Geneva Study Bible Commentary
1 Samuel 17:18
And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of [their] thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their (e) pledge.
(e) If they have laid anything to gauge for their necessity, redeem it out.
And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of [their] thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their (e) pledge.
(e) If they have laid anything to gauge for their necessity, redeem it out.
Verse 1 Samuel 17:18. _CARRY THESE TEN CHEESES_] _Cheeses of milk_, says the _margin_. In the East they do not make what we call _cheese_: they press the milk but slightly, and carry it in rush basket...
TAKE THEIR PLEDGE - i. e., bring back what they have to say in return....
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...
THEIR PLEDGE: i.e.. token from them of their welfare. a message or letter, or. lock of hair. Compare Genesis 37:13, Gen 14:32, Gen 14:33....
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....
_look how thy brethren fare_ Visit thy brethren and enquire after their welfare. Cp. Genesis 37:14. _take their pledge_ Bring home some token from them that they are well: the equivalent of a letter....
CARRY THESE TEN CHEESES— In the Hebrew החלב חריצי _charitsei hechalab, ten cheeses of milk;_ upon which the author of the _Observations_ remarks, that the word can hardly be imagined to signify _chees...
_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 CARRY THESE TEN CHEESES UNTO THE CAPTAIN OF THEIR THOUSAND, AND LOOK HOW THY BRETHREN FARE, AND TAKE THEIR PLEDGE._ Carry these ten cheeses unto the captain - to enlist his kind attention. х_ `A...
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:
TAKE THEIR PLEDGE] 'bring back from them some proof that you have fulfilled your mission.'...
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...
LOOK HOW THY BRETHREN FARE. — The same learned commentator (Wordsworth), following out this curious line of Patristic interpretation, remarks on these words: “David is sent by his father to his brethr...
וְ֠ אֵת עֲשֶׂ֜רֶת חֲרִצֵ֤י הֶֽ חָלָב֙ הָ
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...
Cheeses. Hebrew, "of milk." Septuagint, "pieces of soft cheese:" erts is no where else used to denote cheese. This was a present (Calmet) for (Hebrew) "the Chiliarch." --- Placed, who is their immedia...
(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 CARRY THESE TEN CHEESES UNTO THE CAPTAIN OF THEIR THOUSAND,.... Their chiliarch or colonel, who had the command of 1000 men, and under whom Jesse's sons fought; Jarchi thinks this was Jonathan, wh...
And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of [their] thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge. Ver. 18. _Look how thy brethren fare._] Great is a parent's care. “ _Omnis in...
_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...
and carry these ten cheeses, portions of curds, probably on the order of cottage-cheese, UNTO THE CAPTAIN OF THEIR THOUSAND, under whose command his brothers were, AND LOOK HOW THY BRETHREN FARE, inqu...
DAVID SENT 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...
CHEESES: _ Heb._ cheeses of milk CAPTAIN OF THEIR THOUSAND: _ Heb._ captain of a thousand...
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...
UNTO THE CAPTAIN OF THEIR THOUSAND; in whose power it was in a great measure, either to preserve them, or to expose them to utmost hazards. TAKE THEIR PLEDGE, i.e. bring me some token of their welfare...
1 Samuel 17:18 carry H935 (H8686) ten H6235 cheeses H2461 H2757 captain H8269 thousand H505 see H6485 ...
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...
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 17:18 THEIR THOUSAND. The Hebrew term usually means “thousand,” but in the present context it probably refers to a military unit of undetermined size....
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 16:20; 1 Thessalonians 3:5; 1 Thessalonians 3:6; 2 Samuel 17:29;...
Pledge — That is, bring me some token of their welfare....