1 Samuel 17:24
22 Then David 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 doing.
23 And as he was speaking with them, suddenly the champion named Goliath, the Philistine from Gath, came forward from the Philistines and shouted his usual words, which David also heard.
When all the men of Israel saw Goliath, they fled from him in great fear.
25 Now the men of Israel had been saying, “Do you see this man who keeps coming out to defy Israel? To the man who kills him the king will give great riches. And he will give him his daughter in marriage and exempt his father’s house from taxation in Israel.”
26 David asked the men who were standing with him, “What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Just who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- When all the men of Israel saw Goliath, they fled from him in great fear.
- KJV
- And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid.
- WEB
- All the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him and were terrified.
- ASV
- And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid.
- DARBY
- And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him and were greatly afraid.
- BLB
- And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him and were greatly afraid.
- ÅB
- Og alle Israels menn flyktet for mannen da de så ham, og var meget redde.
- OTB
- Da alle Israels menn så ham, trakk de seg tilbake fra ham i stor frykt.
- B1930
- Og alle Israels menn flyktet for mannen da de så ham, og var meget redde.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Samuel 13:6–7
Seeing that they were in danger because their troops were hard-pressed, the men of Israel hid in caves and thickets, among the rocks, and in cellars and cisterns.
Read in context1 Samuel 17:11
On hearing the words of the Philistine, Saul and all the Israelites were dismayed and greatly afraid.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 32:30
How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?
Read in contextNumbers 13:33
We even saw the Nephilim there—the descendants of Anak that come from the Nephilim! We seemed like grasshoppers in our own sight, and we must have seemed the same to them!”
Read in contextIsaiah 30:17
A thousand will flee at the threat of one; at the threat of five you will all flee, until you are left alone like a pole on a mountaintop, like a banner on a hill.
Read in contextLeviticus 26:36
As for those of you who survive, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies, so that even the sound of a windblown leaf will put them to flight. And they will flee as one flees the sword, and fall when no one pursues them.
Read in contextIsaiah 7:2
When it was reported to the house of David that Aram was in league with Ephraim, the hearts of Ahaz and his people trembled like trees in the forest shaken by the wind.
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