1 Samuel 17:45

45 David le contestó:—Tú vienes contra mí con espada, lanza y jabalina, pero yo vengo a ti en el nombre del SEÑORTodopoderoso, el Dios de los ejércitos de Israel, a quien 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 le dijo:—¿Soy acaso un perro para que vengas a atacarme con palos?Y maldiciendo a David en nombre de sus dioses,

44 añadió:—¡Ven acá, que les voy a echar tu carne a las aves del cielo y a las fieras del campo!

45 David le contestó:—Tú vienes contra mí con espada, lanza y jabalina, pero yo vengo a ti en el nombre del SEÑORTodopoderoso, el Dios de los ejércitos de Israel, a quien has desafiado.

46 Hoy mismo el SEÑOR te entregará en mis manos; y yo te mataré y te cortaré la cabeza. Hoy mismo echaré los cadáveres del ejército filisteo a las aves del cielo y a las fieras del campo, y todo el mundo sabrá que hay un Dios en Israel.

47 Todos los que están aquí reconocerán que el SEÑOR salva sin necesidad de espada ni de lanza. La batalla es del SEÑOR, y él los entregará a ustedes en nuestras manos.