This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.
My Notes
Commentary
Trusted original commentary from respected historical Bible scholars and theologians.
Gill's Exposition
This day will the Lord deliver thee into mine hands,.... Of which he was assured by divine inspiration, by the impulse of the Spirit of God upon him; or otherwise he could not have expressed himself…
Adam Clarke
This day will the Lord deliver thee into mine hand - This was a direct and circumstantial prophecy of what did take place.
We are now coming near this famous combat, and have in these verses the preparations and remonstrances made on both sides.
I. The preparations made on both sides for the encounter. The Philistine was…
Cambridge Bible
deliver thee into mine hand Lit. "shut thee up." Cp. Psa 31:8. "David did not rashly and vainly boast beforehand of the victory, as Goliath had done; but being full of faith praised the divine…
Cross References
Related passages throughout Scripture