1 Samuel 17:45

45 David le respondió al filisteo:
—Tú vienes contra mí con espada, lanza y jabalina, pero yo vengo contra ti en nombre del Señor
de los Ejércitos Celestiales, el Dios de los ejércitos de Israel, a quien tú has desafiado.

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 —¿Soy acaso un perro —le rugió a David— para que vengas contra mí con un palo?
Y maldijo a David en nombre de sus dioses.

44 —¡Ven aquí, y les daré tu carne a las aves y a los animales salvajes! —gritó Goliat.

45 David le respondió al filisteo:
—Tú vienes contra mí con espada, lanza y jabalina, pero yo vengo contra ti en nombre del Señor
de los Ejércitos Celestiales, el Dios de los ejércitos de Israel, a quien tú has desafiado.

46 Hoy el Señor
te conquistará, y yo te mataré y te cortaré la cabeza. Y luego daré los cadáveres de tus hombres a las aves y a los animales salvajes, ¡y todo el mundo sabrá que hay un Dios en Israel!

47 Todos los que están aquí reunidos sabrán que el Señor
rescata a su pueblo, pero no con espada ni con lanza. ¡Esta es la batalla del Señor
, y los entregará a ustedes en nuestras manos!