1 Samuel 17:35

Contextual Overview

³¹What David said was overheard and reported to Saul, and Saul sent for him. ³¹ What David said was overheard and reported to Saul, and Saul sent for him. ³¹Then the words which David spoke were heard. And they told them to Saul, and he sent for him. ³¹ When the words which David spoke were heard, they told them to Saul, and he sent for him. ³¹ And they that heard the wordes which Dauid spake, rehearsed them before Saul, which caused him to be fet. ³¹ Some men heard David talking. They took David to Saul and told him what David had said. ³¹ And the words which David had spoken were heard. And they were told before Saul, and he received him. ³¹ When the words which David spoke were heard, they repeated them before Saul; and he sent for him. ³¹ When the words were heard which David spoke, they rehearsed them before Saul; and he sent for him. ³¹ And when the words were heard which Dauid spake, they rehearsed them before Saul: and he sent for him.

Bible Verse Review
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smote him: Judges 14:5, Judges 14:6, 2 Samuel 23:20, Psalms 91:13, Daniel 6:22, Amos 3:12, Acts 28:4-6, 2 Timothy 4:17, 2 Timothy 4:18

Reciprocal: Genesis 31:39 - torn of Judges 15:14 - the cords 2 Chronicles 14:11 - rest on thee Job 29:17 - and plucked Ezekiel 34:12 - As a shepherd seeketh out Zechariah 11:16 - neither Luke 2:8 - abiding John 10:11 - giveth

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And I went out after him,.... Whether a lion or a bear; but mention after being made of his beard, a lion rather is meant:

and smote him; with his fist, or rather with his shepherd's staff:

and delivered [it] out of his mouth; snatched it out from thence, or obliged him to drop it, by beating him:

and when he arose against me; after he had let go the lamb, threatening to tear him in pieces for attempting to disturb him in his prey, and take it away from him;

I caught [him] by his beard; such as lions have; hence a lion is often called in Homer g λις ηευγενειος, the well-bearded lion. Kimchi thinks the beard with the nether jaw is meant, which David caught hold on:

and smote him, and slew him; tore him to pieces, as Samson did, Judges 14:5, or slew him with some weapon in his hand.

g Iliad. 17. ver. 109. & Iliad. 18. ver. 318.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

His beard - Put here for his throat, or under jaw; neither lion nor bear has a beard properly speaking.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 35. The slaying of the lion and the bear mentioned here, must have taken place at two different times; perhaps the verse should be read thus: I went out after him, (the lion.) and smote him, &c. And when he (the bear) rose up against me, I caught him by the beard and slew him.