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A Foreshadowing of Christ
Commentators like Charles Ellicott, following early church fathers such as Augustine, see the forty days of Goliath's taunting as a direct parallel to the forty days Jesus was tempted in the wilderness. This view encourages reading the story not just as history, but as a foreshadowing of Christ's ultimate victory over evil.
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1 Samuel
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Charles Ellicott
On 1 Samuel 17:16
19th Century
Bishop
And presented himself forty days. —Wordsworth, following Augustine, sees here a reference to the temptation of the true David, who…
John Gill
On 1 Samuel 17:16
17th Century
Pastor
And the Philistine drew near morning and evening
Twice a day he came near the camp, within the hearing of it. The Je…
Matthew Henry
On 1 Samuel 17:12–30
17th Century
Minister
Jesse little thought of sending his son to the army at that critical juncture; but the wise God orders actions and affairs to serve his designs. In…