1 Samuel 17:16 BSB — MannaFest

1 Samuel 17:16

For forty days the Philistine came forward every morning and evening to take his stand.

BSB

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ASV

And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.

KJV

And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.

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Commentary

2 voices

Bede

Commentary on Samuel (735)

However, the Philistine came forward morning and evening, etc. The number of forty days, during which the Philistine came forward and stood against Israel, represents all the time of the Church, during which it struggles in this life and, with the aid of the grace …

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John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And the Philistine drew near morning and evening,.... Twice a day he came near the camp, within the hearing of it. The Jews (w) say, he took those seasons on purpose to disturb them in reading their "Shema", or "hear, O Israel", &c. and saying their prayers morning and evening: and presented himself forty days; Successively, before the armies of Israel, daring them to send down a man to fight with him, and reproaching them for their cowardice in not doing it. (w) T. Bab. Sotah, fol. 42. 2.

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Original language & word study

7 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּגַּ֥שׁ	vai.yi.Gash	and he drew near	H5066 →
הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֖י	ha.pe.lish.Ti	the Philistine	H6430 →
הַשְׁכֵּ֣ם	hash.Kem	rising early	H7925 →
וְהַעֲרֵ֑ב	ve.ha.'a.Rev	and [the] evening darkened	H6150 →
וַיִּתְיַצֵּ֖ב	vai.yit.ya.Tzev	and he took his stand	H3320 →
אַרְבָּעִ֥ים	'ar.ba.'Im	forty	H705 →
יֽוֹם׃ פ	Yom	day[s]	H3117 →

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Where the connections lead

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Matthew 4:2
After fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry.
leads to
- Exodus 34:28
  So Moses was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights without eating bread or drinking water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant—the Ten Commandments.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 Kings 19:8
  So he got up and ate and drank. And strengthened by that food, he walked forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 9:18
  Then I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, as I had done the first time. I did not eat bread or drink water because of all the sin you…
- Luke 4:2
  where for forty days He was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they had ended, He was hungry.
Through
Luke 4:2
where for forty days He was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they had ended, He was hungry.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 9:9
  When I went up on the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant that the LORD made with you, I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights.…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Hebrews 4:15
  For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in every way that we are, yet was without sin.
- Hebrews 2:18
  Because He Himself suffered when He was tempted, He is able to help those who are being tempted.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About 1 Samuel

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About 1 Samuel