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Verse 39. _I CANNOT GO WITH THESE_] In ancient times it required
considerable _exercise_ and _training_ to make a man expert in the use
of such heavy armour; armour which in the present day scarcely...
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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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David volunteers to fight Goliath
32. _And David said unto Saul_ According to the Sept. text this stands
in close and appropriate connexion with 1 Samuel 17:11: in the Heb.
text David's offer certain...
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_assayed_ i.e. endeavoured. The word is derived from Old Fr. _asaier_,
"to try, put to the proof," and this from Lat. _exigere_, "to weigh."
_for he had not proved it_ He made the effort in ignorance...
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AND HE ASSAYED TO GO— _But David marched with difficulty, as not
accustomed to these; therefore he said to Saul, I cannot go with these
arms, for I am not accustomed to them: and David put them off._...
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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 GIRDED HIS SWORD UPON HIS ARMOUR, AND HE ASSAYED TO GO; FOR
HE HAD NOT PROVED IT. AND DAVID SAID UNTO SAUL, I CANNOT GO WITH
THESE; FOR I HAVE NOT PROVED THEM. AND DAVID PUT THEM OFF HIM._...
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ASSAYED] LXX 'wearied himself': cp. Genesis 19:11. PROVED] He was not
accustomed to wearing heavy armour, and it soon became burdensome....
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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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וַ יַּחְגֹּ֣ר דָּוִ֣ד אֶת ־חַ֠רְבֹּו
מֵ עַ֨ל
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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 TRUSTS HIS FORMER DELIVERER
1 Samuel 17:31
David was conducted into Saul's presence-his soul aglow with heroic
faith-avowing that he was willing to go alone to fight the Philistine.
Saul, howev...
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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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_Armour. Hebrew, "he tried to go." Symmachus, "he went lame."
Septuagint, "he laboured in walking once and twice." (Calmet) ---
Salien supposes that the armour was not made for Saul, as he was much
mo...
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(38) And Saul armed David with his armour, and he put an helmet of
brass upon his head; also he armed him with a coat of mail. (39) And
David girded his sword upon his armour, and he assayed to go; fo...
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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 GIRDED HIS, SWORD UPON HIS ARMOUR,.... Which Saul also
perhaps furnished him with:
AND HE ASSAYED TO GO; made an attempt, and had a mind to go thus
accoutred; he at first showed an inclinat...
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And David girded his sword upon his armour, and he assayed to go; for
he had not proved [it]. And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with
these; for I have not proved [them]. And David put them off him...
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_David girded his sword upon his armour_ Literally, _above, upon his
vestments. He assayed to go_ יאל ללכת, _joel lalecheth._ The
learned translate these words different ways, but nearly to the same
s...
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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 David girded his sword upon his armor, and he assayed to go; for
he had not proved it, he had never made an attempt to move about in
heavy armor of this kind, but found it too unwieldy for his
ine...
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DAVID SLAYS GOLIATH...
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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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31-39 A shepherd lad, come the same morning from keeping sheep, had
more courage than all the mighty men of Israel. Thus God often sends
good words to his Israel, and does great things for them, by t...
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I HAVE NOT PROVED THEM; I have no skill nor experience in the
management of this kind of arms....
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1 Samuel 17:39 David H1732 fastened H2296 (H8799) sword H2719 armor
H4055 tried H2974 (H8686) walk H3212 ...
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DAVID OFFERS TO TAKE UP GOLIATH'S CHALLENGE AND IS ACCEPTED BY SAUL AS
THE CHAMPION OF ISRAEL (1 SAMUEL 17:31).
Once again we should note that central to this passage also is the
fact that the Philist...
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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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_I cannot go with these._
I have not proved them.
SUITABLE EQUIPMENT
The words recall to you at once the whole vivid story of the combat
between the stripling David and the Philistine giant Goliath...
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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 17:1. “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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2 Corinthians 10:4; 2 Corinthians 10:5; Hosea 1:7; Zechariah 4:6...
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Proved them — I have no skill or experience in the managements of
this kind of arms....