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1 Samuel 17:23

in 1 Samuel 17

And as he was speaking with them, suddenly the champion named Goliath, the Philistine from Gath, came forward from the Philistines and shouted his usual words, which David also heard.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the ranks of the Philistines, and spake according to the same words: and David heard them.

KJV

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, and spake according to the same words: and David heard them.

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This verse in 1 Samuel 17

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

shouted his usual words, which David also heard

on 1 Samuel 17:23-24

David hears with fresh ears what Israel has heard eighty times, and the men around him flee at the sight of the man. The contrast is the point: the army sees a giant and measures itself against him, and David hears a reproach and measures it against God.

The record, by era

The Medieval Church1 voice

A commentator

Bede

Commentary on Samuel · Written before 735.

proposed

And while he was still speaking to them, the man appeared... named Goliath, etc. As the Lord Savior was speaking to men and diligently examining their deeds and sayings of justice, as if their works seemed rightly performed to him, the ancient enemy appeared, arising …

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

And as he talked with them,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

Now that the armies were drawn out into a line of battle he appeared first to renew his challenge, vainly imagining that he was in the eager chase of his own glory and triumph, whereas really he was but courting his own destruction.

The words behind it

18 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְה֣וּא׀and he

    vehu'H1931 →1879 times

  • מְדַבֵּ֣ר[was] speaking

    medaberH1696 →1141 times

  • עִמָּ֗םwith them

    ʾimamH5973 →1050 times

  • וְהִנֵּ֣הand there!

    vehinehH2009 →843 times

  • אִ֣ישׁ[the] man of

    ʾishH376 →1663 times

  • הַבֵּנַ֡יִםthe champions

    habenayimH1143 →

  • עוֹלֶ֞ה[was] coming up

    olehH5927 →890 times

  • גָּלְיָת֩[was] Goliath

    galyatH1555 →6 times

  • הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֨יthe Philistine

    hapelishtiH6430 →287 times

  • שְׁמ֤וֹname his

    shemoH8034 →864 times

  • מִגַּת֙from Gath

    migatH1661 →32 times

  • מִמַּעַרְכ֣וֹתfrom [the] battle lines of

    mimaarkhotH4634 →19 times

  • פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים[the] Philistines

    pelishtimH6430 →287 times

  • וַיְדַבֵּ֖רand he spoke

    vaydaberH1696 →1141 times

  • כַּדְּבָרִ֣יםaccording to the words

    kadevarimH1697 →1440 times

  • הָאֵ֑לֶּה<the> these

    haelehH428 →746 times

  • וַיִּשְׁמַ֖עand he heard

    vaiyishma'H8085 →1159 times

  • דָּוִֽד׃David

    davidH1732 →999 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

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Where this verse is studied

About 1 Samuel

David Slays Goliath — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
David Slays Goliath — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
1 Samuel: the study guide →Read 1 Samuel 17 →

This page draws on Bede, Commentary on Samuel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and W. G. Blaikie, The First Book of Samuel (Expositor's Bible).

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