Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
1 Samuel 17:17
Parched corn] ears of corn plucked just before they are ripe and roasted in a pan or on an iron plate. It is still a common article of merchandise.
Parched corn] ears of corn plucked just before they are ripe and roasted in a pan or on an iron plate. It is still a common article of merchandise.
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...
EPHAH. See App-51....
_parched corn_ Still a common article of food in Palestine. "In the season of harvest the grains of wheat, not yet dry and hard, are roasted in a pan or an iron plate, and constitute a very palatable...
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 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...
_AND JESSE SAID UNTO DAVID HIS SON, TAKE NOW FOR THY BRETHREN AN EPHAH OF THIS PARCHED CORN, AND THESE TEN LOAVES, AND RUN TO THE CAMP TO THY BRETHREN;_ Take now for thy brethren. In those times camp...
17:17 quickly (e-26) Or 'run.'...
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...
וַ יֹּ֨אמֶר יִשַׁ֜י לְ דָוִ֣ד בְּנֹ֗ו קַח
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...
And Jesse said unto David his son, (d) Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched [corn], and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy brethren; (d) Though Jesse meant one thing, yet God'...
_Loaves. The soldiers at that time, and perhaps always among the Hebrews, lived at their own expense, as the tribute which was paid to the king was not sufficient to support large armies, ver. 25. (Ca...
(17) And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy brethren; (18) And carry these ten cheeses unto the ca...
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 JESSE SAID UNTO DAVID HIS SON,.... His youngest son, that was at home with him keeping sheep; he had three more at home, and who were elder than David, and yet he is directed by the providence of...
And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched [corn], and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy brethren; Ver. 17. _And run to the camp._] This some thi...
_Jesse said, Take now for thy brethren_, &c. He thought provisions might be scarce with them. But, having other sons at home with him, it was, no doubt, through a divine influence that he sent David f...
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 Jesse said unto David, his son, during these forty days, TAKE NOW FOR THY BRETHREN AN EPHAH (about 26 quarts) OF THIS PARCHED CORN, roasted peas or grain, AND THESE TEN LOAVES, AND RUN 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...
PARCHED CORN; a food then much in use, which they used to mix with water, or milk, or oil, &c....
1 Samuel 17:17 Jesse H3448 said H559 (H8799) son H1121 David H1732 Take H3947 (H8798) brothers H251 ephah...
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 25:18; 2 Samuel 17:28; Luke 11:13; Matthew 7:11; Ruth 2:14...