1 Samuel 17:1-11
Goliath's Defiance of Israel... [ Continue Reading ]
Goliath's Defiance of Israel... [ Continue Reading ]
Now, the Philistines, the federation of the five city states, GATHERED TOGETHER THEIR ARMIES TO BATTLE, AND WERE GATHERED TOGETHER AT SHOCHOH, WHICH BELONGETH TO JUDAH, some ten miles southwest of Jerusalem, AND PITCHED BETWEEN SHOCHOH AND AZEKAH, IN EPHESDAMMIM, in a range of hills which gave their... [ Continue Reading ]
DAVID PLAYS FOR SAUL... [ Continue Reading ]
And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together and pitched by the Valley of Elah, in the Terebinth Valley, northeast of the Philistine position, AND SET THE BATTLE IN ARRAY AGAINST THE PHILISTINES.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, literally, "towards the mountain," on the higher slopes, AND ISRAEL STOOD ON A MOUNTAIN ON THE OTHER SIDE; AND THERE WAS A VALLEY BETWEEN THEM, the deeper bed of the brook.... [ Continue Reading ]
And there went out a champion out of the camp of the philistines, one of the few descendants of the giant race left by Joshua, Joshua 11:22, NAMED GOLIATH, OF GATH, WHOSE HEIGHT WAS SIX CUBITS AND A SPAN (about nine feet and nine inches).... [ Continue Reading ]
And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed, clothed, WITH A COAT OF MAIL, a scale-corselet made of overlapping metal plates; AND THE WEIGHT OF THE COAT WAS FIVE THOUSAND SHEKELS OF BRASS (a copper shekel being a little less than half an ounce, the total weight probably some 150 po... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron (about seventeen pounds); AND ONE BEARING A SHIELD WENT BEFORE HIM, for the great shield was needed only when the soldier was on the defensive.... [ Continue Reading ]
And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, the divisions and companies as they were set up in battle array, AND SAID UNTO THEM, WHY ARE YE COME OUT TO SET YOUR BATTLE IN ARRAY? AM NOT I A PHILISTINE AND YE SERVANTS TO SAUL? CHOOSE YOU A MAN FOR YOU, AND LET HIM COME DOWN TO ME, to the valley... [ Continue Reading ]
If he be able to fight with me and to kill me, then will we be your servants; but if I prevail against him and kill him, then shall ye be our servants and serve us. So Goliath's proposal was to have the entire matter decided by single combat, since he felt sure that the outcome would be in favor of... [ Continue Reading ]
And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day, by issuing his challenge in this manner; GIVE ME A MAN THAT WE MAY FIGHT TOGETHER. The contempt lay in the expression "slaves of Saul" and was expressed with all the greater boldness, since there was no answer on the part of Israel.... [ Continue Reading ]
When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, cast down, terrified, AND GREATLY AFRAID. "Israel is afraid because its king Isaiah They dare not in childlike spirit appropriate the promises of Jehovah. The wings that should bear them up in trustful upsoaring to the... [ Continue Reading ]
Now, David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem-judah whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons; and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul, he was advanced in years and consequently felt the weakness of old age.... [ Continue Reading ]
DAVID SENT TO THE CAMP... [ Continue Reading ]
And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the battle, they were in the army which had been summoned to repel the invaders; AND THE NAMES OF HIS THREE SONS THAT WENT TO BATTLE WERE ELIAB, THE FIRST-BORN, AND NEXT UNTO HIM ABINADAB, AND THE THIRD SHAMMAH, 1 Samuel 16:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
And David was the youngest; and the three eldest followed Saul. But the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, now that his rejection was an established fact, AND AN EVIL SPIRIT FROM THE LORD, having been given permission to that effect by the Lord, TROUBLED HIM, fell upon him and terrified him, fi... [ Continue Reading ]
And Saul's servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God, sent as a punishment from God, TROUBLETH THEE. But David went and returned from Saul, he went back and forth between his home and the king's court, just as Saul had need of him, TO FEED HIS FATHER'S SHEEP AT BETHLEHEM, he help... [ Continue Reading ]
And the Philistine drew near morning and evening and presented himself forty days. Let our lord now command thy servants which are before thee to seek out a man who is a cunning player on an harp, a skilful harpist; AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS, WHEN THE EVIL SPIRIT FROM GOD IS UPON THEE, THAT HE SHAL... [ Continue Reading ]
And Jesse said unto David, his son, during these forty days, TAKE NOW FOR THY BRETHREN AN EPHAH (about 26 quarts) OF THIS PARCHED CORN, roasted peas or grain, AND THESE TEN LOAVES, AND RUN TO THE CAMP TO THY BRETHREN; And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that can play well, and bri... [ Continue Reading ]
and carry these ten cheeses, portions of curds, probably on the order of cottage-cheese, UNTO THE CAPTAIN OF THEIR THOUSAND, under whose command his brothers were, AND LOOK HOW THY BRETHREN FARE, inquiring after their welfare; AND TAKE THEIR PLEDGE, some personal. token which would assure the father... [ Continue Reading ]
