ADVANCE OF DAVID IN REPUTATION BY THE SLAUGHTER OF GOLIATH (1 Samuel
17:1.).
EXPOSITION
GOLIATH'S DEFIANCE OF ISRAEL (1 Samuel 17:1).
1 SAMUEL 17:1
THE PHILISTINES GATHERED TOGETHER THEIR ARMIES. As the object of the
historian is not to give us an account of the Philistine wars, but
only to recor... [ Continue Reading ]
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 _wagon track, _but the primary meaning of
the verb is _to be round. _This was the shape of camps in old... [ Continue Reading ]