Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 17:46
This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcasses of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.
46. deliver thee into mine hand ] Lit. “shut thee up.” Cp. Psa 31:8. “David did not rashly and vainly boast beforehand of the victory, as Goliath had done; but being full of faith praised the divine omnipotence and prophesied of an assured victory.” Patrick.
that there is a God in Israel ] That Israel hath a God who is worthy of the name. For the thought cp. 1Sa 12:22; 1Ki 18:36 ; 2Ki 19:19.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 46. This day will the Lord deliver thee into mine hand] This was a direct and circumstantial prophecy of what did take place.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Heb. that God, the only true God, is for Israel; or on Israels side, and against you. Or, that Israel hath a God, a God indeed, one who is able to help them, and not such an impotent idol as you serve.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
This day will the Lord deliver thee into mine hands,…. Of which he was assured by divine inspiration, by the impulse of the Spirit of God upon him; or otherwise he could not have expressed himself with such certainty, and have given the particulars of what he should do, as in the following clauses:
and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and yet he had no weapon in his hand to do it with, 1Sa 17:50, but it was revealed to him that he should do it, and he believed it; though the Philistine no doubt looked upon all this as romantic:
and I will give the carcasses of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; not only this man’s carcass, which should fall and become a prey to fowls and wild beasts, but the carcasses of the Philistine army, which fleeing upon the fall of their champion, and pursued by the Israelites as they were, would be cut off, and become the food of wild creatures, see 1Sa 17:52; though some think the plural is put for the singular, and that it only means his carcass, who was a Philistine; but the host of the Philistines, carries it to the other sense: and this would be done,
that all the earth may know there is a God in Israel; not only the land of Canaan or Palestine, but the whole earth, and all the inhabitants of it, who should hear of the fall of this giant by such means, and of the rout of the Philistine army upon it; the report of which no doubt was spread far, and near.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(46) I will smite thee.David reiterated to the Philistine, as he had done to Saul, his certainty of victory, but in the same breath says that the victory will be that Gods whose name the Philistine had just been contemptuously using.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
1Sa 17:46 This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.
Ver. 46. This day will the Lord deliver thee into mine hand. ] Quandoquidem mihi pro armatura Dens est, since God is my defence, even Jehovah the Conqueror, as Josephus bringeth in David saying. And surely by the force of his heroical faith, David letteth fly here at his adversary, no otherwise than as if he had wrapped up in his sling, not a stone, but the blessed God himself, if I may say so with reverence to his Majesty.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
and. Note the Figure of speech Polysyndeton in verses: 1Sa 17:46-47. give. Septuagint reads “give [thy limbs and] the carcasses”, &c.
that there is a God in Israel = that Israel bath a God.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
will the Lord: Deu 7:2, Deu 7:23, Deu 9:2, Deu 9:3, Jos 10:8
deliver thee: Heb. shut thee up, Psa 31:8
take thine: 1Sa 17:51
carcases: 1Sa 17:44, Deu 28:26, Isa 56:9, Mat 24:28, Rev 19:17, Rev 19:18
all the earth: Exo 9:16, Exo 15:14, Exo 15:15, Jos 4:24, 1Ki 8:43, 1Ki 18:36, 1Ki 18:37, 2Ki 19:19, Psa 46:10, Isa 52:10, Dan 2:47, Dan 3:29, Dan 6:26, Dan 6:27
Reciprocal: Gen 40:19 – and the birds Exo 7:17 – thou shalt Deu 1:30 – he shall Jdg 1:4 – Lord Jdg 14:6 – rent him 2Sa 23:9 – defied 1Ki 8:60 – That all 2Ki 1:3 – it 2Ki 5:15 – now I know 2Ch 6:33 – that all people 2Ch 14:11 – in thy name Job 12:14 – he shutteth Job 12:19 – General Psa 9:16 – known Psa 59:13 – and let Psa 100:3 – Know Psa 109:27 – General Psa 144:10 – who delivereth Isa 19:21 – Lord shall Isa 33:13 – Hear Isa 45:6 – General Isa 64:2 – to make Jer 34:20 – and their Eze 39:17 – to my Dan 3:17 – our God Dan 3:27 – the princes
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1Sa 17:46. This day will the Lord deliver thee into my hand He speaks with as much assurance as Goliath had done, but upon better grounds, confiding, not in his own strength, but in the divine omnipotence, and expecting, through it, certain victory, not only over Goliath, but over the whole army of the Philistines. That all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel Superior to all others. Hebrew, That God is for Israel, or on Israels side, and against you. Or, that Israel hath a God, a God indeed! one who is able to help them; and not such an impotent idol as you serve.
Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
17:46 This {p} day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.
(p) David being assured both of his cause and of his calling prophecies of the destruction of the Philistines.