1 Samuel 17:45

45 Entonces dijo David al filisteo: Tú vienes a mí con espada y lanza y escudo; mas yo vengo a ti en el nombre del SEÑOR de los ejércitos, el Dios de los escuadrones de Israel, que tú has deshonrado

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 Y dijo el filisteo a David: ¿Soy yo un perro para que vengas a mí con palos? Y maldijo a David por sus dioses

44 Dijo luego el filisteo a David: Ven a mí, y daré tu carne a las aves del cielo, y a las bestias del campo

45 Entonces dijo David al filisteo: Tú vienes a mí con espada y lanza y escudo; mas yo vengo a ti en el nombre del SEÑOR de los ejércitos, el Dios de los escuadrones de Israel, que tú has deshonrado

46 El SEÑOR te entregará hoy en mi mano, y yo te venceré, y quitaré tu cabeza de ti; y daré hoy los cuerpos de los filisteos a las aves del cielo y a las bestias de la tierra; y sabrá toda la tierra que hay Dios en Israel

47 Y sabrá toda esta congregación que el SEÑOR no salva con espada y lanza; porque del SEÑOR es la guerra, y él os entregará en nuestras manos