3 The Philistines were stationed on the mountain on one side and Israel on the mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Samuel 17:3

Commentary on 1 Samuel 17:1-11

(Read 1 Samuel 17:1-11)

Men so entirely depend upon God in all things, that when he withdraws his help, the most valiant and resolute cannot find their hearts or hands, as daily experience shows.