1 Samuel 21:9; Exodus 16:33; Joshua 4:7; Joshua 4:8
Jerusalem - See Judges 1:8 note. His tent - Perhaps the tabernacle. David had neither tent nor house of his own. It would be quite in accor...
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 th...
Jerusalem . Jerusalem (west of Moriah) had been taken by Judah, who dwelt there. The Jebusites were still holding Jebus, or Zion, the mount immediat...
And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armour in his tent. David took the head of the Philistine - It...
And David took the head of the Philistine— After having shewn the head to Saul, 1 Samuel 17:57 and exhibited it to all the people, chap. 1 Samue...
And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armour in his tent. David took the head of the Philist...
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 16:14-2...
Brought it to Jerusalem ] But Jerusalem was still a non-Hebrew city ( 2 Samuel 5:4 .). A little later we find the sword of Goliath at Nob ( 1 Samuel...
The head of the Philistine. — There is no real difficulty here, for although the fortress of Jebus, on Mount Zion, was in the hands of the Jebusite...
CHAPTER XXIV. DAVID'S CONFLICT WITH GOLIATH 1 Samuel 17:1-58 . THESE irrepressible Philistines were never long recovering from their disasters...
He Wins the Lord's Battle 1 Samuel 17:41-54 David did not wait until his enemy had crossed the valley, but hastened to the streamlet to select...
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 s...
(52) And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines, until thou come to the valley, and to the gates of Ekron. An...
And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem ,.... After he had been introduced with it to Saul, and when he had passed th...
And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armour in his tent. Ver. 54. And brought it to Jerusalem. ]...
And brought it to Jerusalem After he had shown it to Saul, 1 Samuel 17:57 , and exposed it to all the people, chap. 1 Samuel 18:6 . Jerusalem was...
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 de...
48 And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came and drew nigh to meet David, that David hasted, and ran toward the army to meet t...
Brought it to Jerusalem; either to terrify the Jebusites, who yet held the fort of Zion, 2 Samuel 5:7 ; or for some other reason not recorded, n...
The Routing Of The Philistines ( 1 Samuel 17:51-54 ). Having brought the Philistine down David ran over to him and cut off his head with his own s...
CRITITCAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 17:1 . “The Philistines gathered together their armies.” Jamieson considers that this was twenty-seven...
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...
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 s...
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...
David Slays Goliath
And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem, for the city itself was in the hands of the Israelites, only the fortress of...
54 And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armour in his tent.