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Selected Verse: 1 Samuel 17:54 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 1Sa 17:54 |
King James |
And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armour in his tent. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| tent--the sacred tabernacle. David dedicated the sword of Goliath as a votive offering to the Lord. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Jerusalem - See Jdg 1:8 note.
His tent - Perhaps the tabernacle. David had neither tent nor house of his own. It would be quite in accordance with David's piety that he should immediately dedicate to God the arms taken from the Philistine, in acknowledgment that the victory was not his own but the Lord's (compare Sa1 21:9). His tabernacle, meaning the tabernacle which he had pitched (Sa2 6:17; compare Act 15:16). |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| David took the head of the Philistine - It has been already remarked that this, with the following verses, and the five first verses of the eighteenth chapter, are omitted by the Septuagint. See the observations at the end, Sa1 17:58 (note). |
16 After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up:
17 And they brought in the ark of the LORD, and set it in his place, in the midst of the tabernacle that David had pitched for it: and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.
9 And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take it: for there is no other save that here. And David said, There is none like that; give it me.
8 Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.
58 And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, thou young man? And David answered, I am the son of thy servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.