1 Samuel 17:16
And the Philistine came near every morning and evening for forty days.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.
In Context
15Now David went to and from Saul, looking after his father's sheep at Beth-lehem.
Cross References
Matthew 4:2And after going without food for forty days and forty nights, he was in need of it.
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 17:13-31
David Comes to the Camp of Israel. ( b. c. 1060.) 12 Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem-judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul. 13 And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah. 14 And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul. 15 But David went and… Read the whole commentary →