David added, "The LORD, who delivered me from the claws of the lion and the bear, will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine." "Go," said Saul, "and may the LORD be with you." David addedThis phrase indicates a continuation of David's speech, suggesting a building of confidence and faith. The Hebrew root for "added" is "yasaph," which means to increase or do again. This reflects David's growing assurance in God's deliverance, as he recounts past victories. It is a reminder of the importance of testimony in strengthening faith. The LORD
The term "LORD" is translated from the Hebrew "Yahweh," the covenant name of God, emphasizing His eternal, self-existent nature. This name is a reminder of God's faithfulness and His personal relationship with His people. David's use of "Yahweh" underscores his reliance on God's covenant promises. who delivered me
The Hebrew word for "delivered" is "natsal," meaning to snatch away or rescue. This word choice highlights God's active role in David's past experiences. It is a powerful reminder that God is a deliverer, actively involved in the lives of His people, providing rescue and salvation. from the paw of the lion and the paw of the bear
The imagery of the "paw" signifies danger and power. Lions and bears were common predators in ancient Israel, representing formidable threats. David's past victories over these animals serve as tangible evidence of God's protection and power, reinforcing the theme of divine deliverance. will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine
The phrase "will deliver" is a declaration of faith, rooted in the same Hebrew word "natsal." The "hand" symbolizes control or power, and the "Philistine" represents the immediate threat, Goliath. David's confidence in future deliverance is based on God's past faithfulness, illustrating the principle of trusting God in the face of overwhelming odds. Go
Saul's response, "Go," signifies permission and perhaps a reluctant endorsement. The Hebrew "yalak" implies movement or proceeding with purpose. Saul's consent, despite his initial doubts, reflects a turning point where he acknowledges David's faith and courage. and may the LORD be with you
This blessing from Saul, using "Yahweh," invokes God's presence and favor. It is a traditional expression of support and hope for divine assistance. Saul's words, though perhaps lacking the depth of David's faith, still recognize the necessity of God's presence for success. Persons / Places / Events 1. DavidA young shepherd who later becomes the king of Israel. Known for his faith in God and his courage, David is the central figure in this passage, expressing his trust in God's deliverance. 2. SaulThe first king of Israel, who is hesitant about David's ability to face Goliath but ultimately allows him to go, expressing a blessing over him. 3. The LORD (Yahweh)The covenant name of God, emphasizing His faithfulness and power to deliver His people. 4. The Lion and the BearPast adversaries that David faced while tending his father's sheep, symbolizing God's past faithfulness and deliverance. 5. The Philistine (Goliath)The giant warrior challenging Israel, representing a formidable enemy that David is preparing to confront with God's help. Teaching Points Faith in God's Past DeliveranceDavid's confidence is rooted in his past experiences of God's faithfulness. Reflect on how God has delivered you in the past to strengthen your faith for current challenges. Courage to Face GiantsLike David, we are called to face our "giants" with courage, trusting in God's power rather than our own strength. God's Presence in TrialsSaul's blessing, "may the LORD be with you," reminds us that God's presence is crucial when facing life's battles. Preparation through Past ExperiencesDavid's encounters with the lion and the bear prepared him for Goliath. Consider how God might be using your current circumstances to prepare you for future challenges. The Role of Leadership and EncouragementSaul's eventual support of David highlights the importance of leaders encouraging those they lead to trust in God. Bible Study Questions 1. How does David's past experience with the lion and the bear influence his confidence in facing Goliath? Reflect on a time when past experiences have prepared you for a current challenge. 2. In what ways can we cultivate a faith like David's that trusts in God's deliverance? Consider other biblical figures who demonstrated similar faith. 3. How does Saul's response to David's faith challenge or encourage you in your role as a leader or mentor? 4. What "giants" are you currently facing, and how can you apply David's example of faith and courage to your situation? 5. How can the assurance of God's presence, as seen in Saul's blessing to David, impact your approach to difficult situations? Consider other scriptures that emphasize God's presence with His people. Connections to Other Scriptures Psalm 23David's confidence in God's protection and guidance as a shepherd is echoed in this psalm, where he describes the LORD as his shepherd. Hebrews 11This chapter highlights the faith of various biblical figures, including David, emphasizing trust in God's promises and deliverance. 2 Timothy 4:17-18Paul speaks of the Lord standing by him and delivering him from every evil attack, paralleling David's confidence in God's deliverance. People Abinadab, Abner, David, Elah, Eliab, Ephah, Goliath, Israelites, Jesse, Saul, ShammahPlaces Azekah, Bethlehem, Ekron, Ephes-dammim, Gath, Jerusalem, Shaaraim, Socoh, Valley of ElahTopics Bear, David, Deliver, Delivered, Grip, Hands, Kept, Lion, Moreover, Paw, Philistine, Safe, Saul, SaviourDictionary of Bible Themes 1 Samuel 17:37 1320 God, as Saviour
