KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
1 Samuel 17:47–50
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1 Samuel 17:47
47And all this assembly shall know that the Lord saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the Lord’s, and he will give you into our hands.
47And all this assembly shal know that the LORD saueth not with sword & speare (for the battell is the LORDs) and he will giue you into our hands.
1 Samuel 17:48
48And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came and drew nigh to meet David, that David hasted, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine.
48And it came to passe when the Philistine arose, and came, and drewe nigh to meet Dauid, that Dauid hasted, and ran toward the armie to meete the Philistine.
1 Samuel 17:49
49And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth.
49And Dauid put his hande in his bag, and tooke thence a stone, and slang it, & smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunke into his forehead, and he fell vpon his face to the earth.
1 Samuel 17:50
50So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David.
50So *Dauid preuailed ouer the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him, but there was no sword in the hande of Dauid.
- Ecclus. 47.4. 1.Macc. 4.30.
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DEFINED WORDS
1 Samuel 17:47
Wholly, entirely, or altogether; every one or the whole amount, according to context.
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A group of people gathered together, especially for a common purpose.
Meaning drawn from: Cawdrey 1604 · KJV usage · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
LORD: The name of God the Father in English, from the Hebrew Tetragrammaton YHWH, also rendered GOD and JEHOVAH. Lord: A title applied to God and Christ as ruler and master, the one to whom worship and obedience are due. lord: A male master, owner, ruler, or superior addressed or described as one having authority.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828
To rescue, preserve, deliver, or keep from loss or danger.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage
A long weapon with a pointed head.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage
A fight or armed conflict; also, troops drawn up for fighting.
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To grant, hand, offer, supply, yield, or cause to have.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The end parts of the arms used for holding and working; also figures of power, possession, agency, or aid.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage
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1 Samuel 17:48
To go by, through, over, or beyond; to happen, cease, or be transferred.
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Rose; stood up, came forth, or began to act.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Near in place, time, or circumstance; almost.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Fit, suitable, proper, or appropriate.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage
To haste: to hurry, act quickly, or make speed.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage
In the direction of; in relation to; approaching; or inclined and ready, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat, Bible Words Glossary (1893)
DEFINED WORDS
1 Samuel 17:49
To place, set, lay, appoint, bring into a condition, or cause to be, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
The part of the body at the end of the arm; figuratively, power, possession, aid, or agency.
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A flexible container or pouch used to carry or hold something.
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A piece or mass of rock; also to strike or kill with stones, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Hurled or cast with a sling; old past tense of sling.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage
Struck, beat, wounded, afflicted, or slew.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The part of the face above the eyes and below the hairline.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Descended or was submerged.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Fell or dropped down; as an adjective, fierce or cruel; as a noun, an animal skin, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage
The ground or dry land; the world or inhabited realm; or a country and its people, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage
DEFINED WORDS
1 Samuel 17:50
An instrument or strap used for throwing stones.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage
A piece or mass of rock; also to strike or kill with stones, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Struck, beat, wounded, afflicted, or slew.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
But; marking a contrast or qualification in the sentence.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat, Bible Words Glossary (1893) · KJV usage
The part of the body at the end of the arm; figuratively, power, possession, aid, or agency.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage
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From verse 47
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Open the full verse study6For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
7But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us.
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Open the full verse study6Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the Lord unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts.
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Open the full verse study7But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the Lord their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen.
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Open the full verse study30There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the Lord.
31The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the Lord.
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Open the full verse study6And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that the Lord will work for us: for there is no restraint to the Lord to save by many or by few.
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Open the full verse study31What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
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Open the full verse study11And Asa cried unto the Lord his God, and said, Lord, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O Lord our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O Lord, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee.
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Open the full verse study15And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the Lord unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God’s.
16To morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the cliff of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the brook, before the wilderness of Jeruel.
17Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the Lord with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the Lord will be with you.
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Open the full verse study37Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
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Open the full verse study7Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.
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Open the full verse study16There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.
17An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength.
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Open the full verse study11The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
From verse 48
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Open the full verse study1THE wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.
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Open the full verse study1THE Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
From verse 49
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Open the full verse study27But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
28And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:
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Open the full verse study34And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am wounded.
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Open the full verse study24And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength, and smote Jehoram between his arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot.
From verse 50
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Open the full verse study15And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith.
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Open the full verse study39And David girded his sword upon his armour, and he assayed to go; for he had not proved it. And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with these; for I have not proved them. And David put them off him.
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Open the full verse study9And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take it: for there is no other save that here. And David said, There is none like that; give it me.
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Open the full verse study21And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the Lord; for ye have compassion on me.
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Open the full verse study22So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found.
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Open the full verse study31¶ And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox goad: and he also delivered Israel.
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