1 Samuel 17:44 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Come to me. — In similar terms Hector addresses Ajax —

“And thou imperious! if thy madness wait
The lance of Hector, thou shalt meet thy fate.
That giant corse, extended on the shore.
Shall largely feed the fowls with fat and gore.” —

Iliad, xiii. 1053.

1 Samuel 17:44

44 And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field.