Now, Saul and they, the eons of Jesse, AND ALL THE MEN OF ISRAEL WERE IN THE VALLEY OF ELAH, FIGHTING WITH THE PHILISTINES. This remark belongs to the instructions which Jesse addressed to David. Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse and said, Send me David, thy son, which is with the sheep, Sa... [ Continue Reading ]
And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, faithful to his charge also in this, AND TOOK, AND WENT AS JESSE HAD COMMANDED HIM; AND BE CAME TO THE TRENCH, the wagon rampart which served for a fortification of the camp, AS THE HOST WAS GOING FORTH TO THE FIGHT, to be set... [ Continue Reading ]
And David came to Saul and stood before him, as his servant; AND HE, Saul, LOVED HIM GREATLY; AND HE BECAME HIS ARMORBEARER, being trained for military service. For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army against army, in readiness for the battle which was expected every day.... [ Continue Reading ]
And David left his carriage, the load which he had come to deliver, IN THE HAND OF THE KEEPER OF THE CARRIAGE, the officer in charge of the army's baggage, AND RAN INTO THE ARMY, AND CAME AND SALUTED HIS BRETHREN, asking for his brothers, inquiring after their well-being. And Saul sent to Jesse, sa... [ Continue Reading ]
And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the Philistines, and spake according to the same words, as he usually did; AND DAVID HEARD THEM. And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, when he h... [ Continue Reading ]
And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid, the very sight of the man filled them with such fear and trembling that they were unable to give battle.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the men of Israel said, after the manner of men discussing a great calamity, HAVE YE SEEN THIS MAN THAT IS COME UP? SURELY TO DEFY ISRAEL IS HE COME UP, to challenge them to single combat with a contemptuous sneer; AND IT SHALL BE THAT THE MAN WHO KILLETH HIM, THE KING WILL ENRICH HIM WITH GREAT... [ Continue Reading ]
And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine and taketh away the reproach from Israel, which was daily heaped upon the entire people by this contemptuous challenge? FOR WHO IS THIS UNCIRCUMCISED PHILISTINE, a man outside of the cove... [ Continue Reading ]
And the people answered him after this manner, in agreement with the proclamation of the king, as before, SAYING, SO SHALL IT BE DONE TO THE MAN THAT KILLETH HIM.... [ Continue Reading ]
And Eliab, his eldest brother, heard when he spake unto the men, and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither, from the higher ranges near Bethlehem? AND WITH WHOM HAST THOU LEFT THOSE FEW SHEEP IN THE WILDERNESS? He intimated that their family could ill affo... [ Continue Reading ]
And David said, in a quiet, but very decided denial of the wrong charged to him, WHAT HAVE I NOW DONE? IS THERE NOT A CAUSE? He surely had a right to ask a simple question.... [ Continue Reading ]
And he turned from him, letting his oldest brother stand in his pitiful smallness, TOWARD ANOTHER AND SPAKE AFTER THE SAME MANNER; and the people answered him again after the former manner.... [ Continue Reading ]
And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them before Saul, in a respectful announcement; AND HE SENT FOR HIM, he had David brought before him. David is a type of a simple believer, who performs his work in all simplicity, showing himself faithful even in the smallest details w... [ Continue Reading ]
And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him, Goliath, no man's courage must fail on his account, the entire army should lay aside its fear; THY SERVANT WILL GO AND FIGHT WITH THIS PHILISTINE. It was a simple, modest offer to undertake that single combat to which Goliath had been c... [ Continue Reading ]
DAVID SLAYS GOLIATH... [ Continue Reading ]
And Saul, who was decidedly lacking in the divine courage needed for Jehovah's battles, SAID TO DAVID, THOU ART NOT ABLE TO GO AGAINST THIS PHILISTINE TO FIGHT WITH HIM; FOR THOU ART BUT A YOUTH, a young man, and not versed in the arts of war, AND HE A MAN OF WAR FROM HIS YOUTH, trained in the use o... [ Continue Reading ]
And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion and a bear, the reference being to two different occasions, AND TOOK A LAMB OUT OF THE FLOCK;... [ Continue Reading ]
and I went out after him, in either case, AND SMOTE HIM, AND DELIVERED IT OUT OF HIS MOUTH; AND WHEN HE AROSE AGAINST ME, I CAUGHT HIM BY HIS BEARD, this applying to the lion, AND SMOTE HIM, probably with his shepherd's staff, AND SLEW HIM.... [ Continue Reading ]
Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear; and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, shall share the fate of these two ravenous beasts, SEEING HE HATH DEFIED THE ARMIES OF THE LIVING GOD, that being David's chief reason for believing that the covenant God would not abandon His peo... [ Continue Reading ]
