1 Samuel 17:45

45 David dit au Philistin: Tu marches contre moi avec l'épée, la lance et le javelot; et moi, je marche contre toi au nom de l'Eternel des armées, du Dieu de l'armée d'Israël, que tu as insultée.

1 Samuel 17:45 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 17:45

Then said David to the Philistine
In answer to the contempt he held him in, and to the threatening words he gave him:

thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield;
the word for "shield" is not the same with that so rendered, ( 1 Samuel 17:41 ) ; which his armourbearer carried before him, but with that translated a "target", which was between his shoulders, ( 1 Samuel 17:6 ) ; however, they were all weapons of war, either defensive or offensive:

but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the
armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied;
the Lord of all hosts, in heaven and in earth in general, and in particular the God of the armies of Israel; which he was at the head of, led on, protected and defended, having a kind and merciful regard unto them, and which this Philistine had defied, reproached, and blasphemed; and now David was come, by a commission from this great Jehovah, to vindicate his honour, and to avenge his people on him: he had asked for a man, and now the Lord of hosts, as the Jews ^F12 observe, comes forth as a man of war, for the battle was his, as in ( 1 Samuel 17:47 ) ; and David was his messenger, and came in his name, and was the man into whose hands he should be given.

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FOOTNOTES:

F12 T. Bab. Sotah, fol. 42. 2.

1 Samuel 17:45 In-Context

43 Le Philistin dit à David: Suis-je un chien, pour que tu viennes à moi avec des bâtons? Et, après l'avoir maudit par ses dieux,

44 il ajouta: Viens vers moi, et je donnerai ta chair aux oiseaux du ciel et aux bêtes des champs.

45 David dit au Philistin: Tu marches contre moi avec l'épée, la lance et le javelot; et moi, je marche contre toi au nom de l'Eternel des armées, du Dieu de l'armée d'Israël, que tu as insultée.

46 Aujourd'hui l'Eternel te livrera entre mes mains, je t'abattrai et je te couperai la tête; aujourd'hui je donnerai les cadavres du camp des Philistins aux oiseaux du ciel et aux animaux de la terre. Et toute la terre saura qu'Israël a un Dieu.

47 Et toute cette multitude saura que ce n'est ni par l'épée ni par la lance que l'Eternel sauve. Car la victoire appartient à l'Eternel. Et il vous livre entre nos mains.