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1 Samuel 17:16

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16 Et le Philistin s'approchait matin et soir, et il se présenta ainsi pendant quarante jours.

1 Samuel 17:16 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 17:16

And the Philistine drew near morning and evening
Twice a day he came near the camp, within the hearing of it. The Jews F23 say, he took those seasons on purpose to disturb them in reading their "Shema", or "hear, O Israel" and saying their prayers morning and evening:

and presented himself forty days;
Successively, before the armies of Israel, daring them to send down a man to fight with him, and reproaching them for their cowardice in not doing it.


FOOTNOTES:

F23 T. Bab. Sotah, fol. 42. 2.
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1 Samuel 17:16 In-Context

14 Et David était le plus jeune; et les trois plus grands suivaient Saül.
15 Et David allait et revenait d'auprès de Saül pour paître les brebis de son père, à Bethléhem.
16 Et le Philistin s'approchait matin et soir, et il se présenta ainsi pendant quarante jours.
17 Et Isaï dit à David, son fils: Prends-donc pour tes frères cet épha de froment rôti et ces dix pains, et porte-les promptement au camp, à tes frères;
18 Tu porteras aussi ces dix fromages de lait au capitaine de leur millier; et tu visiteras tes frères pour savoir s'ils se portent bien; et tu m'en apporteras des nouvelles certaines.
The Ostervald translation is in the public domain.

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