David said, moreover, The Lord, that delivered me out of the paw of the lion and out of the paw of the bear, He will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. David's courage thus rested on his faith and trust in the mighty help of the Lord, for whose honor he intended to battle. AND SAUL SAID... [ Continue Reading ]
And Saul armed David with his armor, had him try on special garments intended to be worn with the armor, AND HE PUT AN HELMET OF BRASS UPON HIS HEAD; ALSO HE ARMED HIM WITH A COAT OF MAIL.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 inexperienced arms and body. AND DAVID SAID UNTO SAUL, I CANNOT GO WITH THESE, FOR I HAVE NOT PROVED TH... [ Continue Reading ]
And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, down in the valley, AND PUT THEM IN A SHEPHERD'S BAG WHICH HE HAD, in a special kit which he carried with him, EVEN IN A SCRIP, a pouch or pocket; AND HIS SLING WAS IN HIS HAND; AND HE DREW NEAR TO THE PHILISTINE,... [ Continue Reading ]
And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and the man that bare the shield went before him.... [ Continue Reading ]
And when the Philistine looked about and saw David, took note of him for the first time, HE DISDAINED HIM, gave him only a contemptuous glance; FOR HE WAS BUT A YOUTH, still a young man, AND RUDDY, AND OF A FAIR COUNTENANCE.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog that thou comest to me with staves? the exaggeration purposely expressing his contempt. AND THE PHILISTINE CURSED DAVID BY HIS GODS, adding blasphemy to his contempt.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, let him but dare to undertake an attack, AND I WILL GIVE THY FLESH UNTO THE FOWLS OF THE AIR AND TO THE BEASTS OF THE FIELD. To his scornful defiance he added a bloodthirsty threat.... [ Continue Reading ]
Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword and with a spear and with a shield, on these the Philistine relied to give him the victory; BUT I COME TO THEE IN THE NAME OF THE LORD OF HOSTS, THE GOD OF THE ARMIES OF ISRAEL, WHOM THOU HAST DEFIED. David's courage was based entirel... [ Continue Reading ]
This day will the Lord deliver thee into mine hand, in an utterly helpless state; AND I WILL SMITE THEE, AND TAKE THINE HEAD FROM THEE; AND I WILL GIVE THE CARCASSES OF THE HOST OF THE PHILISTINES THIS DAY UNTO THE FOWLS OF THE AIR AND TO THE WILD BEASTS OF THE EARTH, THAT ALL THE EARTH MAY KNOW THA... [ Continue Reading ]
And all this assembly, the entire army of Israel, SHALL KNOW THAT THE LORD SAVETH NOT WITH SWORD AND SPEAR, that He is not dependent upon external mighty means to gain the victory; FOR THE BATTLE IS THE LORD'S, the decision rests with Him alone, AND HE WILL GIVE YOU INTO OUR HANDS.... [ Continue Reading ]
And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose and came and drew nigh to meet David, that David hasted and ran toward the army, where it was drawn up in battle-line, TO MEET THE PHILISTINE.... [ Continue Reading ]
And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead that the stone sunk into his forehead, breaking open the strong frontal bone; AND HE FELL UPON HIS FACE TO THE EARTH, stunned, if not killed, by the missile.... [ Continue Reading ]
So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David, he had no regular weapons of war.... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore David ran and stood upon the Philistine, stepping on the trunk of the fallen giant, AND TOOK HIS SWORD, AND DREW IT OUT OF THE SHEATH THEREOF, AND SLEW HIM, AND CUT OFF HIS HEAD THEREWITH, thus making sure of his death. AND WHEN THE PHILISTINES SAW THEIR CHAMPION WAS DEAD, THEY FLED.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 TO THE GATES OF EKRON, one of the chief Philistine cities. AND THE WOUNDED OF THE PHILISTINES FELL DO... [ Continue Reading ]
And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they spoiled their tents, taking all the booty in the form of food, clothing, and money out of their abandoned camp.... [ Continue Reading ]
And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem, for the city itself was in the hands of the Israelites, only the fortress of Jebus on Mount Zion had not yet been conquered; BUT HE PUT HIS ARMOR IN HIS TENT, as his own part of the spoil.... [ Continue Reading ]
And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? He wanted to know about his parentage, where he hailed from AND ABNER SAID, AS THY SOUL LIVETH, O KING, I CANNOT TELL.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the king said, Inquire thou whose son the stripling Isaiah So far as this strange question is concerned, there are two explanations. Either Saul was seeking information about the family of David, in order to carry out his promise of freeing the family from taxation, or Saul's memory had been aff... [ Continue Reading ]
And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul, with the head of the Philistine in his hand.... [ Continue Reading ]
And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, thou young man? And David answered, I am the son of thy servant Jesse, the Bethlehemite. With this information Saul could now carry out his promise of which the soldiers had spoken. David's battle with Goliath is a picture of the battle which is the lot of a... [ Continue Reading ]