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Verse 1 Samuel 17:6. _GREAVES OF BRASS UPON HIS LEGS_] This species
of armour may be seen on many ancient monuments. It was a _plate_ of
_brass_ (though perhaps sometimes formed of _laminae_ or _plat...
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A TARGET ... - Rather, “a javelin.” as in 1 Samuel 17:45, and
placed between the shoulders, as the quiver was....
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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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TARGET. Hebrew. _kedon,_. small shield. Translated "shield "in 1
Samuel 17:45....
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Goliath's Challenge
4. _a champion_ Lit. " THE (well-known) man of the interspaces," or
"interval between two camps" (Gr. μεταίχμιον : see Eur.
_Phoen_. 1361, in the account of the combat between Ete...
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_greaves_ Armour for the legs and feet: from Fr. _grève_, -the shin."
"Greaves" from the Assyrian monuments are figured in Layard's
_Nineveh_II. 337. The following passage from Philemon Holland's
tran...
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_Goliath's Challenge._ 1 Samuel 17:1-11
Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were
gathered together at Shochoh, which _belongeth_ to Judah, and pitched
between Shochoh an...
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_AND HE HAD GREAVES OF BRASS UPON HIS LEGS, AND A TARGET OF BRASS
BETWEEN HIS SHOULDERS._
Greaves of brass - boots for the defence of the leg, rising to nearly
the knee, and without feet, terminating...
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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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וּ מִצְחַ֥ת נְחֹ֖שֶׁת עַל ־רַגְלָ֑יו
וְ כִידֹ
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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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ISRAEL DEFIED BY THE PHILISTINE CHAMPION
1 Samuel 17:1
When their king lost the special consciousness of God's presence and
power, the whole kingdom became demoralized, and the Hebrews had the
humili...
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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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_Legs, on the forepart, from the knee to the ankle. Vegetius observes,
that the infantry wore such greaves of iron, only on one leg. (Calmet)
--- Shoulders, when he marched. (Menochius) -- Some unders...
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(3) And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and
Israel stood on a mountain on the other side: and there was a valley
between them. (4) And there went out a champion out of the camp of...
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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 HE HAD GREAVES OF BRASS UPON HIS LEGS,.... Which were a sort of
boots, or leg harnesses, which covered the thighs and legs down to the
heels; such as Iolaus k and the Grecians usually wore, as des...
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And [he had] greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass
between his shoulders.
Ver. 6. And he had greaves (or leg-harness) of brass.] So that he was
substantially armed _cap-a-pie,_ _head...
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_He was armed with a coat of mail_ Made of plates of brass laid over
one another like the scales of a fish. _Five thousand shekels of
brass_ The common shekel contained a fourth part of an ounce; and...
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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 he had greaves of brass upon his legs, where his coat of mail did
not extend, AND A TARGET OF BRASS, a copper lance, or javelin, BETWEEN
HIS SHOULDERS....
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DAVID PLAYS FOR SAUL...
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Goliath's Defiance of Israel...
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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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TARGET:
Or, gorget...
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1-11 Men so entirely depend upon God in all things, that when he
withdraws his help, the most valiant and resolute cannot find their
hearts or hands, as daily experience shows....
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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1 Samuel 17:6 bronze H5178 armor H4697 legs H7272 bronze H5178 javelin
H3591 shoulders H3802
target of brass - or, gorget,...
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GOLIATH CHALLENGES ISRAEL WITH NO TAKERS. DAVID IS SENT TO TAKE HIS
BROTHERS FOOD (1 SAMUEL 17:1).
This passage brings us face to face with two figures, the first the
formidable Philistine warrior, Go...
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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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_Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle._
THE BATTLE OF ELAH
While the Philistines were posted on the stony hills covered with
brushwood which bounded the valley on the south, S...
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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 17:4 A CHAMPION in ancient Near Eastern
literature is a man who steps out to fight between two battle lines.
Here Goliath offers to fight, on behalf of his side, against any...
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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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ADVANCE OF DAVID IN REPUTATION BY THE SLAUGHTER OF GOLIATH (1 Samuel
17:1.).
EXPOSITION
GOLIATH'S DEFIANCE OF ISRAEL ...
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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 Kings 10:16; 2 Chronicles 9:15...
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Greaves — Boots....