John Trapp Complete Commentary
1 Samuel 17:19
Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, [were] in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
Ver. 19. Fighting,] i.e., Skirmishing, and ready to join battle.
Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, [were] in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
Ver. 19. Fighting,] i.e., Skirmishing, and ready to join battle.
Verse 1 Samuel 17:19. _FIGHTING WITH THE PHILISTINES._] See at the end of the chapter. 1 Samuel 17:58....
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...
_Now Saul_, &c. Probably, "Now Saul and they … ARE," &c., i.e. it is Jesse's direction to David where to find his brothers, not a remark of the historian....
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....
NOW SAUL, AND THEY—WERE IN THE VALLEY OF ELAH, FIGHTING— Or, _Now Saul, and they—were still by the valley of oaks, ready to fight._...
_David Hears of Goliath's Challenge._ 1 Samuel 17:12-27 12 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 _fo...
_NOW SAUL, AND THEY, AND ALL THE MEN OF ISRAEL, WERE IN THE VALLEY OF ELAH, FIGHTING WITH THE PHILISTINES._ No JFB commentary on this verse....
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:
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...
IN THE VALLEY OF ELAN, FIGHTING WITH THE PHILISTINES. — The words of this verse, which read in the English Version as an explanatory parenthesis, are really part of Jesse’s direction to his shepherd s...
וְ שָׁא֤וּל וְ הֵ֨מָּה֙ וְ כָל ־אִ֣ישׁ
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...
DAVID UNAWED BY THE GIANT 1 Samuel 17:17 At this juncture David arrived in the camp, sent by Jesse to inquire after the welfare of his three elder sons, who had followed Saul to the war. He also brou...
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...
_Fighting, or ready to engage. (Haydock)_...
(19) Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines. The fighting here spoken of means, I should suppose, the preparation only, for battle: f...
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...
NOW SAUL, AND THEY,.... That is, the sons of Jesse, and brethren of David: AND ALL THE MEN OF ISRAEL; the soldiers in the army: WERE IN THE VALLEY ELAH; or "by" it, near unto it; for they were set i...
_Fighting with the Philistines_ That is, in a posture and readiness to fight with them, as it is explained 1 Samuel 17:20, being drawn up in battle array. _In the valley of Elah_ Not, strictly speakin...
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...
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. Whe...
DAVID SENT TO THE CAMP...
DAVID PLAYS FOR SAUL...
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...
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 lukewar...
i.e. In a posture and readiness to fight with them; as it is explained, 1 SAMUEL 17:20,21. Men are oft said in Scripture to do what they intend and are prepared to do, as hath been showed formerly by...
1 Samuel 17:19 Saul H7586 men H376 Israel H3478 Valley H6010 Elah H425 fighting H3898 (H8737) Philistines H6430
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...
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...
_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...
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 17:12. “The full account of the person and family of David tells what we already know from chap. 16, and yet reads as if nothing had been said of his origin. T...
ADVANCE OF DAVID IN REPUTATION BY THE SLAUGHTER OF GOLIATH (1 Samuel 17:1.). EXPOSITION GOLIATH'S DEFIANCE OF ISRAEL ...
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 17:19...
Fighting — That is, in a posture and readiness to fight with them; as it is explained, 1 Samuel 17:20....