1 Samuel 17:23
in 1 Samuel 17And 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.
BSB
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 verseThis site's exposition
spake according to the same words
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
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,....
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 wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְה֣וּא׀ | vehu' | and he | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| מְדַבֵּ֣ר | medaber | [was] speaking | H1696 → | 1141 times |
| עִמָּ֗ם | ʾimam | with them | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| וְהִנֵּ֣ה | vehineh | and there! | H2009 → | 843 times |
| אִ֣ישׁ | ʾish | [the] man of | H376 → | 1663 times |
| הַבֵּנַ֡יִם | habenayim | the champions | H1143 → | |
| עוֹלֶ֞ה | oleh | [was] coming up | H5927 → | 890 times |
| גָּלְיָת֩ | galyat | [was] Goliath | H1555 → | 6 times |
| הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֨י | hapelishti | the Philistine | H6430 → | 287 times |
| שְׁמ֤וֹ | shemo | name his | H8034 → | 864 times |
| מִגַּת֙ | migat | from Gath | H1661 → | 32 times |
| מִמַּעַרְכ֣וֹת | mimaarkhot | from [the] battle lines of | H4634 → | 19 times |
| פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים | pelishtim | [the] Philistines | H6430 → | 287 times |
| וַיְדַבֵּ֖ר | vaydaber | and he spoke | H1696 → | 1141 times |
| כַּדְּבָרִ֣ים | kadevarim | according to the words | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| הָאֵ֑לֶּה | haeleh | <the> these | H428 → | 746 times |
| וַיִּשְׁמַ֖ע | vaiyishma' | and he heard | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| דָּוִֽד׃ | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
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.
Where this verse is studied
About 1 Samuel
Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonUnited MonarchyDavidSecond king of united Israel, shepherd-turned-monarch, ancestor of the Messiah, and traditional author of many Psalms.
- PersonEarly monarchyGoliathThe Philistine champion of Gath who defied the armies of the living God for forty days — felled by a shepherd's sling stone and be…
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).