Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 17:11

11 Sǎoluó hé Yǐsèliè zhòngrén tīngjian Fēilìshì rén de zhèxie huà , jiù jīng huáng , jíqí haìpà .

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 17:11 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 17:11

When Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine,
&c.] For they were delivered with such a tone and strength of voice, as to be heard very generally, at least by many, and which soon was reported through the whole army:

they were dismayed, and greatly afraid;
which may seem strange, when there were so many valiant men among them, as Saul himself, who had behaved with so much courage against the Ammonites, Philistines, and Amalekites; but now the Spirit of God was departed from him, and he was become timorous and fearful; and though he was much better than he had been, yet still he was not the man of spirit and resolution as before: there was also Abner, the general of his army, a very valiant man, a great man in Israel, and yet appears not on this occasion; and, what is more wonderful, Jonathan the son of Saul was present, as appears from ( 1 Samuel 18:1 ) who had not only smitten a garrison of the Philistines, but with one man more only had attacked another garrison, and routed the whole army of the Philistines, and yet now shows not his head against a single man: so it is when God cuts off the spirits of princes, or takes away their courage; victory over this man, and the glory of it, were reserved for David; and all this fear and dread throughout the armies of Israel were suffered, that he might appear the more glorious.

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 17:11 In-Context

9 Tā ruò néng yǔ wǒ zhàn dǒu , jiāng wǒ shā sǐ , wǒmen jiù zuò nǐmen de púrén . wǒ ruò shēng le tā , jiāng tā shā sǐ , nǐmen jiù zuò wǒmen de púrén , fúshì wǒmen .

10 Nà Fēilìshì rén yòu shuō , wǒ jīnrì xiàng Yǐsèliè rén de jūnduì mà zhèn . nǐmen jiào yī gèrén chūlai , yǔ wǒ zhàn dǒu .

11 Sǎoluó hé Yǐsèliè zhòngrén tīngjian Fēilìshì rén de zhèxie huà , jiù jīng huáng , jíqí haìpà .

12 Dàwèi shì Yóudà , Bólìhéng de Yǐfǎtā rén Yēxī de érzi . Yēxī yǒu bā gè érzi . dāng Sǎoluó de shíhou , Yēxī yǐjing lǎomaì .

13 Yēxī de sān gè dà érzi gēnsuí Sǎoluó chū zhēng . zhè chū zhēng de sān gè érzi , zhǎngzǐ míng jiào Yǐlì yē , cì zǐ míng jiào yà bǐ ná dá , sān zǐ míng jiào Shāmǎ .