Skip to content
mannafest.faith
Read

1 Samuel 17:57

in 1 Samuel 17

So when David returned from killing the Philistine, still holding his head in his hand, Abner took him and brought him before Saul.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

KJV

And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

⋯

This verse in 1 Samuel 17

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Saul . . . said unto Abner . . . whose son is this youth?--A young man is more spoken of in many Eastern countries by his father's name than his own. The growth of the beard, and other changes on a now full-grown youth, prevented the king from recognizing his former favorite minstrel [1Sa 16:23].

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

4 And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span. 5 And he had a helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.

quarantine:scripture (2026-07-29) — scripture-overlap:100%@v3-5

And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine,.... Carrying his head in triumph, and no doubt accompanied with the acclamations of the people: Abner took him and brought him before Saul, with the head of the Philistine in his hand; to give an answer to the king's question concerning him, who could best do it himself; and that Saul might have the opportunity of rewarding him, according to his merit, for so great a piece of service he had done for Israel, of which the head in his hand was a sufficient proof.

The words behind it

14 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.

  • וּכְשׁ֣וּבand just as returned

    ukheshuvH7725 →1056 times

  • דָּוִ֗דDavid

    davidH1732 →999 times

  • מֵֽהַכּוֹת֙from striking down

    mehakotH5221 →499 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֔יthe Philistine

    hapelishtiH6430 →287 times

  • וַיִּקַּ֤חand he took

    vaiyikachH3947 →966 times

  • אֹתוֹ֙<obj.> him

    ʾotoH853 →10935 times

  • אַבְנֵ֔רAbner

    ʾavnerH74 →63 times

  • וַיְבִאֵ֖הוּand he brought him

    vayviehuH935 →2568 times

  • לִפְנֵ֣י<to> before

    lifneiH6440 →2123 times

  • שָׁא֑וּלSaul

    shaulH7586 →402 times

  • וְרֹ֥אשׁand [the] head of

    veroshH7218 →599 times

  • הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֖יthe Philistine

    hapelishtiH6430 →287 times

  • בְּיָדֽוֹ׃[was] in hand his

    beyadoH3027 →1618 times

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

Related verses

1 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

1 Samuel 17:54David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem, and he put Goliath’s weapons in his own tent.2 works

The walk

3 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    1 Samuel 17:54

    David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem, and he put Goliath’s weapons in his own tent.

    it leads to

    • Exodus 16:33

      So Moses told Aaron, “Take a jar and fill it with an omer of manna. Then place it before the LORD to be preserved for the generations to come.”

    • 1 Samuel 21:9

      The priest replied, “The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the Valley of Elah, is here; it is wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If you want, you may take…

    • Joshua 4:7–8

      you are to tell them, ‘The waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD. When it crossed the Jordan, the waters were cut off.’ Therefore these…

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 Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

Read on in 1 Samuel 17 →