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Your servant struck both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he has defied the armies of the living God.
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Defying the Living God
Commentators emphasize that David's confidence stemmed from his theological understanding of the conflict. Goliath's taunt was not merely against Israel's army but was a defiance of the 'armies of the living God.' David saw this as a spiritual battle where an enemy of God was destined to fall, just like the wild beasts he had previously slain.
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19th Century
Anglican
The lion and the bear. —The lion and the bear were, in the days of Saul, common in Palestine; the country then was densely wooded.…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Your servant slew both the lion and the bear At different times, and several of them at one time or another; wheneve…
Presbyterian
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…
