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Selected Verse: 1 Samuel 17:51 - Strong Concordance

Verse	Translation	Text
1Sa 17:51	Strong Concordance	Therefore David [01732] ran [07323], and stood [05975] upon the Philistine [06430], and took [03947] his sword [02719], and drew [08025] it out of the sheath [08593] thereof, and slew [04191] him, and cut off [03772] his head [07218] therewith. And when the Philistines [06430] saw [07200] their champion [01368] was dead [04191], they fled [05127].
	King James	Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
cut off his head--not as an evidence of the giant's death, for his slaughter had been effected in presence of the whole army, but as a trophy to be borne to Saul. The heads of slain enemies are always regarded in the East as the most welcome tokens of victory.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

cut off his head--not as an evidence of the giant's death, for his slaughter had been effected in presence of the whole army, but as a trophy to be borne to Saul. The heads of slain enemies are always regarded in the East as the most welcome tokens of victory.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Champion - Quite a different word from that so rendered in Sa1 17:4, Sa1 17:23; better "warrior."

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

Champion - Quite a different word from that so rendered in Sa1 17:4, Sa1 17:23; better "warrior."

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
David took - Hence it appears, that David was not a little man, as many fancy; but a man of considerable bulk and strength, because he was able to manage a giant's sword. The stone threw him down to the earth, and bereaved him of sense and motion; but there remained some life in him, which the sword took away, and so compleated the work. God is greatly glorified, when his proud enemies are cut off with their own sword.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

David took - Hence it appears, that David was not a little man, as many fancy; but a man of considerable bulk and strength, because he was able to manage a giant's sword. The stone threw him down to the earth, and bereaved him of sense and motion; but there remained some life in him, which the sword took away, and so compleated the work. God is greatly glorified, when his proud enemies are cut off with their own sword.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
When the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled - They were panic-struck; and not being willing to fulfill the condition which was stipulated by Goliath, they precipitately left the field. The Israelites took a proper advantage of these circumstances, and totally routed their enemies.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

When the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled - They were panic-struck; and not being willing to fulfill the condition which was stipulated by Goliath, they precipitately left the field. The Israelites took a proper advantage of these circumstances, and totally routed their enemies.

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