Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
1 Samuel 17:28
The wilderness] answered to our 'downs' or 'common.' It was land suitable for grazing cattle, but not divided up into fields.
The wilderness] answered to our 'downs' or 'common.' It was land suitable for grazing cattle, but not divided up into fields.
WHY CAMEST THOU DOWN? - From the heights of Bethlehem to the valley of Elah. THY PRIDE, AND THE NAUGHTINESS OF THINE HEART - See the similar expression, Jeremiah 49. Compare the envy of Jacob’s sons...
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 wilderness_ The Heb. word for "wilderness" does not necessarily mean a _barren_district; but a wide open tract used for pasture, as distinguished from arable land. Cp. Psalms 65:12; Joel 1:19-20;...
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....
_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...
_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 IN T...
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 ELIAB’S ANGER WAS KINDLED AGAINST DAVID. — There were probably many years between the ages of the eldest and youngest of these eight brothers, and this jealous anger was, no doubt, no new thing in...
וַ יִּשְׁמַ֤ע אֱלִיאָב֙ אָחִ֣יו הַ גָּדֹ֔ול ב
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...
_Battle. This speech is too insulting, even though David might seem to have given vent to the sentiments of his soul with too much ardour; particularly as Eliab knew that he had received the royal unc...
(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...
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...
_AN UNBROTHERLY BROTHER_ ‘Eliab’s anger was kindled against David.’ 1 Samuel 17:28 I. THERE IS SOMETHING IN THE CHARACTER OF ELIAB WHICH MAKES HIM UNFIT FOR THE OFFICE OF KING.—Eliab seems to have...
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 ELIAB HIS ELDEST BROTHER HEARD WHEN HE SPAKE UNTO THE MEN,.... Heard the questions he put to them, by which he perceived his inclination: AND ELIAB'S ANGER WAS KINDLED AGAINST DAVID; because what...
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 in th...
_He said, Why camest thou down hither?_ His passion made him forget that David came by his father's order, in obedience to him, and out of kindness to them. _With whom hast thou left those few sheep?_...
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...
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, from the higher ranges near Bethlehem? AND WITH...
DAVID SENT TO THE CAMP...
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...
ELIAB'S ANGER WAS KINDLED, either because he thought him guilty of intolerable folly, and pride, and presumption, in pretending to such an attempt; or because he feared and concluded he would be certa...
1 Samuel 17:28 Eliab H446 oldest H1419 brother H251 heard H8085 (H8799) spoke H1696 (H8763) men H582 Eliabs...
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 ‘...
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...
_Eliab’s anger was kindled against David._ A SERIES OF VICTORIES Hitherto David has had little suffering. Life is made up of trials: the Christian’s course is never free from them: this we are to see...
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...
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 16:13; 1 Samuel 16:7; 1 Samuel 17:20; Ecclesiastes 4:4;...
Naughtiness — Thy false — confidence, and vain gloried curiosity. See the folly and wickedness of envy! How groundless its jealousies are, how unjust its censures, how unfair it representations? God p...