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1 Samuel 17:45

in 1 Samuel 17

But David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD of Hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a javelin: but I come to thee in the name of Jehovah of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.

KJV

Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.

This verse in 1 Samuel 17

Commentary

7 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Thou comest to me with a sword - I come to thee with the name (בשם beshem) of Jehovah of hosts; the God of the armies of Israel. What Goliath expected from his arms, David expected from the ineffable name.

This site's exposition

in the name of the Lord of hosts

on 1 Samuel 17:45-47

The title the LORD of hosts entered Scripture at 1:3 in this same book, and here David gives it its battle sense: the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied. The aims are stated in widening circles, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel, and that this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword and spear. The sentence the battle is the LORD's occurs nowhere else in Scripture, and it is spoken by the man with no sword.

The record, by era

The Medieval Church1 voice

A commentator

Bede

Commentary on Samuel · Written before 735.

proposed

But David said to the Philistine: You come to me with a sword, etc. The Lord aptly showed both to all whom he helped and to the powers he subdued, that the devil of the air is armed solely with the weapons of pride and …

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

But what arms and ammunition is David furnished with? Truly none but what he brought with him as a shepherd; no breastplate, nor corselet, but his plain shepherd's coat; no spear, but his staff; no sword nor bow, but his sling; no quiver, but his scrip; nor any arrows, but, instead of them, five smooth stones picked up out of the brook,
Then said David to the Philistine,....

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

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.
A shield - “A javelin,” see 1Sa 17:6 note.

The words behind it

21 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.

  • וַיֹּ֤אמֶרand he said

    vaiyomerH5595305 times

  • דָּוִד֙David

    davidH1732999 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H4135510 times

  • הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֔יthe Philistine

    hapelishtiH6430287 times

  • אַתָּה֙you

    ʾatahH8591094 times

  • בָּ֣א[are] coming

    ba'H9352568 times

  • אֵלַ֔יagainst me

    ʾelaiH4135510 times

  • בְּחֶ֖רֶבwith sword

    becherevH2719413 times

  • וּבַחֲנִ֣יתand with spear

    uvachanitH259547 times

  • וּבְכִיד֑וֹןand with javelin

    uvekhidonH3591

  • וְאָנֹכִ֣יand I

    veanokhiH595359 times

  • בָֽא־[am] coming

    va'-H9352568 times

  • אֵלֶ֗יךָagainst you

    ʾeleikhaH4135510 times

  • בְּשֵׁם֙in [the] name of

    beshemH8034864 times

  • יְהוָ֣הYahweh

    yahwehH30686520 times

  • צְבָא֔וֹתof hosts

    tzevaotH6635485 times

  • אֱלֹהֵ֛י[the] God of

    ʾeloheiH4302601 times

  • מַעַרְכ֥וֹת[the] battle lines of

    maarkhotH463419 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לIsrael

    yisraelH34782507 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֥רwhom

    ʾasherH8345497 times

  • חֵרַֽפְתָּ׃you have defied

    cheraftaH277841 times

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

The walk

8 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

    Philippians 4:13

    I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 41:10

      Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My right hand…

    • 2 Corinthians 12:9–10

      But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of…

    • Colossians 1:11

      being strengthened with all power according to His glorious might so that you may have full endurance and patience, and joyfully

    • Ephesians 6:10

      Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power.

    • Isaiah 40:29–31

      He gives power to the faint and increases the strength of the weak.

  • Through

    2 Corinthians 10:4

    The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the world. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.

    it leads to

    • 2 Corinthians 6:7

      in truthful speech and in the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left;

    • Ephesians 6:13–18

      Therefore take up the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you will be able to stand your ground, and having done everything, to stand.

    • Jeremiah 1:10

      See, I have appointed you today over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and plant.”

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

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Bede, Commentary on Samuel; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Books of Samuel and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.