1 Samuel 17:36
Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.
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Gill's Exposition
Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear,.... At different times, and several of them at one time or another; whenever any of them came into the flock, he used to lay hold on them and kill them,…
David is at length presented to Saul for his champion (Sa1 17:31) and he bravely undertakes to fight the Philistine (Sa1 17:32): Let no man's heart fail because of him. It would have reflected too…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
seeing he hath defied, &c. "The trusting heart of God's servant could see no ground for fearing one who came forth to defy Jehovah." Wilberforce's Heroes, p. 242.
The Sept. reads: "Shall I not go and…
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