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Themes in 1 Samuel 17

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Themes in 1 Samuel 17

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1 Samuel 17:1 (show verse)

Azekah » A town of judah

Ephes-dammin » A place in the territory of the tribe of judah

Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul

Pas-dammim » Called ephes-dammim in

Philistines » Defeated by israel at ephes-dammim and pursued to ekron

Philistines » Character of » Warlike

Socoh » Also called shocho, shochoh, shoco, sochoh » A city of the tribe of judah

1 Samuel 17:2 (show verse)

Armies » Employed in » Fighting battles

Elah » A valley where david killed goliath

Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul

Valleys » Mentioned in scripture » Elah

1 Samuel 17:3 (show verse)

Armies » Employed in » Fighting battles

Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul

Valleys » Tracts of land between mountains

1 Samuel 17:4 (show verse)

Gath » Goliath lived in

Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul

Measure » A span

Measures » Of length » Span

Philistines » Men of great strength and stature amongst

Philistines » Defied israel by their champion

Giants » The last of, destroyed by david and his warriors

Tents » Were used by » All eastern nations

1 Samuel 17:5 (show verse)

military Arms » Defensive: » Helmet

military Arms » Defensive: » Coat of mail, breastplate, habergeon, or brigandine

military Arms » Made of iron, steel, or brass

Brass » Articles made of » Armor

Brass » Made into » Helmets

Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul

Philistines » Men of great strength and stature amongst

Philistines » Defied israel by their champion

1 Samuel 17:6 (show verse)

military Arms » Made of iron, steel, or brass

military Arms » Defensive: » Greaves

military Arms » Defensive: » Target

Brass » Articles made of » Armor

Brass » Made into » Greaves for the legs

Javelin » Used by goliath (rv)

Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul

Philistines » Men of great strength and stature amongst

Philistines » Defied israel by their champion

Target » Made » Of brass (bronze)

1 Samuel 17:7 (show verse)

Armor-bearer » Of goliath

Beam » Weaver's

Iron » First recorded use of » Articles made of » Weapons

Iron » Made into » Weapons of war

Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul

Philistines » Men of great strength and stature amongst

Philistines » Defied israel by their champion

Shekel » Used to weigh » Iron

Shields » Often borne by an armor-bearer

Spear » Goliath's

Spears » Parts of, mentioned » The head of iron or brass

Spears » Parts of, mentioned » The staff of wood

1 Samuel 17:8 (show verse)

Armies » March in ranks » Champions fight instead of

Championship » Instances of » Goliath and david

Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul

Philistines » Defied israel by their champion

1 Samuel 17:9 (show verse)

Armies » March in ranks » Champions fight instead of

Championship » Instances of » Goliath and david

Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul

Philistines » Defied israel by their champion

1 Samuel 17:10 (show verse)

Armies » March in ranks » Champions fight instead of

Championship » Instances of » Goliath and david

Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul

Philistines » Defied israel by their champion

1 Samuel 17:11 (show verse)

Armies » March in ranks » Champions fight instead of

Championship » Instances of » Goliath and david

Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul

1 Samuel 17:12 (show verse)

Armies » March in ranks » Champions fight instead of

Bethlehem » A city » A city southwest of jerusalem » And beth-lehem-judah

Championship » Instances of » Goliath and david

David » King of israel » Genealogy of

Jesse » Father of david

Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul

1 Samuel 17:13 (show verse)

Abinadab » Son of jesse

Armies » March in ranks » Champions fight instead of

Championship » Instances of » Goliath and david

Eliab » Son of jesse and eldest brother of david

Jesse » Sons in saul's army

Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul

Shammah » David's brother

1 Samuel 17:14 (show verse)

Armies » March in ranks » Champions fight instead of

Championship » Instances of » Goliath and david

Jesse » Sons in saul's army

Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul

1 Samuel 17:15 (show verse)

Armies » March in ranks » Champions fight instead of

Championship » Instances of » Goliath and david

Children » Male » Usefully employed

Jesse » Sons in saul's army

Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul

Shepherds » Members of the family both male and female acted as

1 Samuel 17:16 (show verse)

Armies » March in ranks » Champions fight instead of

Championship » Instances of » Goliath and david

Days » Forty days » Goliath's defiance lasted

Forty days » Goliath's defiance lasted

Jesse » Sons in saul's army

Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul

Periods and numbers » Forty days » Goliath's defiance lasted

1 Samuel 17:17 (show verse)

Armies » March in ranks » Champions fight instead of

the Armies of israel » Mode of provisioning: » Food sent by their families

Bread » How prepared » Made into loaves

Championship » Instances of » Goliath and david

Corn » Parched

the Diet of the jews » Articles used for » Bread

the Diet of the jews » Articles used for » Parched corn

Food » List of articles » Bread

Food » Articles of » Parched (roasted) corn (grain)

Food » Articles of » Bread

Jesse » Sons in saul's army

Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul

Measure » An ephah, equal to three seah, and in liquid, to a bath, containing about a bushel and a half

Victuals » List of articles » Bread

1 Samuel 17:18 (show verse)

Armies » Captains of thousands

Armies » March in ranks » Champions fight instead of

Captain » Of thousands

Championship » Instances of » Goliath and david

the Diet of the jews » Articles of, often sent as presents

the Diet of the jews » Articles used for » Cheese

Food » List of articles » Cheese

Food » Articles of » Cheese

Jesse » Sons in saul's army

Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul

Victuals » List of articles » Cheese

1 Samuel 17:19 (show verse)

Armies » March in ranks » Champions fight instead of

Championship » Instances of » Goliath and david

Elah » A valley where david killed goliath

Jesse » Sons in saul's army

Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul

Valleys » Often the scenes of great contests

1 Samuel 17:20 (show verse)

Armies » Commenced battles with a shout

Armies » March in ranks » Champions fight instead of

Armies » March in ranks » Battle shouts

Battle » Shouting in

Championship » Instances of » Goliath and david

Good Children » Exemplified

Early rising » Exemplified » David

Jesse » Sons in saul's army

Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul

Rising » Instances of » David

Sheep » Flocks of » Attended by servants

Shepherds » Had hired keepers under them

1 Samuel 17:21 (show verse)

Armies » March in ranks » Champions fight instead of

Championship » Instances of » Goliath and david

Jesse » Sons in saul's army

Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul

1 Samuel 17:22 (show verse)

Armies » March in ranks » Champions fight instead of

Championship » Instances of » Goliath and david

Jesse » Sons in saul's army

Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul

Salutations » Were given » By brethren to each other

1 Samuel 17:23 (show verse)

Armies » March in ranks » Champions fight instead of

Championship » Instances of » Goliath and david

Jesse » Sons in saul's army

Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul

1 Samuel 17:24 (show verse)

Armies » March in ranks » Champions fight instead of

Championship » Instances of » Goliath and david

Cowardice » Cowardice, examples of » Israel before goliath

Cowardice » Instances of » The israelites » To meet goliath

Jesse » Sons in saul's army

Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul

Powerlessness » Of men, often due to sin and unbelief » Apostasy produced a nation of cowards

human Weakness » Powerlessness of men, often due to sin and unbelief » Apostasy produced a nation of cowards

1 Samuel 17:25 (show verse)

Armies » March in ranks » Champions fight instead of

Armies » March in ranks » The king offers his daughter

the Armies of israel » Bravery and fidelity in, rewarded

Championship » Instances of » Goliath and david

Daughter » Given in marriage by parents

Jesse » Sons in saul's army

Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul

Marriage » Daughters given in, as rewards of valor

Marriage » Given by kings

1 Samuel 17:26 (show verse)

Armies » March in ranks » Champions fight instead of

the Armies of israel » Called » The armies of the living God

Championship » Instances of » Goliath and david

Circumcision » The jews » Despised as unclean those not of the

Jesse » Sons in saul's army

Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul

1 Samuel 17:27 (show verse)

Armies » March in ranks » Champions fight instead of

Championship » Instances of » Goliath and david

Jesse » Sons in saul's army

Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul

1 Samuel 17:28 (show verse)

Armies » March in ranks » Champions fight instead of

Championship » Instances of » Goliath and david

Contempt » For the righteous

Eliab » Son of jesse and eldest brother of david

Heart » The unregenerate » Is full of iniquity

Jesse » Sons in saul's army

Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul

Sarcasm » Instances of » Eliab to david

Uncharitableness » Instances of » Eliab toward david, charging him with presumption, when he offered to fight goliath

1 Samuel 17:29 (show verse)

Armies » March in ranks » Champions fight instead of

Championship » Instances of » Goliath and david

Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul

Meekness » Instances of » David

1 Samuel 17:30 (show verse)

Armies » March in ranks » Champions fight instead of

Championship » Instances of » Goliath and david

Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul

1 Samuel 17:31 (show verse)

Armies » March in ranks » Champions fight instead of

Championship » Instances of » Goliath and david

Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul

1 Samuel 17:32 (show verse)

Armies » March in ranks » Champions fight instead of

Championship » Instances of » Goliath and david

Courage » Examples of » David

Courage » Instances of personal bravery » David, in killing goliath

Jews, the » Often distinguished in war

Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul

1 Samuel 17:33 (show verse)

Armies » March in ranks » Champions fight instead of

Championship » Instances of » Goliath and david

Courage » Instances of personal bravery » David, in killing goliath

Jews, the » Often distinguished in war

Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul

Young men » Examples of Godly young men » David

1 Samuel 17:34 (show verse)

Animals » Names of » Bears

Animals » Lions » General references to

Armies » March in ranks » Champions fight instead of

Bears » Attacks the flock in the presence of the shepherd

Championship » Instances of » Goliath and david

Courage » Instances of personal bravery » David, in killing goliath

David » Israel's versatile king » Courageous

David » King of israel » Kills a lion and a bear

Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul

Lambs » Exposed to danger from wild beasts

Lions » Killed by » David

Lions » Attacks the sheepfolds

Lions » General references to

Shepherd » David the, defends his flock against a lion and a bear

Shepherds » Care of the sheep by, exhibited in » Defending them when attacked by wild beasts

1 Samuel 17:35 (show verse)

Armies » March in ranks » Champions fight instead of

Championship » Instances of » Goliath and david

Courage » Instances of personal bravery » David, in killing goliath

David » Israel's versatile king » Courageous

David » King of israel » Kills a lion and a bear

Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul

Lions » Slain by » David

Shepherd » David the, defends his flock against a lion and a bear

Shepherds » Care of the sheep by, exhibited in » Defending them when attacked by wild beasts

Strength » Physical

1 Samuel 17:36 (show verse)

Armies » March in ranks » Champions fight instead of

Bears » Miraculously killed by david

Championship » Instances of » Goliath and david

Courage » Instances of personal bravery » David, in killing goliath

David » Israel's versatile king » Courageous

David » King of israel » Kills a lion and a bear

Jews, the » Despised all strangers

Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul

Lions » Killed by » David

Lions » Slain by » David

Shepherds » Care of the sheep by, exhibited in » Defending them when attacked by wild beasts

1 Samuel 17:37 (show verse)

Armies » March in ranks » Champions fight instead of

Bears » Miraculously killed by david

Championship » Instances of » Goliath and david

Courage » Instances of personal bravery » David, in killing goliath

Deliverance » Divine, example of » David

Faith » Instances of » David, in striking down goliath

Faith » Example of victorious » David

Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul

1 Samuel 17:38 (show verse)

Armies » March in ranks » Champions fight instead of

Armour » Physical

military Arms » Defensive: » Helmet

military Arms » Defensive: » Coat of mail, breastplate, habergeon, or brigandine

Championship » Instances of » Goliath and david

Courage » Instances of personal bravery » David, in killing goliath

Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul

Trust » Of saints, is » Not in carnal weapons

1 Samuel 17:39 (show verse)

Armies » March in ranks » Champions fight instead of

military Arms » Before using » Tried and proved

Championship » Instances of » Goliath and david

Courage » Instances of personal bravery » David, in killing goliath

Hindrances » To spiritual progress » The attempt to use the equipment of saul delayed david

Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul

Swords » Suspended from the girdle

Trust » Of saints, is » Not in carnal weapons

1 Samuel 17:40 (show verse)

Armies » March in ranks » Champions fight instead of

Brooks » Often ran over pebbles

Championship » Instances of » Goliath and david

Courage » Instances of personal bravery » David, in killing goliath

David » Israel's versatile king » A champion

Heroic faith » Boy » David

Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul

Philistines » David » Slew goliath the champion of

Power » Small things God uses » Five smooth stones

Shepherds » Usually carried a scrip or bag

Sling » David kills goliath with a

Weak » Instrumentalities » Five smooth stones

1 Samuel 17:41 (show verse)

Armies » March in ranks » Champions fight instead of

Championship » Instances of » Goliath and david

Courage » Instances of personal bravery » David, in killing goliath

Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul

Philistines » David » Slew goliath the champion of

Sling » David kills goliath with a

1 Samuel 17:42 (show verse)

Armies » March in ranks » Champions fight instead of

Championship » Instances of » Goliath and david

Courage » Instances of personal bravery » David, in killing goliath

Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul

Philistines » David » Slew goliath the champion of

Saints » Death of » Despised

Sling » David kills goliath with a

Suffering for righteousness' sake » For Christ's sake some trials believers may be called upon to endure » Saints despised

