1 Samuel 17:24 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid. ”

1 Samuel 17:24 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 pa...
1 Samuel 17:24 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

men. Hebrew. 'ish. App-14. man . Hebrew. 'ish. App-14. were sore afraid . feared exceedingly. Compare 1 Samuel 17:11 .
1 Samuel 17:24 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid.
1 Samuel 17:24 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid. No JFB commentary on this verse.
1 Samuel 17:24 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

David slays Goliath 1 Samuel 17:1 to 1 Samuel 18:5 is evidently taken from a different document from 1 Samuel 16:14-23 . In 1 Samuel 16:14-23 ; David is a man of war, and skilful in speech,...
1 Samuel 17:24 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Fled from him, and were sore afraid. — The student of the history can hardly understand this great fear of a giant Philistine which seems to have come upon the warriors of Saul. When we remember th...
1 Samuel 17:24 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XXIV. DAVID'S CONFLICT WITH GOLIATH 1 Samuel 17:1-58 . THESE irrepressible Philistines were never long recovering from their disasters. The victory of Jonathan had been impaired by the...
1 Samuel 17:24 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

David Unawed by the Giant 1 Samuel 17:17-30 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...
1 Samuel 17:24 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
1 Samuel 17:24 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(23) And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the Philistines, and spake according to the same words: and David he...
1 Samuel 17:24 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man ,.... Even as it should seem before they heard him; knowing who he was, and what he was about to say, having seen and heard him forty days running:...
1 Samuel 17:24 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid. Ver. 24. Fled from him. ] As from a bugbear. This was their want of faith in God's power and promises; the...
1 Samuel 17:24 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Behold there came up the champion Although the armies stood ready to engage, yet the vanity of Goliath made him once more desirous that the matter might be determined by single combat, and to chall...
1 Samuel 17:24 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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 challen...
1 Samuel 17:24 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

David Comes to the Camp of Israel. B. C. 1060. 12 Now David was the son of that Ephr...
1 Samuel 17:24 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
1 Samuel 17:24 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

David Arrives At The Battlefield And Is Appalled That ‘This Uncircumcised Philistine' Dares To Defy the Armies Of The Living God ( 1 Samuel 17:20-30 ). Central to the last passage was that Goliath...
1 Samuel 17:24 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 ori...
1 Samuel 17:24 - Sermon Bible Commentary

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...
1 Samuel 17:24 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
1 Samuel 17:24 - The Biblical Illustrator

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 sout...
1 Samuel 17:24 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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 wor...
1 Samuel 17:24 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

David Sent to the Camp
1 Samuel 17:24 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 13:6 ; 1 Samuel 13:7 ; 1 Samuel 17:11 ; Deuteronomy 32:30 ; Isaiah 30:17 ; Isaiah 7:2 ; Leviticus 26:36 ; Numbers 13:33
1 Samuel 17:24 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Fled — One Philistine could never have thus put ten thousand Israelites to flight, unless their rock, being forsaken by them, had justly sold them and shut them up.

1 Samuel 17:24 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 17:24 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Samuel 17:24 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 17:24 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 17:24 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 17:24 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Samuel 17:24 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Samuel 17:24 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Samuel 17:24 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 17:24 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Samuel 17:24 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Samuel 17:24 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Samuel 17:24 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 17:24 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 17:24 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 17:24 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 17:24 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 17:24 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Samuel 17:24 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 17:24 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 17:24 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Samuel 17:24 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 17:24 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Samuel 17:24 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 17:24 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes