The valley] LXX reads 'Gath.' This strong fortress of the Philistines, like that of Ekron, checked the pursuit (cp. the end of the v.). Gath was not far W. of Shochoh, and therefore it would seem that at Shaaraim the stream of fugitives would part, some going on southwards to Gath, others northwards to Ekron.
THE MEN OF ISRAEL AND JUDAH - See 1 Samuel 15:4 note. SHAARAIM - A town of Judah in the Shephelah (see the marginal reference), at this time probably in the possession of the Philistines....
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)
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...
THE VALLEY. Septuagint reads "entrance into Gath". WOUNDED. stricken, or slain....
_until thou come to the valley_ Heb. _gai_, "the ravine," as in 1 Samuel 17:3. But the ravine which separated the armies could not tie the terminus of the Philistine flight, and it seems most probable...
The victory of faith. The flight of the Philistines 41. This verse is not found in the Sept. (B)....
_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...
_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 WA...
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...
TO THE VALLEY. — More accurately, _to a valley;_ there is no article in the Hebrew. This want of the article at once suggests that the “valley” here spoken of so indefinitely was not that well-known v...
וַ יָּקֻ֣מוּ אַנְשֵׁי֩ יִשְׂרָאֵ֨ל וִ יהוּדָ֜ה...
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...
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...
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...
(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...
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...
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...
AND THE MEN OF ISRAEL AND OF JUDAH AROSE,.... From their encampment and entrenchment, or they prepared for a pursuit: AND SHOUTED, AND PURSUED THE PHILISTINES; shouted when they first set out, and co...
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 way to...
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...
And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, suddenly inspired with a mighty courage by the deed of David, AND SHOUTED, AND PURSUED THE PHILISTINES UNTIL THOU COME TO THE VALLEY, into the lowlands, AND T...
DAVID SLAYS GOLIATH...
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...
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...
No text from Poole on this verse....
1 Samuel 17:52 men H582 Israel H3478 Judah H3063 arose H6965 (H8799) shouted H7321 (H8686) pursued H7291 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted and pursued the Philistines._ KEEPING THE VICTORY When General Wolfe was mortally wounded at the battle of Quebec, he said after his third injur...
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...
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 17:52 MEN OF ISRAEL AND JUDAH. There were divisions between Judah and the rest of Israel from the earliest time of the Davidic monarchy (see 1 Samu
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 _...
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...
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...
1 Samuel 14:21; 1 Samuel 14:22; 2 Samuel 23:10; Joshua 15:33;...