He killed a huge Egyptian, and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and killed him with his own spear.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 21. Sight, for size. Josephus.—Hebrew “a man of great aspect,” which 1 Par. properly explains “five cubits high.”—Hand. Septuagint supply what seems to be omitted, “like a weaver’s beam,” (Ken.) as it is found in Paral.—Rod, or rather “a staff,” like David’s. 1 Kennicott. 17:43 and 14:43. Bible.—Some men, with a stick or codgel, will not fear to encounter a man armed; ( Calmet.) as we see exemplified in Q. Curtius, (ix. 7,) where Dioxippus, the Athenian wrestler, overcame Horratas of Macedon, who had challenged him out in a fit of drunkenness. Bible.