Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
1 Samuel 17:15
David went ... - “Was gone,” referring to 1 Samuel 16:19. Had he been Saul’s armour-bearer at this time it is highly improbable that he would have left him to feed sheep.
David went ... - “Was gone,” referring to 1 Samuel 16:19. Had he been Saul’s armour-bearer at this time it is highly improbable that he would have left him to feed sheep.
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...
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....
_David went and returned from Saul_ From 1 Samuel 16:21-23 it might have been supposed that David was already permanently resident at Saul's court. This verse however states that he returned home when...
DAVID WENT, AND RETURNED FROM SAUL, &C.— This being when the Israelites were encamped in Elah, and after the relation of his going to court to soothe Saul's troubled spirit with his music, seems to fi...
_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 DAVID WAS THE SON OF THAT EPHRATHITE OF BETHLEHEMJUDAH, WHOSE NAME WAS JESSE; AND HE HAD EIGHT SONS: AND THE MAN WENT AMONG MEN FOR AN OLD MAN IN THE DAYS OF SAUL._ Compare the notes at 1 Samuel...
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:
WENT AND RETURNED] RV 'went to and fro.'...
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...
RETURNED FROM SAUL TO FEED HIS FATHER’S SHEEP. — This short statement was, no doubt, introduced by the compiler of the First Book of Samuel to show that, in spite of this apparent introduction of Davi...
וְ דָוִ֛ד הֹלֵ֥ךְ וָ שָׁ֖ב מֵ עַ֣ל
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...
ISRAEL DEFIED BY THE PHILISTINE CHAMPION 1 Samuel 17:1 When their king lost the special consciousness of God's presence and power, the whole kingdom became demoralized, and the Hebrews had the humili...
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...
But David (c) went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem. (c) To serve Saul, (1 Samuel 16:19)....
_Bethlehem, the king being relieved from his malady. "The greatest men formerly kept sheep." Ex antiquis illustrissimus quisque pastor erat. (Varro ii. 1.) In this profession, David found many opportu...
(12) В¶ Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehemjudah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul. (13) And the three eldes...
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...
BUT DAVID WENT, AND RETURNED FROM SAUL,.... Or "from above Saul"; Josephus u says, the physicians of Saul advised to get a man to stand υπερ κεφαλνς, "over his head", and sing psalms and hymns to him;...
But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem. Ver. 15. _But David went and returned from Saul._] Who had given him a dismiss, either as having now no further use of h...
_David was the son of that Ephrathite_, &c. Being chosen of God to combat with Goliath, we are here informed of whom he was descended. _The man went among men_ Was accounted; _an old man_ Therefore he...
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 SENT TO THE CAMP...
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 a...
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...
FROM SAUL; either, 1. From Saul's court; where having been entertained by Saul, to relieve him in his melancholy fits, he was permitted to go to his father's house, to be sent for again upon occasion...
1 Samuel 17:15 David H1732 went H1980 (H8802) returned H7725 (H8802) Saul H7586 feed H7462 (H8800) fathe
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 16:11; 1 Samuel 16:19...
Went — From Saul's court: where having relieved Saul, he was permitted to go to his father's house, to be sent for again upon occasion....