Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
1 Samuel 17:37
The LORD. Jehovah. App-4.
paw... hand. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause) for power put forth by it. App-6.
The LORD. Jehovah. App-4.
paw... hand. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause) for power put forth by it. App-6.
Verse 37. _GO, AND THE LORD BE WITH THEE._] Saul saw that these were reasonable grounds of confidence, and therefore wished him 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...
_the paw_ Lit. "the hand," i.e. the power: the very same word as he uses in reference to the Philistine. _the Lord be with thee_ JEHOVAH SHALL BE WITH THEE: an assurance, not a prayer....
David volunteers to fight Goliath 32. _And David said unto Saul_ According to the Sept. text this stands in close and appropriate connexion with 1 Samuel 17:11: in the Heb. text David's offer certain...
THY SERVANT KEPT HIS FATHER'S SHEEP— The young hero builds his confidence upon four arguments: 1. Upon the courage and success with which he heretofore combated a _lion_ at one time, and a _bear_ at a...
_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...
_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. AND SAUL SAID UNTO DAVID, GO, AND TH...
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:
THE LORD BE WITH THEE] RV 'shall be.' It is an encouragement rather than a prayer....
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...
GO, AND THE LORD BE WITH THEE. — This permission and blessing of King Saul recalls the Saul of old days, before the covenant between him and the Mighty One of Israel was broken, before the Spirit of t...
וַ יֹּאמֶר֮ דָּוִד֒ יְהוָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר הִצִּלַ֜נִי...
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...
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. And Saul said unto David, (m) Go, and...
(33) And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth. (34) And David said unto Saul, Thy servant...
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 FAITH OF EXPERIENCE_ ‘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.’ 1 Samu...
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 DAVID SAID MOREOVER,.... For the further confirmation of it, and as more strongly expressing his faith of it; not as owing to any natural strength or skill of his, but to the power of God, of whos...
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. And Saul said unto David, Go, and the...
_Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear_, &c. There is a remarkable, and never to be sufficiently admired modesty in this relation of David, which he concludes by attributing all he had done to t...
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 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 f...
DAVID SLAYS GOLIATH...
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...
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...
HE WILL DELIVER ME; his good will is the same to me that it then was, and his power is not diminished. It is not strange that Saul consents to the combat, considering David's pious and convincing disc...
1 Samuel 17:37 David H1732 said H559 (H8799) LORD H3068 delivered H5337 (H8689) paw H3027 lion H738 paw...
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 17:37 Saul by his sins forfeited the kingdom to a neighbour of his, who was better than he in the very particulars wherein Saul had so sadly failed. We find in David: (1) A single-hearted tru...
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...
_Go, and the Lord be with thee._ THE CONSCIOUS PRESENCE OF GOD WITH US IN OUR PERSONAL LIFE The Philistines originally formed part of the great Shemitic family. They wandered from Palestine to Crete,...
_Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear._ THE LION AND THE BEAR David’s first battles were with a lion and a bear. His next with the Philistine Goliath, and after that with many enemies, with th...
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 Chronicles 22:11; 1 Chronicles 22:16; 1 Samuel 20:13; 1 Samuel 24:19;...
The Lord, &c. — The lion and the bear were only enemies to me and my sheep, and it was in defence of them I attacked them. But this Philistine is an enemy to my God and his people, and it is for their...