“ And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause? ”
Is there not a cause? - i. e., is not Saul’s promise, and the insolence of Goliath, a sufficent cause for what I am about to do?
And David said, What have I now done? [Is there] not a (i) cause? (i) For his father's sending was a just occasion, and also he felt himself inwardly moved by God's Spirit.
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...
DISCOURSE: 301 DAVID’S VINDICATION OF HIMSELF 1 Samuel 17:29 . And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause? IT is impossible for any man so to conduct himself in this world, as...
And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause? Is there not a cause? - הלוא דבר הוא halo dabar hu. I believe the meaning is what several of the versions express: I have spoken but a wo...
What have I now done? Is there not a cause— What have I done, I have only just spoken a word. Houbigant.
And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause? David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause? - i:e., Is there not force and reason in what I have said? Is the state of...
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,...
Is there not a cause? — David answers his jealous and over-bearing elder brother with all gentleness and forbearance, but he does not cease to make his inquiries of the soldiers respecting the gian...
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...
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...
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...
(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...
And David said, what have I now done ?.... That is criminal and blameworthy; as if he should say, I have only expressed an indignation against this uncircumcised Philistine, and a concern for the gl...
And David said, What have I now done? [Is there] not a cause? Ver. 29. What have I now done? ] sc., Worthy of so great blame: thus he answereth his elder brother with "meekness of wisdom," and...
David said, Is there not a cause? Of my thus speaking? Is this giant invincible? Is our God unable to oppose him, and subdue him? However, David is not deterred from his undertaking by the hard wor...
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...
David Comes to the Camp of Israel. B. C. 1060. 12 Now David was the son of that Ephr...
Either, 1. Of my coming; my father sent me on an errand. Or rather, 2. Of my thus speaking: is there not reason in what I say? Is this giant invincible? is our God unable to oppose him, and subdu...
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...
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 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 17:4 . 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...
Is there not a cause. The giant sin of England Surely there was a cause. David’s was not intemperate zeal, nor his anger causeless or unprovoked. It was time even for the holy shepherd to play...
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...
David Sent to the Camp
1 Corinthians 2:15 ; 1 Peter 3:9 ; Acts 11:2-4 ; Proverbs 15:1
A cause — Of my thus speaking? Is this giant invincible? Is our God unable to oppose him, and subdue him? However David is not deterred from his undertaking, by the hard words of Eliab. They that u...