1 Samuel 17:43 BSB — MannaFest

1 Samuel 17:43

“Am I a dog,” he said to David, “that you come at me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.

BSB

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ASV

And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.

KJV

And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? - It is very likely that Goliath did not perceive the sling, which David might have kept coiled up within his hand. Cursed David by his gods - Prayed his gods to curse him. This long parley between David and Goliath is quite in the style of those times. A Hindoo sometimes in a fit of anger says to his enemy, The goddess Kalee shall devour thee! May Doorga destroy thee!

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

This kind of abusive dialogue is common among the Arab combatants still. David's speech, however, presents a striking contrast to the usual strain of these invectives. It was full of pious trust, and to God he ascribed all the glory of the triumph he anticipated.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי֙	ha.pe.lish.Ti	the Philistine	H6430 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
דָּוִ֔ד	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
הֲכֶ֣לֶב	ha.Khe.lev	¿ a dog	H3611 →
אָנֹ֔כִי	'a.No.khi	[am] I	H595 →
כִּֽי־	ki-	that	H3588 →
אַתָּ֥ה	'a.Tah	you	H859 →
בָֽא־	va'-	[are] coming	H935 →
אֵלַ֖י	'e.Lai	against me	H413 →
בַּמַּקְל֑וֹת	ba.mak.Lot	with <the> sticks	H4731 →
וַיְקַלֵּ֧ל	vay.ka.Lel	and he cursed	H7043 →
הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֛י	ha.pe.lish.Ti	the Philistine	H6430 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
דָּוִ֖ד	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
בֵּאלֹהָֽיו׃	be.lo.Hav	by gods his	H430 →

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
Proverbs 26:2
Like a fluttering sparrow or darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest.
leads to
- Numbers 23:8
  How can I curse what God has not cursed? How can I denounce what the LORD has not denounced?
- Nehemiah 13:2
  because they had not met the Israelites with food and water, but had hired Balaam to call down a curse against them (although our God had turned the curse into a blessing).
- Psalms 109:28
  Though they curse, You will bless. When they rise up, they will be put to shame, but Your servant will rejoice.
- 2 Samuel 16:12
  Perhaps the LORD will see my affliction and repay me with good for the cursing I receive today.”
- Deuteronomy 23:4–5
  For they did not meet you with food and water on your way out of Egypt, and they hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in Aram-naharaim to curse you.
Through
2 Samuel 3:8
Abner was furious over Ish-bosheth’s accusation. “Am I the head of a dog that belongs to Judah?” he asked. “All this time I have been loyal to the house of your father Saul, to…
leads to
- 2 Samuel 9:8
  Mephibosheth bowed down and said, “What is your servant, that you should show regard for a dead dog like me?”
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
Through
1 Samuel 24:14
Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom are you pursuing? A dead dog? A flea?
leads to
- 1 Samuel 26:20
  So do not let my blood fall to the ground far from the presence of the LORD. For the king of Israel has come out to look for a flea, like one who hunts…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
2 Samuel 9:8
Mephibosheth bowed down and said, “What is your servant, that you should show regard for a dead dog like me?”
leads to
- 2 Samuel 16:9
  Then Abishai son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over and cut off his head!”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.

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