1 Samuel 17:27

וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ הָעָם כַּדָּבָר הַזֶּה לֵאמֹר כֹּה יֵעָשֶׂה לָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר יַכֶּֽנּוּ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him.

In Context

26וַיֹּאמֶר דָּוִד אֶֽל ־ הָאֲנָשִׁים הָעֹמְדִים עִמּוֹ לֵאמֹר מַה ־ יֵּעָשֶׂה לָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר יַכֶּה אֶת ־ הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי הַלָּז וְהֵסִיר חֶרְפָּה מֵעַל יִשְׂרָאֵל כִּי מִי הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי הֶֽעָרֵל הַזֶּה כִּי חֵרֵף מַעַרְכוֹת אֱלֹהִים חַיִּֽים ׃

28וַיִּשְׁמַע אֱלִיאָב אָחִיו הַגָּדוֹל בְּדַבְּרוֹ אֶל ־ הָאֲנָשִׁים וַיִּֽחַר ־ אַף אֱלִיאָב בְּדָוִד וַיֹּאמֶר ׀ לָמָּה ־ זֶּה יָרַדְתָּ וְעַל ־ מִי נָטַשְׁתָּ מְעַט הַצֹּאן הָהֵנָּה בַּמִּדְבָּר אֲנִי יָדַעְתִּי אֶת ־ זְדֹנְךָ וְאֵת רֹעַ לְבָבֶךָ כִּי לְמַעַן רְאוֹת הַמִּלְחָמָה יָרָֽדְתָּ ׃

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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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