What does 1 Samuel 17:54 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armour in his tent."
Verse 1 Samuel 17:52. _DAVID TOOK THE HEAD OF THE PHILISTINE_] It has been already remarked that this, with the following verses, and the five first verses of the eighteenth chapter, are omitted by th...
JERUSALEM - See Judges 1:8 note. HIS TENT - Perhaps the tabernacle. David had neither tent nor house of his own. It would be quite in accordance with David’s piety that he should immediately dedicate...
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...
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...
JERUSALEM. Jerusalem (west of Moriah) had been taken by Judah, who dwelt there. The Jebusites were still holding Jebus, or Zion, the mount immediately south of Moriah. Compare Joshua 15:63.Judges 1:7;...
The victory of faith. The flight of the Philistines 41. This verse is not found in the Sept. (B)....
AND DAVID TOOK THE HEAD OF THE PHILISTINE— After having shewn the head to Saul, 1 Samuel 17:57 and exhibited it to all the people, chap. 1 Samuel 18:6 he deposited it at Jerusalem, that it might be an...
_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 DAVID TOOK THE HEAD OF THE PHILISTINE, AND BROUGHT IT TO JERUSALEM; BUT HE PUT HIS ARMOUR IN HIS TENT._ David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem. This must have been at...
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 16:14; David is a man of war, and skilful in speech, and an expert har...
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 a...
THE HEAD OF THE PHILISTINE. — There is no real difficulty here, for although the fortress of Jebus, on Mount Zion, was in the hands of the Jebusites, and continued to be so until David captured the st...
וַ יִּקַּ֤ח דָּוִד֙ אֶת ־רֹ֣אשׁ הַ פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔י וַ יְבִאֵ֖הוּ יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם וְ אֶת ־כֵּלָ֖יו שָׂ֥ם...
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 c...
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...
Tent, or tabernacle of the Lord, which David erected in his honour, at Jerusalem, many years afterwards. (Jun. Piscator, &c.) The lower part of Jerusalem was already in the hands of the Israelites. He...
(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 DAVID TOOK THE HEAD OF THE PHILISTINE, AND BROUGHT IT TO JERUSALEM,.... After he had been introduced with it to Saul, and when he had passed through various cities in Israel, carrying the head in...
And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armour in his tent. Ver. 54. _And brought it to Jerusalem._] Setting it up for a trophy of his victory, and for...
_And brought it to Jerusalem_ After he had shown it to Saul, 1 Samuel 17:57, and exposed it to all the people, chap. 1 Samuel 18:6. Jerusalem was now become a noted city, which was the reason why he b...
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...
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 to...
BROUGHT IT TO JERUSALEM; either to terrify the Jebusites, who yet held the fort of Zion, 2 SAMUEL 5:7; or for some other reason not recorded, nor now known. IN HIS TENT, i.e. in the tent which was ere...
1 Samuel 17:54 David H1732 took H3947 (H8799) head H7218 Philistine H6430 brought H935 (H8686) Jerusalem H3389 put H7760 (H8804) armor H3627 tent H168 took the head - 1 Samuel 21:9; Exodus 16:33; Jo
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 pu...
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...
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...
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 chil...
1 Samuel 21:9; Exodus 16:33; Joshua 4:7; Joshua 4:8...
How could Goliath’s head be carried to Jerusalem when it was held then by the Jebusites. PROBLEM: When David killed Goliath and cut his head off, the city of Jerusalem was still in the hands of the J...