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Faith Built on Experience
Commentators explain that David's confidence wasn't youthful arrogance but a faith grounded in real-life experience. He recounts his victories over a lion and a bear not to boast, but as evidence of God's past faithfulness. As one scholar notes, our own experiences of God's help in smaller trials should encourage us to trust Him in larger ones.
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1 Samuel
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Samuel 17:34
18th Century
Theologian
The narrative does not make it certain whether the lion and the bear came on the same occasion or on two different occasions. If it was on one occa…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Samuel 17:34
19th Century
Bishop
Thy servant kept his father’s sheep. — Here follows in the conversation between the king and the boy that simple, brave n…
John Gill
On 1 Samuel 17:34
17th Century
Pastor
And David said unto Saul
In answer to his objection of inability to encounter with one so superior to him; and this …
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Matthew Henry
On 1 Samuel 17:31–39
17th Century
Minister
A shepherd lad, who had come that same morning from keeping sheep, had more courage than all the mighty men of Israel. Thus God often sends good wo…