1 Samuel 17:9 BSB — MannaFest

1 Samuel 17:9

If he is able to fight me and kill me, then we will be your servants. But if I prevail against him and kill him, then you shall be our servants and labor for us.”

BSB

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ASV

If he be able to fight with me, and kill me, then will we be your servants; but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve us.

KJV

If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your servants: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve us.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your servants,.... For which it does not appear he had any commission or authority to say; nor did the Philistines think themselves obliged to abide by what he said, since, when he was slain, they did not yield themselves servants to the Israelites: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve us; to which terms also the Israelites did not consent; nor did David, who engaged with him, enter the fray on such conditions.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

I defy the armies of Israel . . .; give me a man, that we may fight together--In cases of single combat, a warrior used to go out in front of his party, and advancing towards the opposite ranks, challenge someone to fight with him.

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אִם־	'im-	if	H518 →
יוּכַ֞ל	yu.Khal	he will be able	H3201 →
לְהִלָּחֵ֤ם	le.hi.la.Chem	to fight	H3898 →
אִתִּי֙	'i.Ti	with me	H854 →
וְהִכָּ֔נִי	ve.hi.Ka.ni	and he will strike down me	H5221 →
וְהָיִ֥ינוּ	ve.ha.Yi.nu	and we will become	H1961 →
לָכֶ֖ם	la.Khem	of you
לַעֲבָדִ֑ים	la.'a.va.Dim	<into> slaves	H5650 →
וְאִם־	ve.'im-	and if	H518 →
אֲנִ֤י	'a.Ni	I	H589 →
אֽוּכַל־	'u.khal-	I will prevail	H3201 →
לוֹ֙	lo	to <the> him
וְהִכִּיתִ֔יו	ve.hi.ki.Tiv	and I will strike down him	H5221 →
וִהְיִ֤יתֶם	vih.Yi.tem	and you will become	H1961 →
לָ֙נוּ֙	la.nu	of us
לַעֲבָדִ֔ים	la.'a.va.Dim	<into> slaves	H5650 →
וַעֲבַדְתֶּ֖ם	va.'a.vad.Tem	and you will serve	H5647 →
אֹתָֽנוּ׃	'o.Ta.nu	<obj.> us	H853 →

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1 Samuel 11:1
Soon Nahash the Ammonite came up and laid siege to Jabesh-gilead. All the men of Jabesh said to him, “Make a treaty with us, and we will serve you.”
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- 1 Samuel 12:12
  But when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites was moving against you, you said to me, ‘No, we must have a king to rule over us’—even though the LORD your God was…
- 1 Kings 20:34
  Ben-hadad said to him, “I will restore the cities my father took from your father; you may set up your own marketplaces in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria.” “By this treaty I…
- Ezekiel 17:13
  He took a member of the royal family and made a covenant with him, putting him under oath. Then he carried away the leading men of the land,
- Genesis 26:28
  “We can plainly see that the LORD has been with you,” they replied. “We recommend that there should now be an oath between us and you. Let us make a covenant with you
- Judges 21:8
  So they asked, “Which one of the tribes of Israel failed to come up before the LORD at Mizpah?” And, in fact, no one from Jabesh-gilead had come to the camp for the assembly.

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Where the connections lead

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Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

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About 1 Samuel