1 Samuel 17:25

_AND THE MEN OF ISRAEL SAID, HAVE YE SEEN THIS MAN THAT IS COME UP? SURELY TO DEFY ISRAEL IS HE COME UP: AND IT SHALL BE, THAT THE MAN WHO KILLETH HIM, THE KING WILL ENRICH HIM WITH GREAT RICHES, AND WILL GIVE HIM HIS DAUGHTER, AND MAKE HIS FATHER'S HOUSE FREE IN ISRAEL._ The men of Israel said Have ye seen this man? On percei ing the disma of the Israelite soldiers Da id THE MEN OF ISRAEL SAID, HAVE YE SEEN THIS MAN? On perceiving the dismay of the Israelite soldiers, David was astonished, and ran with eager curiosity from man to man, and from rank to rank, inquiring into all the circumstances of the affair, and whether any or what reward was promised to the person who should free his countrymen from the reproach of the unaccepted challenge. MAKE HIS FATHER'S HOUSE FREE IN ISRAEL - i:e., his family should be exempted from the impositions and service to which the general body of the I...

12-30 Jesse little thought of sending his son to the army at that critical juncture; but the wise God orders actions and affairs, so as to serve his designs. In times of general formality and lukewarmness, every degree of zeal which implies readiness to go further, or to venture more in the cause of God than others, will be blamed as pride and ambition, and by none more than by near relations, like Eliab, or negligent superiors. It was a trial of David's meekness, patience, and constancy. He had right and reason on his side, and did not render railing for railing; with a soft answer he turned away his brother's wrath. This conquest of his own passion was more honourable than that of Goliath. Those who undertake great and public services, must not think it strange if they are spoken ill of, and opposed by those from whom they expect support and assistance. They must humbly go on with thei...

FREE IN ISRAEL - In all the other passages (fifteen) where this word occurs, it means free, as opposed to being a slave (Deuteronomy 15:12, Deuteronomy 15:18, etc.) Here it may imply a freedom from all such services and burdens as are spoken of in 1 Samuel 8:11....

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 time, and they were protected against surprise by having the wagons and baggage placed round them. The word occurs again in 1 Samuel 26:5, 1 Samuel 26:7. The latter part of the verse is literally, "And he came to the circle of the wagons, and to the host that was goi

AND THE MEN OF ISRAEL SAID,.... To one another: HAVE YE SEEN THIS MAN THAT IS COME UP? taken notice of him, and observed him? SURELY TO DEFY ISRAEL IS HE COME UP; to challenge them to fight with him, and upbraid them with cowardice that they did not: AND IT SHALL BE [THAT] THE MAN WHO KILLETH HIM; this, and what follows, they said to encourage any person to engage with him, though none of them cared to encounter him themselves: THE KING WILL ENRICH HIM WITH GREAT RICHES; give him a large gratuity, make a present of a great sum of money to him: AND WILL GIVE HIM HIS DAUGHTER TO BE HIS WIFE, in like manner as Caleb promised to give his daughter in marriage to the person that should take Kirjathsepher, Judges 1:12; AND MAKE HIS FATHER'S HOUSE FREE IN ISRAEL; from all tributes, tax

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) 4. David's victory (1 Samuel 17:41) 5. Saul's inquiry (1 Samuel 17:55) Modern critics are practically unanimous in regarding the story of this chapter as unhistorical. One of the leading arguments they advance is the statement found in...

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 by (A), and the other by (B), thus: (A) 1 Samuel 17:1; 1 Samuel 17:32. (B) 1 Samuel 17:12; 1 Samuel 17:55 to 1 Samuel 18:5. The (B) passages, together w

AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton._ App-6....

David's errand to the camp 12 31. This section is not found in the Vatican MS. of the Sept. On the difficulties it presents, and the question of its genuineness see Note VI. p. 241....

AND MAKE HIS FATHER'S HOUSE FREE IN ISRAEL— This might be rendered, _will enoble his father's house._ The Chaldee paraphrase has it, _and will make his father's house free princes in Israel,_ enfranchising them from all charges and imposts, which was a royal privilege. See Selden de Jure Nat. et Gent. lib. 6: cap. 14. Thus Caleb heretofore, and David afterwards, encouraged their people to great exploits; and we have many instances of this kind in prophane history....