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He stood and cried to the armies of Israel, and said to them, Why are you come out to set your battle in array? am I not a Philistine, and you servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me.
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A Crisis of Faith
Commentators suggest Goliath's boldness stemmed from a known spiritual crisis in Israel. Charles Ellicott proposes the Philistines may have known that 'the Spirit of the Lord...had departed from Saul.' Goliath's taunt, calling the Israelites 'servants to Saul,' was a deliberate jab at their weakened state. This frames the conflict not just as military, but as a direct result of Israel's spiritual health.
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1 Samuel
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19th Century
Anglican
Am I not a Philistine? —The literal rendering here provides a much stronger reading: Am I not the Philistine?—the famous …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he stood and cried to the armies of Israel He stood in the valley between the two armies, and cried with a loud …
Presbyterian
People depend so entirely on God in all things that, when he withdraws his help, the most valiant and resolute cannot find their courage or strengt…
