1 Samuele 17:11

11 Quando Saul e tutto Israele udirono queste parole del Filisteo, rimasero sbigottiti e presi da gran paura.

1 Samuele 17:11 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 17:11

When Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine,
&c.] For they were delivered with such a tone and strength of voice, as to be heard very generally, at least by many, and which soon was reported through the whole army:

they were dismayed, and greatly afraid;
which may seem strange, when there were so many valiant men among them, as Saul himself, who had behaved with so much courage against the Ammonites, Philistines, and Amalekites; but now the Spirit of God was departed from him, and he was become timorous and fearful; and though he was much better than he had been, yet still he was not the man of spirit and resolution as before: there was also Abner, the general of his army, a very valiant man, a great man in Israel, and yet appears not on this occasion; and, what is more wonderful, Jonathan the son of Saul was present, as appears from ( 1 Samuel 18:1 ) who had not only smitten a garrison of the Philistines, but with one man more only had attacked another garrison, and routed the whole army of the Philistines, and yet now shows not his head against a single man: so it is when God cuts off the spirits of princes, or takes away their courage; victory over this man, and the glory of it, were reserved for David; and all this fear and dread throughout the armies of Israel were suffered, that he might appear the more glorious.

1 Samuele 17:11 In-Context

9 S’egli potrà lottare con me ed uccidermi, noi sarem vostri servi; ma se io sarò vincitore e l’ucciderò, voi sarete nostri sudditi e ci servirete".

10 E il Filisteo aggiunse: "Io lancio oggi questa sfida a disonore delle schiere d’Israele: Datemi un uomo, e ci batteremo!"

11 Quando Saul e tutto Israele udirono queste parole del Filisteo, rimasero sbigottiti e presi da gran paura.

12 Or Davide era figliuolo di quell’Efrateo di Bethlehem di Giuda, per nome Isai, che aveva otto figliuoli e che, al tempo di Saul, era vecchio, molto innanzi nell’età.

13 I tre figliuoli maggiori d’Isai erano andati alla guerra con Saul; e i tre figliuoli ch’erano andati alla guerra, si chiamavano: Eliab, il primogenito; Abinadab il secondo, e Shamma il terzo.