1 Samuel 17:24

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

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Related Commentaries of 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 th...
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 .
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.
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 16:14-2...
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 c...
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...
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...
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 s...
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, a...
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 sa...
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 the...
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...
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 de...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

David Comes to the Camp of Israel. B. C. 1060....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
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...
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, an...
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...
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 s...
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 w...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

David Sent to the Camp
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid, the very sight of the man filled them with such fear and tremb...
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
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...

²⁴ And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid.

Related Commentaries of 1 Samuel 17:24

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

1 Samuel 17:24