1 Samuel 17:23

And while he was speaking with them, behold the Amessaean advanced, Goliath by name, the Philistine of Geth, of the armies of the Philistines, and he spoke + 17:23 Gr. according to these words. as before, and David heard.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

22And David deposited his burden in the hand of a keeper, and ran to the line, and went and asked his brethren how they Were.

24And all the men of Israel when they saw the man fled from before him, and they were greatly terrified.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 17:8And he stood and cried to the army of Israel, and said to them, Why are ye come forth to set yourselves in battle array against us? Am not I a Philistine, and ye + 17:8 Or, servants, עברי being read as if עברי.Hebrews of Saul? choose for yourselves a man, and let him come down to me.

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 →

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