Kings I 17:39

39 And he girt David with his sword over his coat: and he made trial walking once and again: and David said to Saul, I shall not be able to go with these, for I have not proved : so they remove them from him.

Kings I 17:39 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 17

This chapter begins with a prophecy of Elijah, that there should be want of rain for some years to come, and he is directed to go first to the brook Cherith, where he should be fed by ravens, 1Ki 17:1-7, and afterwards he is sent to a widow at Zarephath, where he, she, and her son, were supported for a considerable time with a handful of meal, and a little oil in a cruse miraculously increased, 1Ki 17:8-16, whose son falling sick and dying, he restored to life, 1Ki 17:17-24.

Kings I 17:39 In-Context

37 The Lord who delivered me out of the paw of the lion and out the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this uncircumcised Philistine. And Saul said to David, Go, and the Lord shall be with thee.

38 And Saul clothed David with a military coat, and his brazen helmet on his head.

39 And he girt David with his sword over his coat: and he made trial walking once and again: and David said to Saul, I shall not be able to go with these, for I have not proved : so they remove them from him.

40 And he took his staff in his hand, and he chose for himself five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in the shepherd's scrip which he had for his store, and his sling was in his hand; and he approached the Philistine.

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Footnotes

• [a]. laboured.