1 Samuel 17:46-47 NIV

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Samuel 17:47

1 Samuel 17:47. Saveth not with sword and spear That is, that he can save without these arms, and with the most contemptible weapons, and that he needs not human force to effect his designs. For the battle is the Lord’s The events of war are wholly in his power. And he will give you into our hands David speaks thus confidently, because he was assured of success, by particular inspiration. How great is the difference between the speech of Goliath and that of David! The former consists of... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 17:1-58

Goliath’s challenge and defeat (17:1-58)The Philistines again assembled their troops to fight against Israel (17:1-3). As often happened in ancient warfare, the invaders challenged the defenders by calling for a contest between the champions of the two sides (4-11). At this time David was back on his father’s farm at Bethlehem, for he did not need to remain at Saul’s court when Saul was away directing affairs on the battlefield (12-16).When circumstances later brought David to the scene of the... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Samuel 17:46

and. Note the Figure of speech Polysyndeton in verses: 1 Samuel 17:46-47 . give. Septuagint reads "give [thy limbs and] the carcasses", &c. that there is a God in Israel = that Israel bath a God. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Samuel 17:47

assembly = assembled host. Compare Numbers 22:4 , "company". read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Samuel 17:1-58

2. The reason for God’s selection of David ch. 17The exciting story of David and Goliath illustrates what it was that God saw in David’s heart that led Him to choose David for the position of king. It also shows how and why others in Israel began to notice David. David fought the Lord’s battles, as Samuel did (ch. 7). He also did so as Saul, God’s previously anointed king, had done (chs. 10-11, 14-15).Saul’s defeat of the Ammonites (1 Samuel 11:1-11) followed Saul’s anointing (1 Samuel 10:1).... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Samuel 17:41-49

David’s victory by faith 17:41-49Goliath disdained David because the lad had no battle scars; he was not a warrior at all but simply a fresh-faced boy (1 Samuel 17:42). Goliath assumed that he would win because his physical power and armaments were superior. As often happens, pride preceded a fall (Proverbs 16:18).1 Samuel 17:45-47 give the clearest expression to David’s faith in Yahweh. He viewed Yahweh as the commander of Israel’s armies, a view of God that Saul never accepted but which made... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 17:1-58

David slays Goliath1 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, and an expert harper, and has already become Saul’s musician and armourbearer. In 1 Samuel 17 he is still a shepherd lad, who is personally unknown to Saul. LXX tries to get rid of the difficulty by omitting several vv., but the attempt is not altogether successful.1. Shochoh] identified with Shuweikeh, ’a... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Samuel 17:46

(46) I will smite thee.—David reiterated to the Philistine, as he had done to Saul, his certainty of victory, but in the same breath says that the victory will be that God’s whose name the Philistine had just been contemptuously using. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Samuel 17:47

(47) For the battle is the Lord’s . . .—Although we possess no special ode or psalm composed by David on the occasion of this mortal combat, in which, owing to his sure trust in Jehovah, he won his never-to-be-forgotten victory, yet in many of the compositions attributed to him in the Psalter we find memories of this, his first great triumph. So in Psalms 44:6-8 we read—“I will not trust in my bow,Neither shall my sword save me.In God we boast all the day long, And praise thy Name for ever.”And... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - 1 Samuel 17:1-58

Whose Son Art Thou, Young Man? 1 Samuel 17:58 When this shepherd boy entered the royal presence with the ghastly trophy, his fingers clutching the hair of Goliath's head, the king looked at him with admiring wonderment, and put the plain, straightforward question of my text, 'Whose son art thou, young man?' It was natural that Saul should wish to know something of the antecedents of so brave a youth. I. If there is anything more utterly contemptible than for one who has risen a bit in the... read more

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Samuel 17:47

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 17:1-58

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Samuel 17:46

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Samuel 17:47

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Samuel 17:1-58

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Samuel 17:41-49

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 17:1-58

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Samuel 17:46

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Samuel 17:47

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - 1 Samuel 17:1-58

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