5766 attitudes, to life
6634 deliverance
8031 trust, importance
8214 confidence, basis of 1 Samuel 17:20-51 5658 boys 1 Samuel 17:32-47 8024 faith, and blessings 1 Samuel 17:32-54 5086 David, rise of 1 Samuel 17:34-37 4666 lion
5854 experience, of God 1 Samuel 17:34-50 8202 boldness 1 Samuel 17:34-51 5088 David, character 1 Samuel 17:36-40 8421 equipping, physical Library The victory of Unarmed Faith
'And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him; thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine. 33. And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth. 34. And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock; 35. And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he …
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy ScriptureApril the Thirtieth the Test of victory
"David behaveth himself wisely." --1 SAMUEL xvii. 55--xviii. 5. The hour of victory is a more severe moral test than the hour of defeat. Many a man can brave the perils of adversity who succumbs to the seductions of prosperity. He can stand the cold better than the heat! He is enriched by failure, but "spoilt by success." To test the real quality of a man, let us regard him just when he has slain Goliath! "David behaved himself wisely"! He was not "eaten up with pride." He developed no "side." …
John Henry Jowett—My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year April the Twenty-Ninth the Mood of Triumph
"I come to thee in the name of the Lord of Hosts." --1 SAMUEL xvii. 38-54. The man who comes up to his foes with this assurance will fight and win. Reasonable confidence is one of the most important weapons in the warrior's armoury. Fear is always wasteful. The man who calmly expects to win has already begun to conquer. Our mood has so much to do with our might. And therefore does the Word of God counsel us to attend to our dispositions, lest, having carefully collected our material implements, …
John Henry Jowett—My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year The Call of David.
"So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone."--1 Samuel xvii. 50. These words, which are taken from the chapter which you heard read just now in the course of the Service[1], declare the victory which David, the man after God's own heart, gained over Goliath, who came out of the army of the Philistines to defy the Living God; and they declare the manner of his gaining it. He gained it with a sling and with a stone; that is, by means, which to man might seem weak and …
John Henry Newman—Parochial and Plain Sermons, Vol. VIII How David Prevailed.
"So David prevailed over the Philistine!"--1 SAMUEL xvii. 50. Yes, he did, but he would not have done so if he had remained as quiet as the other Israelites. David was one of those who could not be easy so long as the enemies of his country were in the ascendant. To see a Philistine strutting about, defying the armies of the living God, was more than he could bear. Is not this the spirit which should animate Christians to-day? It is not one GOLIATH merely, there are many. DRUNKENNESS, PROFANITY, …
Thomas Champness—Broken Bread Knox -- the First Temptation of Christ
John Knox, the great Scottish reformer, was born at Giffordgate, four miles from Haddington, Scotland, in 1505. He first made his appearance as a preacher in Edinburgh, where he thundered against popery, but was imprisoned and sent to the galleys in 1546. In 1547 Edward VI secured his release and made him a royal chaplain, when he acquired the friendship of Cranmer and other reformers. On the accession of Mary (1553) he took refuge on the Continent. In 1556 he accepted the charge of a church in Geneva, …
Various—The World's Great Sermons, Volume I Hwochow Women's Bible Training School
COURSE OF STUDY FIRST TERM Book of Genesis. Gospel according to St. Luke or St. Mark. Acts of the Apostles, chapters i. to ix. "A Synopsis of the Central Themes of the Holy Bible." Reading Lessons, with necessary Explanation and Writing of Chinese Character. Arithmetic. Singing and Memorisation of Hymns. SECOND TERM Book of Exodus, Numbers, and 1 Samuel i. to xvi. The Gospel according to St. John. The Epistle of St James. "A Synopsis of the Central Themes of the Holy Bible"--(continued). Reading …
A. Mildred Cable—The Fulfilment of a Dream of Pastor Hsi's He Does Battle for the Faith; He Restores Peace among those who were at Variance; He Takes in Hand to Build a Stone Church.
