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<p class="tab-1">David is the man whom God now delights to honour, for he is a man after his own heart. We read in the foregoing chapter how, after he was anointed, Providence made him famous in the court; we read in this chapter how Providence made him much more famous in the camp, and, by both, not only marked him for a great man, but fitted him for the throne for which he was designed. In the court he was only Saul’s physician; but in the camp Israel’s champion; there he fairly fought, and beat Goliath of Gath. In the story observe, I. What a noble figure Goliath made, and how daringly he challenged the armies of Israel, <a class="bibleref" title="1Sam.17.1-1Sam.17.11" href="/passage/?search=1Sam.17.1-1Sam.17.11">1 Sam. 17:1-11</a>. II. What a mean figure David made, when Providence brought him to the army, <a class="bibleref" title="1Sam.17.12-1Sam.17.30" href="/passage/?search=1Sam.17.12-1Sam.17.30">1 Sam. 17:12-30</a>. III. The unparalleled bravery wherewith David undertook to encounter this Philistine, <a class="bibleref" title="1Sam.17.31-1Sam.17.39" href="/passage/?search=1Sam.17.31-1Sam.17.39">1 Sam. 17:31-39</a>. IV. The pious resolution with which he attacked him, <a class="bibleref" title="1Sam.17.40-1Sam.17.47" href="/passage/?search=1Sam.17.40-1Sam.17.47">1 Sam. 17:40-47</a>. V. The glorious victory he obtained over him with a sling and a stone, and the advantage which the Israelites thereby gained against the Philistines, <a class="bibleref" title="1Sam.17.48-1Sam.17.54" href="/passage/?search=1Sam.17.48-1Sam.17.54">1 Sam. 17:48-54</a>. VI. The great notice which was hereupon taken of David at court, <a class="bibleref" title="1Sam.17.55-1Sam.17.58" href="/passage/?search=1Sam.17.55-1Sam.17.58">1 Sam. 17:55-58</a>.</p>
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