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Selected Verse: 1 Samuel 17:12 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
1Sa 17:12 |
Strong Concordance |
Now David [01732] was the son [01121] of that Ephrathite [0376] [0673] of Bethlehemjudah [01035] [03063], whose name [08034] was Jesse [03448]; and he had eight [08083] sons [01121]: and the man [0376] went [0935] among men [0582] for an old man [02204] in the days [03117] of Saul [07586]. |
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King James |
Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehemjudah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
This and the following verses down to the end of Sa1 17:31 are omitted in the Vatican copy of the Septuagint, as are Sa1 17:55-58. The object of the omission was doubtless to avoid the apparent inconsistency with regard to Saul's acquaintance with David (see Sa1 16:21 note). |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
Old man - Therefore he went not himself to the camp. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
The 12th verse, to the 31st inclusive, are wanting in the Septuagint; as also the 41st verse; and from the 54th to the end; with the first five verses of 1 Samuel 18, and the 9th, 10th, 11th, 17th, 18th, and 19th of the same.
All these parts are found in the Codex Alexandrinus; but it appears that the MS. from which the Codex Alexandrinus was copied, had them not. See observations at the end of this chapter, Sa1 17:58 (note). Dr. Kennicott has rendered it very probable that these portions are not a genuine part of the text.
Notwithstanding what Bishop Warburton and others have done to clear the chronology of the present printed Hebrew, it is impossible to make a clear consistent sense of the history, unless these verses are omitted. Let any one read the eleventh verse in connection with the thirty-second, leave out the forty-first, and connect the fifty-fourth with the sixth of 1 Samuel 18, and he will be perfectly convinced that there is nothing wanting to make the sense complete; to say nothing of the other omissions noted above. If the above be taken in as genuine, the ingenuity of man has hitherto failed to free the whole from apparent contradiction and absurdity. I must confess that where every one else has failed, I have no hope of succeeding: I must, therefore, leave all farther attempts to justify the chronology; and refer to those who have written for and against the genuineness of this part of the common Hebrew text. At the end of the chapter I shall introduce some extracts from Kennicott and Pilkington: and leave the whole with the unprejudiced and discerning reader. |
21 And David [01732] came [0935] to Saul [07586], and stood [05975] before [06440] him: and he loved [0157] him greatly [03966]; and he became his armourbearer [05375] [03627].
55 And when Saul [07586] saw [07200] David [01732] go forth [03318] against [07125] the Philistine [06430], he said [0559] unto Abner [074], the captain [08269] of the host [06635], Abner [074], whose son [01121] is this youth [05288]? And Abner [074] said [0559], As thy soul [05315] liveth [02416], O king [04428], I cannot [0518] tell [03045].
56 And the king [04428] said [0559], Enquire [07592] thou whose son [01121] the stripling [05958] is.
57 And as David [01732] returned [07725] from the slaughter [05221] of the Philistine [06430], Abner [074] took [03947] him, and brought [0935] him before [06440] Saul [07586] with the head [07218] of the Philistine [06430] in his hand [03027].
58 And Saul [07586] said [0559] to him, Whose son [01121] art thou, thou young man [05288]? And David [01732] answered [0559], I am the son [01121] of thy servant [05650] Jesse [03448] the Bethlehemite [01022].
31 And when the words [01697] were heard [08085] which David [01732] spake [01696], they rehearsed [05046] them before [06440] Saul [07586]: and he sent [03947] for him.
58 And Saul [07586] said [0559] to him, Whose son [01121] art thou, thou young man [05288]? And David [01732] answered [0559], I am the son [01121] of thy servant [05650] Jesse [03448] the Bethlehemite [01022].