1 Samuel 17:1

1 Samuel 17:1

David and Goliath

1 Now the Philistines gathered their armies together to battle, and were gathered at ^aSochoh, which belongs to Judah; they encamped between Sochoh and Azekah, in Ephes Dammim.

2 And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and they encamped in the Valley of Elah, and drew up in battle array against the Philistines.

3 The Philistines stood on a mountain on one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side, with a valley between them.

4 And a champion went out from the camp of the Philistines, named ^aGoliath, from ^bGath, whose height was six cubits and a span.

5 He had a bronze helmet on his head, and he was¹ armed with a coat of mail, and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of bronze.

Commentaries:

John Wesley's Notes

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Gathered, etc. - Probably they had heard, that Samuel had forsaken Saul, and that Saul himself was unfit for business. The enemies of the church are watchful to take all advantages, and they never have greater advantage, than when her protectors have provoked God's Spirit and prophets to leave them.

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