1st Samuel Chapter 17 verse 16 Holy Bible
And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.
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And the Philistine came near every morning and evening for forty days.
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And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.
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And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.
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And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.
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The Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.
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And the Philistine draweth nigh, morning and evening, and stationeth himself forty days.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerses 16-19. - The Philistine .... presented himself. I.e. took his stand (see on 1 Samuel 10:23; 12:7, 16). This verse takes up the narrative, disturbed by the inserted explanation about David's family relations. The extraordinary formation of the ground, as described in ver. 3, shows how it was possible for this challenge to go on for forty days without either army advancing or retiring. During this long time it seems to have been the business of the friends at home to supply the combatants with food, and so Jesse sends David with an ephah, about three pecks, of parched corn - as the word is spelt in the Hebrew it means "parched pease." Also ten loaves, and, for the captain of their thousand, ten cheeses - rather, "ten slices of fresh curd." David was also to take their pledge. Apparently neither Eliab nor his brethren could write, and therefore they would send back to their father some token previously agreed upon to show that they were in good health, and had received the supplies sent them. Now Saul, etc. This is a part of Jesse's speech, telling David where he would find his brethren. For were, the right translation is, "They are in the terebinth valley, fighting with the Philistines." CHAPTER 17:20-58
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(16) And presented himself forty days.--Wordsworth, following Augustine, sees here a reference to the temptation of the true David, who "was in the wilderness forty days, tempted of the devil." "In David is Christ . . . do not, therefore, read this history of David as if it did not concern you who are members of Christ." (Aug. in Psalms 143).
