Kings I 17:8

8 And he stood and cried to the army of Israel, and said to them, Why are ye come forth to set yourselves in battle array against us? Am not I a Philistine, and ye Hebrews of Saul? Choose for yourselves a man, and let him come down to me.

Kings I 17:8 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 17:8

And the word of the Lord came unto him
As before, after he had been a year at the brook, and that was dried up:

saying;
as follows.

Kings I 17:8 In-Context

6 And greaves of grass upon his legs, and a brazen target between his shoulders.

7 And the staff of his spear like a weaver's beam, and the spear's head of six hundred shekels of iron; and his armour-bearer went before him.

8 And he stood and cried to the army of Israel, and said to them, Why are ye come forth to set yourselves in battle array against us? Am not I a Philistine, and ye Hebrews of Saul? Choose for yourselves a man, and let him come down to me.

9 And if he shall be able to fight against me, and shall smite me, then will we be your servants: but if I should prevail and smite him, ye shall be our servants, and serve us.

10 And the Philistine said, Behold, I have defied the armies of Israel this very day: give me a man, and we will both of us fight in single combat.

Footnotes

• [a] servants, ???? being read as if ????.