1 Samuel 17:25

25 Algunos decían: «¿Ven a ese hombre que sale a desafiar a Israel? A quien lo venza y lo mate, el rey lo colmará de riquezas. Además, le dará su hija como esposa, y su familia quedará exenta de impuestos aquí en Israel».

1 Samuel 17:25 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 17:25

And the men of Israel said
To one another:

have ye seen this man that is come up?
taken notice of him, and observed him?

surely to defy Israel is he come up;
to challenge them to fight with him, and upbraid them with cowardice that they did not:

and it shall be [that] the man who killeth him;
this, and what follows, they said to encourage any person to engage with him, though none of them cared to encounter him themselves:

the king will enrich him with great riches;
give him a large gratuity, make a present of a great sum of money to him:

and will give him his daughter to be his wife,
in like manner as Caleb promised to give his daughter in marriage to the person that should take Kirjathsepher, ( Judges 1:12 ) ;

and make his father's house free in Israel;
from all tributes, taxes, levies, impositions, king's service, and duty; or, as the Targum,

``make his father's house freemen, nobles;''

raise it to the rank of nobility.

1 Samuel 17:25 In-Context

23 Mientras conversaban, Goliat, el gran guerrero filisteo de Gat, salió de entre las filas para repetir su desafío, y David lo oyó.

24 Cada vez que los israelitas veían a Goliat huían despavoridos.

25 Algunos decían: «¿Ven a ese hombre que sale a desafiar a Israel? A quien lo venza y lo mate, el rey lo colmará de riquezas. Además, le dará su hija como esposa, y su familia quedará exenta de impuestos aquí en Israel».

26 David preguntó a los que estaban con él:—¿Qué dicen que le darán a quien mate a ese filisteo y salve así el honor de Israel? ¿Quién se cree este filisteo pagano, que se atreve a desafiar al ejército del Dios viviente?

27 —Al que lo mate —repitieron— se le dará la recompensa anunciada.