1 Samuel 17:9

אִם ־ יוּכַל לְהִלָּחֵם אִתִּי וְהִכָּנִי וְהָיִינוּ לָכֶם לַעֲבָדִים וְאִם ־ אֲנִי אֽוּכַל ־ לוֹ וְהִכִּיתִיו וִהְיִיתֶם לָנוּ לַעֲבָדִים וַעֲבַדְתֶּם אֹתָֽנוּ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your servants: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve us.

In Context

8וַֽיַּעֲמֹד וַיִּקְרָא אֶל ־ מַעַרְכֹת יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיֹּאמֶר לָהֶם לָמָּה תֵצְאוּ לַעֲרֹךְ מִלְחָמָה הֲלוֹא אָנֹכִי הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי וְאַתֶּם עֲבָדִים לְשָׁאוּל בְּרוּ ־ לָכֶם אִישׁ וְיֵרֵד אֵלָֽי ׃

10וַיֹּאמֶר הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי אֲנִי חֵרַפְתִּי אֶת ־ מַעַרְכוֹת יִשְׂרָאֵל הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה תְּנוּ ־ לִי אִישׁ וְנִֽלָּחֲמָה יָֽחַד ׃

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Cross References

1 Samuel 11:1וַיַּעַל נָחָשׁ הָֽעַמּוֹנִי וַיִּחַן עַל ־ יָבֵשׁ גִּלְעָד וַיֹּאמְרוּ כָּל ־ אַנְשֵׁי יָבֵישׁ אֶל ־ נָחָשׁ כְּרָת ־ לָנוּ בְרִית וְנַעַבְדֶֽךָּ ׃

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 17:2-12

Goliath's Challenge to Israel. ( b. c. 1060.) 1 Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim. 2 And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines. 3 And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between… Read the whole commentary →

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