armed David with his armour Clothed David with his dress: probably a special military dress adapted to be worn with armour. The sword was fastened to it (1 Samuel 17:39). Cp. 1 Samuel 18:4 (E. V. garments).
a coat of mail A corselet. The fact that he could wear Saul's armour at all shews that he must have been full grown, perhaps about twenty years old.
Verse 38. _SAUL ARMED DAVID_] He knew that although the battle was the Lord's, yet prudent means should be used to secure success....
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...
SAUL ARMED DAVID WITH HIS ARMOUR— i.e. Not with his own armour, for Saul was of too great a size; but he ordered a _helmet and coat of mail_ to be brought out of his armoury for him....
_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 SAUL ARMED DAVID WITH HIS ARMOUR, AND HE PUT AN HELMET OF BRASS UPON HIS HEAD; ALSO HE ARMED HIM WITH A COAT OF MAIL._ Saul armed David with his armour. The ancient Hebrews were particularly att...
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:
ARMED DAVID WITH HIS ARMOUR] RV 'clad David with his apparel.' This was probably some close-fitting garment worn under the armour, or on occasion without it....
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...
AND SAUL ARMED DAVID WITH HIS ARMOUR. — But the king was determined to omit no earthly means of securing victory to his young champion, and we read how he made him try on his own various pieces of fig...
וַ יַּלְבֵּ֨שׁ שָׁא֤וּל אֶת ־דָּוִד֙ מַדָּ֔יו...
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 TRUSTS HIS FORMER DELIVERER 1 Samuel 17:31 David was conducted into Saul's presence-his soul aglow with heroic faith-avowing that he was willing to go alone to fight the Philistine. Saul, howev...
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...
(38) And Saul armed David with his armour, and he put an helmet of brass upon his head; also he armed him with a coat of mail. (39) And David girded his sword upon his armour, and he assayed to go; fo...
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 SAUL ARMED DAVID WITH HIS ARMOUR,.... Not with what he wore himself; for it cannot be thought he would strip himself of his armour in the field of battle, and when just going to it; and besides wh...
And Saul armed David with his armour, and he put an helmet of brass upon his head; also he armed him with a coat of mail. Ver. 38. _And Saul armed David with his armour._] Not the same that himself u...
_Saul armed David with his armour_ Not that which he was wont to wear himself, for he was so tall it would not have fitted David, but with armour taken out of his armory. The Hebrew word מדיו, _madaiv...
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...
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....
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...
ARMED...WITH HIS ARMOUR: _ Heb._ clothed, etc. with his clothes...
31-39 A shepherd lad, come the same morning from keeping sheep, had more courage than all the mighty men of Israel. Thus God often sends good words to his Israel, and does great things for them, by t...
WITH HIS ARMOUR; either, 1. With Saul's own armour which he used to wear in battle; which seems not to agree with the extraordinary height of Saul's stature, 1 SAMUEL 10:23; nor is it like that Saul w...
1 Samuel 17:38 Saul H7586 clothed H3847 (H8686) David H1732 armor H4055 put H5414 (H8804) bronze H5178 helmet...
DAVID OFFERS TO TAKE UP GOLIATH'S CHALLENGE AND IS ACCEPTED BY SAUL AS THE CHAMPION OF ISRAEL (1 SAMUEL 17:31). Once again we should note that central to this passage also is the fact that the Philist...
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...
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 child...
1 Samuel 17:5...
Armour — With armour taken out of his armoury. He seems to speak of some military vestments which were then used in war, and were contrived for defence; such as buff — coats are now....