57. (32). There was a certain clerk in Lismore whose life, as it is said, was good, but his faith not so. He was a man of some knowledge in his own eyes, and dared to say that in the Eucharist there is only a sacrament and not the fact[718] of the sacrament, that is, mere sanctification and not the truth of the Body. On this subject he was often addressed by Malachy in secret, but in vain; and finally he was called before a public assembly, the laity however being excluded, in order that if it were …
H. J. Lawlor—St. Bernard of Clairvaux's Life of St. Malachy of Armagh The Shepherd-King
'And the Lord said unto Samuel, How long wilt them mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel! fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Beth-lehemite: for I have provided Me a king among his sons. 2. And Samuel said, How can I go? If Saul hear it, he will kill me. And the Lord said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the Lord. 3. And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show thee what thou shalt do: and thou shalt anoint …
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture Temporal Advantages.
"We brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. And having food and raiment let us be therewith content."--1 Tim. vi. 7, 8. Every age has its own special sins and temptations. Impatience with their lot, murmuring, grudging, unthankfulness, discontent, are sins common to men at all times, but I suppose one of those sins which belongs to our age more than to another, is desire of a greater portion of worldly goods than God has given us,--ambition and covetousness …
John Henry Newman—Parochial and Plain Sermons, Vol. VII The Quotation in Matt. Ii. 6.
Several interpreters, Paulus especially, have asserted that the interpretation of Micah which is here given, was that of the Sanhedrim only, and not of the Evangelist, who merely recorded what happened and was said. But this assertion is at once refuted when we consider the object which Matthew has in view in his entire representation of the early life of Jesus. His object in recording the early life of Jesus is not like that of Luke, viz., to communicate historical information to his readers. …
Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg—Christology of the Old Testament The Blessing of Jacob Upon Judah. (Gen. Xlix. 8-10. )
Ver. 8. "Judah, thou, thy brethren shall praise thee; thy hand shall be on the neck of thine enemies; before thee shall bow down the sons of thy father. Ver. 9. A lion's whelp is Judah; from the prey, my son, thou goest up; he stoopeth down, he coucheth as a lion, and as a full-grown lion, who shall rouse him up? Ver. 10. The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come, and unto Him the people shall adhere." Thus does dying Jacob, in announcing …
Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg—Christology of the Old Testament Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners:
A BRIEF AND FAITHFUL RELATION OF THE EXCEEDING MERCY OF GOD IN CHRIST TO HIS POOR SERVANT, JOHN BUNYAN; WHEREIN IS PARTICULARLY SHOWED THE MANNER OF HIS CONVERSION, HIS SIGHT AND TROUBLE FOR SIN, HIS DREADFUL TEMPTATIONS, ALSO HOW HE DESPAIRED OF GOD'S MERCY, AND HOW THE LORD AT LENGTH THROUGH CHRIST DID DELIVER HIM FROM ALL THE GUILT AND TERROR THAT LAY UPON HIM. Whereunto is added a brief relation of his call to the work of the ministry, of his temptations therein, as also what he hath met with …
John Bunyan—The Works of John Bunyan Volumes 1-3 Man's Chief End
Q-I: WHAT IS THE CHIEF END OF MAN? A: Man's chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him for ever. Here are two ends of life specified. 1: The glorifying of God. 2: The enjoying of God. I. The glorifying of God, I Pet 4:4: That God in all things may be glorified.' The glory of God is a silver thread which must run through all our actions. I Cor 10:01. Whether therefore ye eat or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.' Everything works to some end in things natural and artificial; …
Thomas Watson—A Body of Divinity Samuel
Alike from the literary and the historical point of view, the book[1] of Samuel stands midway between the book of Judges and the book of Kings. As we have already seen, the Deuteronomic book of Judges in all probability ran into Samuel and ended in ch. xii.; while the story of David, begun in Samuel, embraces the first two chapters of the first book of Kings. The book of Samuel is not very happily named, as much of it is devoted to Saul and the greater part to David; yet it is not altogether inappropriate, …
John Edgar McFadyen—Introduction to the Old Testament Links 1 Samuel 17:37 NIV1 Samuel 17:37 NLT1 Samuel 17:37 ESV1 Samuel 17:37 NASB1 Samuel 17:37 KJV
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