1 Samuel 17:24 BSB — MannaFest

1 Samuel 17:24

When all the men of Israel saw Goliath, they fled from him in great fear.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

2 voices

Bede

Commentary on Samuel (735)

And all the Israelites, when they saw the man, fled, etc. For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God (Rom. 3). Only Christ could say: The prince of this world is coming, and he has no claim on me (John 14). …

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Though he was the tallest of all the men of Israel, and, if he had not been so, while he kept close to God might himself have safely taken up the gauntlet which this insolent Philistine threw down, yet, the Spirit of the Lord having departed from him, he durst not do it, nor press Jonathan to do it; but whoever will do it shall have as good preferment as he can give him,

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְכֹל֙	ve.Khol	and every	H3605 →
אִ֣ישׁ	'ish	<the> man of	H376 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
בִּרְאוֹתָ֖ם	bir.'o.Tam	when saw they	H7200 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הָאִ֑ישׁ	ha.'Ish	the man	H376 →
וַיָּנֻ֙סוּ֙	vai.ya.Nu.su	and they fled	H5127 →
מִפָּנָ֔יו	mi.pa.Nav	from before him	H6440 →
וַיִּֽירְא֖וּ	vai.yi.re.'U	and they were afraid	H3372 →
מְאֹֽד׃	me.'Od	exceedingly	H3966 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Numbers 13:33
We even saw the Nephilim there—the descendants of Anak that come from the Nephilim! We seemed like grasshoppers in our own sight, and we must have seemed the same to them!”
leads to
- Deuteronomy 1:28
  Where can we go? Our brothers have made our hearts melt, saying: ‘The people are larger and taller than we are; the cities are large, with walls up to the heavens. We even saw…
- Genesis 6:4
  The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and afterward as well—when the sons of God had relations with the daughters of men. And they bore them children who became the mighty men of…
- Isaiah 40:22
  He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth; its dwellers are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.
- Deuteronomy 9:2
  The people are strong and tall, the descendants of the Anakim. You know about them, and you have heard it said, “Who can stand up to the sons of Anak?”
Through
Isaiah 30:17
A thousand will flee at the threat of one; at the threat of five you will all flee, until you are left alone like a pole on a mountaintop, like a banner on a…
leads to
- Deuteronomy 28:25
  The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them in one direction but flee from them in seven. You will be an object of horror to…
- Deuteronomy 32:30
  How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?
Through
Leviticus 26:36
As for those of you who survive, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies, so that even the sound of a windblown leaf will put them to…
leads to
- Ezekiel 21:7
  And when they ask, ‘Why are you groaning?’ you are to say, ‘Because of the news that is coming. Every heart will melt, and every hand will go limp. Every spirit will faint, and…
- Isaiah 30:17
  A thousand will flee at the threat of one; at the threat of five you will all flee, until you are left alone like a pole on a mountaintop, like a banner on a…

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