ning, and preſented himſelf fourty days. $ors 17 And Jeſſe ſaid unto David his ſon, Take now
for thy brethren an Ephah of this parched torn m,
and theſe ten loaves, and Þ run to the camp to thy bre- 4 rxey*
thren.
m A Food then much in uſe, which ter, or Milk, or Oyl;'&c. $-56:55Þ] BE 18 And carry theſe ten | cheeſes unto the captain of + Heb. their thouſand », and look how thy brethren fare, and cbe(es of.
take their pledge 0. VET Wes. | " milk,
» In whoſe Power jt was in a great meaſure, either to. preſerys
3.
' carrythers they uſed to mix with Was ruming.
t Heb. . captain of 4 token of their welfare from them. thouſand.
19 Now Saul, and they, and all the men of If. rael were in the valley of Elah; fighting with the Phili- {tines p.
p 7. e. In a poſture and readineſs to fight with them; as it is ex- plained, v.20, 21, Menare oft ſaid in Scripture, to do whar they intend, and arc prepared to do;z as;bath been thewed formerly by in« ſtances. Wa. ys are;
20 And David roſe up early inthe morning, and oye the ſheep with a keeper, and took, and wenr as Jeſſe had commanded-him : - and he came to the || trench 9 as the hoſt was going forth co the || fight, and ſhaue-7F ;6; care ed r for the battel, : | 3 2 riage.
q i.e, To the Camp or Army which was there Latrenghed. Ref In bat- the marmer was, both to animate themſelves, and to terrifie- their tel: ray, or
{! Or, place
Enemies»
p= lace 0 5 And he had an helmet of braſs'upon his head; | 21 For Ifraeland the Philiſtines had put the batel in fete. F Lg and he was f armed with a coat of mail: .and che faray, army againſt army- Bf ES: ditbed, weight ' of -the coat was five thoutand* fhehkels e af. , 22 'And David left his F carriage s'in the hand of the + Heb. he | braſs» Hf: | | {keeper of the carriage, and ran into the army, and came veſſels from a rt goat Sept rf Dues nl} ured hiabrgkeen, 1} FR Pounds. Which weight is not unſuitable #55 of fiich vatt|= f gf fee Ga el p ad bronghes ph Ayn _ avked his greatnels and ſtrength as his Height ſpeaks hitn ro be.” © 14 fo Pas _—_ Aria ix ky, y Fo Cm; Co FTE: CUM brethren of, , 6 And he had greaves of brafs upon Riglegs : and a; %P the ON { the Philif ige. of Gath, Goliah by peace,” * 1 Hb, || target af brals berween his ſhoulders. Fees ) our of cl; : frmies of he'P biliſtines, and fpake gdrxce. 7 And the ſtaff of his ſpear was like a weavers | according tothe fame words : abt David heard thew. T Heb beam F, and his ſpears! # head weighed ſix hundred | 24 And all the men of Hraghwhen they ſaw the man, _ Jhekels of iron, and one bearing a' ſhield wept before D897, ram bm, and were lore afraid. . tHebfrom Bb. * 11, DIM. . Tas CIT Bfy 1 A DU0N {BF the-men :ot {{rael faid, Have ye ſzen this his faces
f On which the! Weavers fiſten their Web, ! fe vvas like: this for thickae(s ; and for lengrh, that tzezomirs,” as eaile to be colle&ted by Proportion. tg rh; reſt; And: though the whale weight' of Goliab's
man that'is come up #: - fyrely* to defie Tirael is he come up 3 "and it fhaft be that the man who' killech him, the |
Armour may icem prodigious; yer it is not ſo much by far, as one
King will: engich him * wigh great riches, and * will * Joſh, 5, | *+-Y | -PIVE IS. 16.
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+ Heb. zook him.
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+ Heb:
with his clothens
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4m Iſrael.
' and ſign of the departure 0
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've him his daughter, and make his fathers houſe free
ble, that Saulin his great Diſtreſs, doth not encou- od i ent in God, nor ſeek his counſel or favour by Prayers and
Relief from Men only. This was one effe&t ls yn ore deny f God's Spirit _ him; #« Free from all
thoſe Tributes and Charges which ether the Court or the Camp 1e- quired.
26 And David ſpake to the men that ſtood by him, ſaying, What (hall be done to the man that killeth this Philiſtine, and taketh away the reproach from Ifrae]: for who & this uncircumciſed Philiſtine, that he ſhould defie the armies of the living God x ? ;
& Why ſhould you all be thus diſmayed at him ? he is but a Man,
F an accurſed Race, 2 Stranger and Enemy to GOD, and | - fand before them who have the Living and Almigh-
© "ry GOD for their Strength and Refuge ?
And the people anſwered him after this manner, Ging: SO ſball it be done unto the man that killeth
— q And Eliab his eldeſt brother heard when he ſpake unto the men, and Eliab's anger was kindled a- oainſt David y, and he {aid, Why cameſt thou down kither? and with whom haſt thou left thoſe few ſheep in the wilderneſs 2? I know thy pride, and the naugh- tineſs of thine heart # ; for thou art come down that
thou mighteſt ſes the batte]l. | | |
y Either becauſe he thought him guilty of intollerable Folly, and Pride, and Prefumption, in pretending toſuch an Attempt: or be. cauſe he feared and concluded he would be certainly Ruined in the Enterprize 2 or rather, becauſe he envied him the glory of ſo great an Undertaking; and rook this proffer of David's to be, what indeed it was, a Reproach to himſelf, and ro all the reſt, that having the great God on their ſide, had not the Faith or Courage to fight with him. 2 Thou art much fitcer to tend Sheep, than to appear in an Army) or to fight with a Giant. Thy ſelf-confidence, and vain-
lory, and curioſity. __
y is And David ſaid, What have I now done ? 7s there
not a cauſe b ?
b Either, 1. Of my coming : My Father ſent me on an Errand. Or rather, 2. Of my thus ſpeaking : Is there not Reaſon in whar I ſay? Is this Giant Invincible ? is our God unable to Oppoſe him, and Subdue .him ? :
'-20 © And he turned from him towards another,and ſpake after the ſame F manner c: and the people an- wered him again after the former manner.
c For being ſecretly moved by God's Spirit to undertake the .Combar, he ſpeaks with divers Perſons about it, that ſo it might "come to the Kivg's ear» . ;
.---2x And when the. words were heard which David ſpake, they rehearſed hem before Saul: and he t ſent
32 © And David ſaid to Saul, Let no mans heart fail
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"begs c of him: thy ſervant will go and fight with this
\ Philiſtine.
1343: And Saul ſaid to. David, Thou art not able to
£0 againſt this Philiſtine co fight with him : for thou
art but a youth 4, and he a man of war from his
uth. 4 Either, 1. For Age, to wit, comparatively to Geliah, being
- now not much above 20 years old, as is ſuppoſed. Or rarher, 2.For - Military $kill, as che words following explainit ; as if he ſhould ſay,
Thou art but a Novicey a raw and unexperienced Soldier, and
- therefore unable to Fight with him-