1 Samuel 17:44
44 The Philistine said to David, "Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and to the beasts of the field."
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44 The Philistine said to David, "Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and to the beasts of the field."
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Samuel 17:44
Commentary on 1 Samuel 17:40-47
(Read 1 Samuel 17:40-47)
The security and presumption of fools destroy them. Nothing can excel the humility, faith, and piety which appear in David's words. He expressed his assured expectation of success; he gloried in his mean appearance and arms, that the victory might be ascribed to the Lord alone.