1 Samuel 17:52

52 Então os homens de Israel e de Judá deram o grito de guerra e perseguiram os filisteus até a entrada de Gate^[a] e até as portas de Ecrom. Cadáveres de filisteus ficaram espalhados ao longo da estrada de Saaraim até Gate e Ecrom.

1 Samuel 17:52 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 17:52

And the men of Israel and of Judah arose
From their encampment and entrenchment, or they prepared for a pursuit:

and shouted, and pursued the Philistines;
shouted when they first set out, and continued shouting as they pursued, to animate their own troops, and terrify the enemy:

until thou come to the valley, and to the gates of Ekron;
which was one of the five principalities of the Philistines; so that they pursued them to their own cities, and to the very gates of them:

and the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim;
a city in the tribe of Judah, and seems to be the same with Sharaim, (See Gill on Joshua 15:36). Josephus says ^F14, there were killed of the Philistines thirty thousand, and twice as many wounded:

even unto Gath, and unto Ekron;
Josephus ^F15 has it, to the borders of Gath, and to the gates of Ashkelon, which were two other principalities of the Philistines; according to Bunting ^F16, the whole chase was this, to the valley and river Sorek four miles; from thence to Ekron eight miles; to Ashkelon twenty miles, and to Gath twenty four miles; that is, from the place where Goliath was killed.

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FOOTNOTES:

F14 Antiqu. l. 6. c. 9. sect. 5.
F15 Ibid.
F16 Travels of the Patriarchs p. 128.

1 Samuel 17:52 In-Context

50 Assim Davi venceu o filisteu com uma atiradeira e uma pedra; sem espada na mão, derrubou o filisteu e o matou.

51 Davi correu, pôs os pés sobre ele, e, desembainhando a espada do filisteu, acabou de matá-lo, cortando-lhe a cabeça com ela.Quando os filisteus viram que o seu guerreiro estava morto, recuaram e fugiram.

52 Então os homens de Israel e de Judá deram o grito de guerra e perseguiram os filisteus até a entrada de Gate e até as portas de Ecrom. Cadáveres de filisteus ficaram espalhados ao longo da estrada de Saaraim até Gate e Ecrom.

53 Quando os israelitas voltaram da perseguição aos filisteus, levaram tudo o que havia no acampamento deles.

54 Davi pegou a cabeça do filisteu, levou-a para Jerusalém e guardou as armas do filisteu em sua própria tenda.

Footnotes

• [a]. Conforme alguns manuscritos da Septuaginta. O Texto Massorético diz "até um vale."