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1 Samuel 17:10

Old Testament Historical ASV (1901)

What does 1 Samuel 17:10 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.
1 Samuel 17:10 — American Standard Version

Context — 1 Samuel 17

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
7And the staff of his spear was like a weaver`s beam; and his spear`s head [weighed] six hundred shekels of iron: and his shield-bearer went before him.
8And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me.
9If he be able to fight with me, and kill me, then will we be your servants; but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve us.
10And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.
11And when Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.
12Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth-lehem-judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man was an old man in the days of Saul, stricken [in years] among men.
13And the three eldest sons of Jesse had gone after Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the first-born, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day, etc.] Or “reproach” f361 them; that is, should they not accept his challenge, and send down a man to fight with them, he should then upbraid them with cowardice; and now he disdained them, as if there was not a man among them that dared to encounter with him: give me a man that we may fight together; and so decide the controversy between us; such as were those duels fought between Paris and Menelaus in the Trojan war, and between the Lacedemonians and the Argives in the times of Orthryades, and between the Athenians and Romans by the Horatii and Curiatii, as Grotius observes.”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“I defy: Sa1 17:25, Sa1 17:26, Sa1 17:36, Sa1 17:45; Num 23:7, Num 23:8; Sa2 21:21, Sa2 23:9; Neh 2:19 give me: Job 40:9-12; Psa 9:4, Psa 9:5; Pro 16:18; Jer 9:23; Dan 4:37 1 Kings (1 Samuel) 17:11”
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