1 Samuel 17:23

1 Samuel 17:23 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the Philistines, and spake according to the same words: and David heard them.
• New International Version (NIV)As he was talking with them, Goliath, the Philistine champion from Gath, stepped out from his lines and shouted his usual defiance, and David heard it.
• English Standard Version (ESV)As he talked with them, behold, the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, came up out of the ranks of the Philistines and spoke the same words as before. And David heard him.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then as he talked with them, there was the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, coming up from the armies of the Philistines; and he spoke according to the same words. So David heard them.

Context of 1 Samuel 17:23

21Israel and the Philistines lined up in battle formation facing each other. 22David left his supplies in the care of the quartermaster and ran to the battle line. When he arrived, he asked his brothers how they were. While he was speaking with them, suddenly the champion named Goliath, the Philistine from Gath, came forward from the Philistine battle line and shouted his usual words, which David heard. 24When all the Israelite men saw Goliath, they retreated from him terrified. 25Previously, an Israelite man had declared, “Do you see this man who keeps coming out? He comes to defy Israel. The king will make the man who kills him very rich and will give him his daughter. The king will also make the family of that man’s father exempt from paying taxes in Israel.”

1 Samuel 17:23 word by word

וְה֣וּא׀ מְדַבֵּ֣ר עִמָּ֗ם וְהִנֵּ֣ה אִ֣ישׁ הַבֵּנַ֡יִם עוֹלֶ֞ה גָּלְיָת֩ הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֨י שְׁמ֤וֹ מִגַּת֙ מִמַּעַרְכ֣וֹת פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים וַיְדַבֵּ֖ר כַּדְּבָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֑לֶּה וַיִּשְׁמַ֖ע דָּוִֽד׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And as he talkedדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• with them, behold, there came upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• the championבֵּנַיִםbênayim · championH1143
• the championאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• the Philistineפְּלִשְׁתִּיpelishtîy · PhilistineH6430
• of Gathגַּתgath · GathH1661
• Goliathגׇּלְיַתgolyath · GoliathH1555
• by nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
• out of the armiesמַעֲרָהma‛ărâh · armyH4630
• out of the armiesמַעֲרָכָהma‛ărâkâh · rankH4634
• according to the sameאֵ֫לֶּה'êlleh · theseH428
• wordsדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
• and Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• heardשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 17:23

• 1 Samuel 17:4Then a champion named Goliath, from Gath, came out from the Philistine camp. He was nine feet, nine inches tall

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 17:23

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-30Verses 12-30 Jesse little thought of sending his son to the army at that critical juncture; but the wise God orders actions and affairs, so as to serve his designs. In times of general formality and lukewarmness, every degree of zeal which implies readiness to go further, or to venture more in the cause of God than others, will be blamed as pride and ambition, and by none more than by near relations, like Eliab, or negligent superiors. It was a trial of…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Samuel 17:23

• Armies
• Championship
• Decision
• Jesse

In the dictionaries

• David
• Gath
• Goliath
• Philistines
• Gath, Gittite
• Arise
• Assay
• Carriage
• Cause
• Champion

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings