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SERIES I --- THE NATION UNITES --- LESSON 19
GOLIATH’S DEATH
WITH A SLING AND A SMALL STONE
From 1 Samuel 17:31-58
Before long, some of the Israelites told King Saul that a young man named David was inquiring about Goliath and perhaps was interested in fighting the giant. The king sent for David. ‘Our people shouldn’t worry about this Philistine,’ said David. ‘I will go and fight him!’ ‘You’re too young!’ Saul argued. ‘He has been a warrior all his life.’ ‘But let me tell you what I have done,’ David answered. ‘Lions and bears have attacked while I watched my father’s sheep and tried to take our lambs. I went after then and took the Iamb from the wild animal’s mouth. If it tried to turn on me, I caught it and killed it. I have killed both lions and bears this way, the same way I will kill this Philistine who defies the army of the living YHVH. Adonai who saved me from the paws of lions and bears will save me from the hand of the Philistine.’ ‘Go!’ Saul ordered. ‘May Adonai be with you.’ King Saul gave David his own armour, with a bronze helmet and a coat of mail. David put on his sword over this armour and stepped forward. But he could hardly walk, for he wasn’t used to such things. ‘I can’t fight with these things,’ said David. ‘I have never worn them before.’ David took off the armour. Then he picked up his shepherd’s staff and with his sling headed toward the Valley of Elah where Goliath waited. When he reached the little brook running through the valley, he picked tip five smooth stones and put them in his shepherd’s bag. As David approached, the giant Philistine came toward him, with his armour bearer walking before him. But when he saw that David was a handsome, ruddy young man, he sneered at him. ‘Am I a dog that you come to fight me with sticks?’ Goliath bellowed when he saw David’s shepherd staff. Then Goliath cursed David by his Philistine gods. ‘Come here and I’ll feed you to the birds and wild animals,’ the giant shouted. But David shouted back to Goliath. ‘You come out here with a sword, a spear and a javelin, but I come in the Name of Adonai, the YHVH of the armies of Israel whom you insulted,’ He called. ‘Today Adonai will let me conquer you. I will strike you down and cut off your head and give the dead bodies of the Philistines to the birds and wild animals. Then all people will know that there is a YHVH who rules over Israel. The men of Israel will learn that they do not depend on swords and spears, for Adonai doesn’t need these things to fight His battles. He will conquer you and give you to us!’ As Goliath came closer to attack, David stepped forward, reached into his shepherd’s bag for a stone and hurled it with his sling, straight for the giant’s forehead. As the stone struck, Goliath sank to the ground. Since David had no sword of his own, he ran to Goliath, drew his sword from its sheath and killed the giant with it, then cut off his head. When the Philistines realized that their champion warrior had been killed, they began to run away. The Israelites gave a shout and started after the Philistines, killing and wounding them all the way to Gath and Ekron, leaving their bodies along the road from Shaarim. Then the Israelites returned and collected the spoils from the Philistine camp. David kept Goliath’s armour in his tent. Later, he would take the giant’s head with him to Jerusalem. When Saul had watched David go to the valley to fight Goliath, he asked the general of his forces, whose name was Abner, about David’s family. ‘Tell me about his father,’ Saul had inquired. ‘I don’t know a thing about him,’ Abner answered. ‘Then find out who he is!’ Saul ordered. After David killed Goliath, Abner brought him to see King Saul. David was still holding Goliath’s head when he went before the king. ‘Who is your father?’ Saul asked. ‘Jesse,’ said David. ‘He is a shepherd in Bethlehem.’”
COMMENTARY
THE WEAPONS OF DAVID AND GOLIATH
Adonai had protected David when he battled wild animals to save his sheep. Now David believed Adonai would surely deliver him if he fought this Philistine. With no armour except his faith in YHVH and no weapon except a sling and stone, David met and killed the giant enemy. Operating a sling like David’s required both a strong arm and an expert aim. A slinger first tied one end of the leather sling around his wrist. With the other hand he held a stone in the side strip of leather or cloth which formed the middle section of the sling. Then gathering up the loose end, he whirled the sling in the air above his head. When he reached the proper momentum, he released the loose end and sent the stone hurtling at the mark. With practice, a slinger could become a deadly shot. While David’s lack of arms was typical of the ill-equipped Israelites, Goliath’s impressive arms were typical of Philistine warriors. Bronze armour protected his whole body. Over his head he wore a bronze helmet with leather-lined flaps covering his cheeks and ears. From neck to waist a close-fitting coat of mail guarded him from spears and arrows. The mail was made by fastening rows of overlapping bronze scales to an inner coat of leather. It weighed almost one hundred and thirty pounds. Bronze shin guards from ankle to knee completed Goliath’s armour. Like all Philistine soldiers, Goliath also carried a sword and a javelin or spear. The shaft of the spear was bronze, but the spear head was a separate piece made of iron. Using their superior skill, Philistine metalworkers had fastened the iron blade to the bronze shaft. Barbs jutting from the point were designed to tear a wound as the spear was pulled out. A leather cord around the middle of the shaft made the weapon even more powerful. With this {handle} a spearman could make the spear revolve in flight, covering great distances with accuracy.
A very light hearted explination of Purim...
"They that are of a froward heart, are abomination to Yahweh: but they that are upright in their way, are his delight."
Pr 11
"Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul."
Ps 66
Thought for Today: Tuesday March 07:
Before anything else, above anything else, and beyond anything else, YHVH Elohiym Loves us. He loves us so extravagantly, so ridiculously without any limit or condition. Remember today, He is in Love with us and He yearns for us. So, start your day by declaring your love for Him. Be blessed!
SERIES I --- THE NATION UNITES --- LESSON 18
THE GIANT!
THE GIANT’S CHALLENGE
From 1 Samuel 17:1-30
When the Philistines prepared for a battle with the Israelites, they set up camp between Socoh in Judah and Azekah in Ephes-dammim. King Saul set up his army camp on a mountain beside the Valley of Elah. The Valley of Elah lay between the two armies. One day the Philistines sent a giant named Goliath to challenge the Israelites. He was one of their greatest warriors, over nine feet tall, with a bronze helmet, a coat of mail that weighed two hundred pounds, bronze leggings and a huge bronze spear that had a twenty-five-pound iron spearhead. Before him walked his armour bearer with a great shield. ‘Why send our armies to fight one another?’ Goliath shouted to the Israelites. ‘Let’s settle this man to man. Send a warrior to fight for your army. If he kills me, the Philistines will be your slaves. If I kill him, then you will be our slaves. I challenge you to send your best warrior to fight me!’ When the men of Israel heard that, they were all discouraged and frightened, including King Saul. At this time, David was working part of the time for King Saul and part of the time for his father, going back and forth from the king to his home in Bethlehem where he took care of his father’s sheep. David was the youngest of Jesse’s eight sons. The three oldest brothers, Eliab, Abinadab and Shammah, had already joined the army of Israel to fight the Philistines. One day Jesse, David’s father, prepared some food for his sons who were fighting with Saul and asked David to take it to them, ‘Give them this bushel of roasted grain and the ten loaves of bread,’ said Jesse. ‘Also, take these ten cheeses to your brothers’ commanding officer. And be sure to find out how your brothers are and bring back some word from them.’ Early in the morning, David left the family sheep with another shepherd and took the food to the army camp where his brothers were stationed. He arrived when the Israelites were leaving for the battlefield, shouting their battle cries. David left the food with the man in charge of the provisions and ran out to the battlefront to find his brothers. When he arrived, he found the two armies facing one another, ready for battle. David had just found his brothers and was talking with them when Goliath of Gath, the Philistine giant, came down into the Valley of Elah and shouted his challenge to the Israelites. He had been doing this for forty days, both morning and evening, but this was the first time David had heard him. When they saw Goliath, the men of Israel began to run away. ‘Haven’t you seen this giant before?’ some of them asked David. ‘He defies the whole army of Israel. The king has promised that the man who kills Goliath will have great riches, will marry his daughter and that he and his family will no longer pay taxes.’ David asked some other men about this. ‘What will King Saul do for the man who kills Goliath and takes away the shame he brings to Israel?’ he asked. ‘And who does that Philistine think he is to insult the army of the living YHVH?’ These men replied to him in the same way as the others. But when David’s oldest brother Eliab, overheard what he was asking, Eliab was angry at him. ‘Why did you come here?’ he demanded. ‘You should be home taking care of the family sheep! You’re just a rude child who came here to see a fight.’ ‘What have I done wrong?’ David asked. ‘I merely asked a question.’ David persisted in asking other men the same question and they gave him the same answer.
COMMENTARY
PHILISTINE VERSUS ISRAELITE WAYS OF WARFARE
Goliath was a giant Philistine warrior who was more than nine feet tall! He marched to the front of the Philistine army and challenged Israel to send out a champion to meet him in single combat. Saul, the tallest and strongest man in Israel, was afraid. But the shepherd boy David, who had perfect trust in YHVH could not imagine why Adonai’s people should fear. Philistines controlled the production of bronze and iron weapons. They were far better equipped to do battle than the Israelites. Even without this advantage the Philistines were better prepared, for they were skilled in warfare. The Philistines had entered Canaan with the Sea Peoples from the Aegean islands. They came with knowledge of battle strategy and discipline unknown to the Canaanites. To complement their iron weapons and horse-drawn war chariots, Philistine soldiers were trained to fight in well-organized units. The Israelites on the other hand, had no such training. Israelite soldiers were farmers, shepherds and other workers joined loosely in fighting bands. Under Saul the men finally had a leader to unify them, but they remained ill equipped and poorly trained. Accordingly, most battles were scenes of mass confusion. The two armies usually faced one another across an open plain or valley, and attacked on signal. Except for those in chariots, the soldiers fought in exhausting hand-to-hand combat until one side fled from the battlefield. In setting Goliath on the Israelites, the Philistines were following a common Aegean tradition of warfare. To avoid the great bloodshed of full-scale war, the Aegeans often matched two battle champions in a fight to the death. They believed the side with the stronger YHVH would win. The outcome of the duel decided the outcome of the battle.
THIS WEEK
KI TISA כִּי תִשָּׂא
When you take
TORAH : EXODUS 30:11-34:35
PROPHETS : EZEKIEL 36:16-38
GOSPEL : MARK 9:1-10
Portion Outline
TORAH
Exodus 30:11 The Half Shekel for the Sanctuary
Exodus 30:17 The Bronze Basin
Exodus 30:22 The Anointing Oil and Incense
Exodus 31:1 Bezalel and Oholiab
Exodus 31:12 The Sabbath Law
Exodus 31:18 The Two Tablets of the Covenant
Exodus 32:1 The Golden Calf
Exodus 33:1 The Command to Leave Sinai
Exodus 33:7 The Tent outside the Camp
Exodus 33:12 Moses' Intercession
Exodus 34:1 Moses Makes New Tablets
Exodus 34:10 The Covenant Renewed
Exodus 34:29 The Shining Face of Moses
PROPHETS
1Ki 18:1 Elijah's Message to Ahab
1Ki 18:20 Elijah's Triumph over the Priests of Baal
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