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Verse 1 Samuel 17:29. _IS THERE NOT A CAUSE?_] הלוא דבר הוא
_halo dabar hu_. I believe the meaning is what several of the versions
express: _I_ _have spoken but a word_. And should a man be made an
of...
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IS THERE NOT A CAUSE? - i. e., is not Saul’s promise, and the
insolence of Goliath, a sufficent cause for what I am about to do?...
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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)
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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...
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_Is there not a cause_ A sufficient cause for his coming, namely, his
father's command. But probably the words mean, "Is it not a [mere]
word?" i.e. "May I not ask a harmless question?...
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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....
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DISCOURSE: 301
DAVID’S VINDICATION OF HIMSELF
1 Samuel 17:29. _And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a
cause?_
IT is impossible for any man so to conduct himself in this world, as
to _av...
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WHAT HAVE I NOW DONE? IS THERE NOT A CAUSE— _What have I done, I
have only just spoken a word._ Houbigant....
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_Saul Sends David to Meet Goliath._ 1 Samuel 17:28-37
28 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 h...
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_AND DAVID SAID, WHAT HAVE I NOW DONE? IS THERE NOT A CAUSE?_
David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause? - i:e., Is
there not force and reason in what I have said? Is the state of our
co...
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17:29 me? (b-14) Or, 'Is there not a cause?'...
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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:
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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...
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IS THERE NOT A CAUSE? — David answers his jealous and over-bearing
elder brother with all gentleness and forbearance, but he does not
cease to make his inquiries of the soldiers respecting the giant,...
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וַ יֹּ֣אמֶר דָּוִ֔ד מֶ֥ה עָשִׂ֖יתִי
עָ֑תָּה ה
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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...
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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...
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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...
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And David said, What have I now done? [Is there] not a (i) cause?
(i) For his father's sending was a just occasion, and also he felt
himself inwardly moved by God's Spirit....
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Sepak. Literally, "is it not a word" (Haydock) of no farther
consequences? May I not speak my sentiments? (Calmet) as all others
do. (Menochius) --- Is not the thing enough to excite the indignation
e...
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(28) 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? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep...
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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...
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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...
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AND DAVID SAID, WHAT HAVE I NOW DONE?.... That is criminal and
blameworthy; as if he should say, I have only expressed an indignation
against this uncircumcised Philistine, and a concern for the glory...
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And David said, What have I now done? [Is there] not a cause?
Ver. 29. _What have I now done?_] _sc., _ Worthy of so great blame:
thus he answereth his elder brother with "meekness of wisdom," and
gi...
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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...
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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....
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DAVID SENT TO THE CAMP...
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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...
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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...
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Either,
1. Of my coming; my father sent me on an errand. Or rather,
2. Of my thus speaking: is there not reason in what I say? Is this
giant invincible? is our God unable to oppose him, and subdue h...
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1 Samuel 17:29 David H1732 said H559 (H8799) done H6213 (H8804) cause
H1697
Proverbs 15:
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DAVID ARRIVES AT THE BATTLEFIELD AND IS APPALLED THAT ‘THIS
UNCIRCUMCISED PHILISTINE' DARES TO DEFY THE ARMIES OF THE LIVING GOD
(1 SAMUEL 17:20).
Central to the last passage was that Goliath defied ‘...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_Is there not a cause._
THE GIANT SIN OF ENGLAND
Surely there was a cause. David’s was not intemperate zeal, nor his
anger causeless or unprovoked. It was time even for the holy shepherd
to play the...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Corinthians 2:15; 1 Peter 3:9; Acts 11:2; Proverbs 15:1...
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A cause — Of my thus speaking? Is this giant invincible? Is our God
unable to oppose him, and subdue him? However David is not deterred
from his undertaking, by the hard words of Eliab. They that unde...