1 Samuel 17:31

31 Então, ouvidas as palavras que Davi falara, foram elas referidas a Saul, que mandou chamá-lo.

1 Samuel 17:31 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 17:31

And when the words were heard which David spake
To one, and to another, and these reported to other persons, and so they went from one to another through many hands:

they rehearsed [them] before Saul;
coming to the ears of some of his courtiers and counsellors, or officers about him, they told him what such an one had said:

and he sent for him;
to his tent or pavilion where he was, to talk with him on this subject. The whole of ( 1 Samuel 17:11-31 ) is wanting in the Septuagint version, according to the Vatican exemplar; and these "twenty" verses are thought, by some F5, to be an interpolation; and it must be owned there are difficulties in them, and that the connection of ( 1 Samuel 17:11 ) with the following is very clear and consistent, as also is ( 1 Samuel 17:50 ) left out in the same version; and likewise the last four of the chapter, ( 1 Samuel 17:55-58 ) , and five with which the next begins, ( 1 Samuel 18:1-5 ) .


FOOTNOTES:

F5 See Dr. Kennicott's Dissert. 2. p. 418

1 Samuel 17:31 In-Context

29 Respondeu Davi: Que fiz eu agora? porventura não há razão para isso?
30 E virou-se dele para outro, e repetiu as suas perguntas; e o povo lhe respondeu como da primeira vez.
31 Então, ouvidas as palavras que Davi falara, foram elas referidas a Saul, que mandou chamá-lo.
32 E Davi disse a Saul: Não desfaleça o coração de ninguém por causa dele; teu servo irá, e pelejará contra este filisteu.
33 Saul, porém, disse a Davi: Não poderás ir contra esse filisteu para pelejar com ele, pois tu ainda és moço, e ele homem de guerra desde a sua mocidade.
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