' 24 And David faid to Saul, Thy ſervant kept his fa- ther's ſheep, and there came a lion and a bear e, and took a {|:lamb out of the flock :
I Or, kid. | e Nor both together, but one after another, at ſeveral times.
25 And 1 went out after him, and {mote him f, and delivered 5: out of his mouth : and when he aroſe againſt
_ me, Teaught bem by his beard,and ſmote him, and ſlew
"him. 'f To wit, the Lyon, as appears by his Beard : which having
- F$&ticularly mentioned, -it was eaſily underſtoed,-and believed, thar
e did the ſame to the Bear ; which therefore it was needleſs to ex-
26. Thy ſervant ſlew both the lion and the bear g :
and this uncircumciſed Philiſtine ſhall' be as one of
them,- ſeing. he hath defied the armies of the living God:
.g This he is probably thought to have done after he was Anointed;-|- when he was endowed with ſingular gifts of God's Spirit 2 and .
among others, with extraordinary courage of Heart, and ſtrength of
Body. : "7 David ſaid moreover, The LORD that delivered
me out of the + paw of the lion, and out of the + paw
SH of the bear, he will deliver me-out of the hand of this 9:29 Philiſtine b And Saul ſaid unto David, Go 3, andthe
LORD be with chee. .
+ His Good-will is the ſame 'to me, that it then was, and his Power is not diminiſhed. # Ir is nbr ſtrange, that Sau! conſents to the Combat, conſidering David's pious 'and convincing Diſcourſe,
rounded upon ſenſible Experience ; and withal; the dangeous con- , 5a of the 1raditiſþ Afffairs, and the abſolute refuſal of all other
clothed,&C. Perſons
38 © And Saul + armed David with his armoug &, |
+ Battel ; which ſeems not to agree with the extraordinary height of
I, S 4 M- O E | Spies Chap. Xvr,
and he put an helmet of braſs upon his head, alſo he armed him with a coat of mail, & Either, 1. With $au/'s own Armour which he uſed to wear in
Saul's Stature, 1 Sam 10, 23- Noris it like that Saul would dij- arm himſelf, when he was going forth to the Battel, v. 20, 2i. Or 2. With Armour taken out of his Armoury, Not that the whoic Army of Sau! was brought into the Field; but that ſome choſen Arms were taken out thence, and brought for any emergent occaſi. on. Or rather, 3. With his Peſtments, or Garments, For 1. Sothe Hebrew Word properly and uſually ſignifies ; and fo this ſame Word is Tranſlated, 1 Sam: 18: 4 2. His Armour is diſtin. guiſhed from this, and is particvlarly deſcribed in the following words. He ſeems therefore to ſpeak of ſome Military Veſtmenrs which were then uſed in War, and were contrived for defence; ſuch as Buff-coats now are»
39 And David girded his ſword upon his armour, and he afſayed to go, for he had not proved i: : and David ſaid unto Saul, I cannot go with theſe : for I have not proved them 1} And David put them off him.
Fg I have no $kill nor experience in the managment of this kind of rms.
40 And he took his ſtaff ms in his hand and choſe him five » ſmooth ſtones o out of the || brook, and put them ||Oc 7, in a ſhepherds + b hich he had 7 Cri *s
1 4 Inepherds | bag which he had, even in a ſcrip, and * Heb: his ſling was 1n his hand p, and hedrew near tothe Phi. liſtine.
_ m His Shepherds Staff. Theſe Arms were in themſelves contemp= tible, yet choſen by David; partly, b-cauſe he had no 5$kill to uſe other Arms; partly, becauſe he had inward aſſurance of the Vito. ry, even by theſe Weapons; and partly, becauſe ſuch a Conqueſt would be moſt honourable to Ged, and moſt ſhameful, and diſcon. raging ro the Philiſiines. » That if one ſhould fail him, he might make uſe of another. o Becauſe ſuch Stones would go moſt freely out of the Sling ; and conſequently, with more force and certain. ty, direttly to the Mark which he aimed at. p This ſort of Wea. pons was not unuſual in the Fights of ancient Times ; and many are rived at great dexterity in ſlinging Stones with great certainty ; of v hich we have inſtances both in Scripture, as Judges 20: 16. and in Dioaorus Siculus, and Livy, and other Authors. ;
41 And the Phililitine came on, and drew near un- . David, and the man that bare the ſhield went before
1M. . | 42 And when the Philiſtine looked about, and faw David, he diſdained him : for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance g.
q Not having ſo much as the countenance of a Martial Perſon;
43 And the Philiſtine ſaid unto David, Am TI a dog, that thou comeſt to me with ſtaves 7? and the Philiſtine curſed David by his gods s.
- r 1.C. WI a _— ug chr Number for the Singular ; as en: 21: 7. and 4637. Fs He prayed that his god D F - roth, &c. .would deſtroy hite. p : nog
44 And the Philiſtine faid to David, Come to me, and I will give thy fleſh to the fowls of the air, and to the beaſts of the field.
Chap-
45 Then faid David to the Philiſtine, Thou comeſt to me with a ſword, and with a ſpear,and with a ſhield: but I come to thee in the name ks LORD of hoſts } -a God of the armies of Iſrael whom thou haſt de:
ed «u,
# 1. e. By a Commiſſion from him, with confidence in hi aſſurance of his Help, and for the Vindication of his _ - In defying that Army and People whereof he is the LORD and
roreEctors :
46 This day will the LORD Þ deliver thee into mine hand, and I will ſmite thee, and take thine head from t Heb-ſv thee, and I will give the carcaſes of the hot of the Phi. !** *: liſtines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beaſts of the earth, that all the earth may know that * there is a God in Ifrael x. * » King
x Heb. That God, the only true God, is ; , a ee ce AY COS 2s Gat or en Bore 1
one who is able to help them ; and not ſuch an impotent Idol as you ſerve.
47 And all thisaſſembly ſhall know, that the LORD ſaveth not with ſword and ſpear y, ( for the bat- tel s the LORD'S xz, ) and he will give you into our hands 4.
y i. 6. That he can ſave without theſe Arms, and with the moſt contemptible Weapons, ſuch as mine ſeem to thee. z i. e. The Events of War are wholly in his Power, to give Succeſs to whom and by what means he pleaſeth. a David ſpeaks thus confidently, becauſe he was aſſured of it by a particular Inſpiration from God.
48 And it came to paſs, when the Philiſtine a- roſe, and:came, and drew nigh to meet David, that David haſted, and ran toward the army to meet the Philiſtine. it;
49 'And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a ſtone, and ſlang ir, and ſmote the Philiſtine in his fore-head,that the ſtone ſunk into his fore-head b, and he fell upon his face tothe earth.