Jerusalem was still in the hands of the J...