1 Samuel 17:27

27 And the people gave him this answer, So it will be done to the man who overcomes him.

1 Samuel 17:27 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 17:27

And the people answered him after this manner
Told him what was proposed to be done in honour to the man that should attempt to kill him, and succeed:

saying, so shall it be done to the man that killeth him;
as before related, that he should be enriched, marry the king's daughter, and his family be ennobled, ( 1 Samuel 17:25 ) .

1 Samuel 17:27 In-Context

25 And the men of Israel said, Have you seen this man? Clearly he has come out to put shame on Israel: and it is certain that if any man overcomes him, the king will give that man great wealth, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's family free in Israel.

26 And David said to the men near him, What will be done to the man who overcomes this Philistine and takes away the shame from Israel? for who is this Philistine, a man without circumcision, that he has put shame on the armies of the living God?

27 And the people gave him this answer, So it will be done to the man who overcomes him.

28 And Eliab, his oldest brother, hearing what David said to the men, was moved to wrath against David, and said, Why have you come here? Into whose care have you given that little flock of sheep in the waste land? I have knowledge of your pride and the evil of your heart, you have come down to see the fight.

29 And David said, What have I done now? was it not only a word?