1 Samuel 17:43 (show verse)

Armies » March in ranks » Champions fight instead of

Championship » Instances of » Goliath and david

Courage » Instances of personal bravery » David, in killing goliath

Cursing » Examples of

Dog » Epithet of contempt

Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul

Philistines » David » Slew goliath the champion of

Sling » David kills goliath with a

Trust » Of the wicked--exemplified

1 Samuel 17:44 (show verse)

Armies » March in ranks » Champions fight instead of

Championship » Instances of » Goliath and david

Courage » Instances of personal bravery » David, in killing goliath

Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul

Philistines » David » Slew goliath the champion of

Sling » David kills goliath with a

Trust » Of the wicked--exemplified

1 Samuel 17:45 (show verse)

Ancient heroes » Battle of Life » David

Armies » March in ranks » Champions fight instead of

Battle of Life » Weapons and armour of the saints » General references to weapons

holy Boldness » Exemplified » David

Championship » Instances of » Goliath and david

Courage » Instances of personal bravery » David, in killing goliath

Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul

Philistines » David » Slew goliath the champion of

Protection » Of God, is » Often afforded through means inadequate in themselves

Sling » David kills goliath with a

Spiritual » Warfare characteristics of » Weapons

Trust » Of saints, is » Not in carnal weapons

Trust » Of saints--exemplified

Trust » Of the wicked--exemplified

Weapons » Spiritual » General references to weapons

Weapons » Spiritual » Trust in weapons vain

FALSE » Trusts » Trust in weapons vain

1 Samuel 17:46 (show verse)

Armies » March in ranks » Champions fight instead of

Championship » Instances of » Goliath and david

Courage » Instances of personal bravery » David, in killing goliath

Faith » Instances of » David, in striking down goliath

Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul

Philistines » David » Slew goliath the champion of

Sling » David kills goliath with a

1 Samuel 17:47 (show verse)

Armies » March in ranks » Champions fight instead of

Championship » Instances of » Goliath and david

Courage » Instances of personal bravery » David, in killing goliath

Faith » Instances of » David, in striking down goliath

Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul

Philistines » David » Slew goliath the champion of

Sling » David kills goliath with a

1 Samuel 17:48 (show verse)

Armies » March in ranks » Champions fight instead of

Championship » Instances of » Goliath and david

Courage » Instances of personal bravery » David, in killing goliath

Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul

Philistines » David » Slew goliath the champion of

Sling » David kills goliath with a

1 Samuel 17:49 (show verse)

Armies » March in ranks » Champions fight instead of

Championship » Instances of » Goliath and david

Courage » Instances of personal bravery » David, in killing goliath

Head » Parts of, mentioned » The forehead

Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul

Philistines » David » Slew goliath the champion of

Giants » The last of, destroyed by david and his warriors

Sling » David kills goliath with a

1 Samuel 17:50 (show verse)

Armies » March in ranks » Champions fight instead of

military Arms » Offensive: » Sling

Championship » Instances of » Goliath and david

Courage » Instances of personal bravery » David, in killing goliath

Example » Inspiration of example » David

Inspiration of example » David

Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul

Philistines » David » Slew goliath the champion of

Protection » Of God, is » Often afforded through means inadequate in themselves

Giants » The last of, destroyed by david and his warriors

Sling » David kills goliath with a

1 Samuel 17:51 (show verse)

Armies » March in ranks » Champions fight instead of

Championship » Instances of » Goliath and david

Example » Inspiration of example » David

Head » Of enemies slain in war, often cut off

Inspiration of example » David

Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul

1 Samuel 17:52 (show verse)

Armies » March in ranks » Champions fight instead of

Armies » March in ranks » Battle shouts

Championship » Instances of » Goliath and david

Example » Inspiration of example » David

Inspiration of example » David

Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul

Philistines » Defeated by israel at ephes-dammim and pursued to ekron

Shaaraim » A city » A city in the territory of the tribe of judah, also called sharaim

1 Samuel 17:53 (show verse)

Armies » March in ranks » Champions fight instead of

Championship » Instances of » Goliath and david

Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul

1 Samuel 17:54 (show verse)

military Arms » Of the vanquished » Sometimes kept as trophies

Jerusalem » Spoils of war placed in

Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul

Trophies » Goliath's head and armor

1 Samuel 17:55 (show verse)

Abner » Captain of the host

tribe of Benjamin » Celebrated persons of;

Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul

1 Samuel 17:56 (show verse)

Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul

1 Samuel 17:57 (show verse)

Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul

1 Samuel 17:58 (show verse)

Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul

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