1 Samuel 17:16
And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
And the Philistine drew near morning and evening,.... Twice a day he came near the camp, within the hearing of it. The Jews (w) say, he took those seasons on purpose to disturb them in reading their…
Forty days the two armies lay encamped facing one another, each advantageously posted, but neither forward to engage. Either they were parleying and treating of an accommodation or they were waiting…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
And the Philistine, &c. This remark resumes the narrative of vv, 4 11, with the additional information that Goliath's defiance was repeated for a considerable time, and so prepares the way for what…