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Pentecost Season · Proper 7 · Year B

1 Samuel 17:(1a, 4-11, 19-23), 32-49 or 1 Samuel 17:57-18:5, 18:10-16

David and Goliath

June 20, 2027

David with the Head of Goliath, Caravaggio
David with the Head of Goliath, Caravaggio, c. 1600–1601Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
The boy holds the head out at arm's length with no expression at all. In Caravaggio's later version of the subject the severed head is a self-portrait.It is the reading, and Caravaggio painted the aftermath rather than the fight.CaravaggioThe painter who put street models and raking light into altarpieces, killed a man in a brawl, and changed European painting in under twenty years.Kunsthistorisches Museum, ViennaThe Habsburg collection, assembled over four centuries and housed in a purpose-built palace on the Ringstrasse since 1891.Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Revised Common Lectionary
GospelMark 4:35-41Mk 4:35-41
Epistle2 Cor. 6:1-132 Cor 6:1-13
Old Testament1 Sam. 17:(1a, 4-11, 19-23), 32-491 Sm 17:(1a, 4-11, 19-23), 32-49 or1 Sam. 17:57-18:5, 18:10-161 Sm 17:57-18:5, 18:10-16Alt. OTJob 38:1-11Jb 38:1-11
PsalterPs. 9:9-20Ps 9:9-20 orPs. 133Ps 133Alt. PsalmPs. 107:1-3, 23-32Ps 107:1-3, 23-32

Overview & Insights

"The battle is the Lord's and he will give you into our hand." (1 Samuel 17:47)

The young shepherd David volunteers to face the Philistine champion Goliath, refuses Saul's armor, and strikes the giant down with a sling and a stone in the name of the Lord. The scene contrasts human might with trust in God.

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Take it further: 1 Samuel 17:(1a, 4-11, 19-23), 32-49 or 1 Samuel 17:57-18:5, 18:10-16

Commentary

Commentary on 1 Samuel 17:32-49Commentary on 1 Sm 17:32-49 Working Preacher

Luther Seminary Year B commentary on David facing Goliath.

1 Samuel 17 (Guzik)1 Sm 17 (Guzik) Enduring Word · David Guzik

Guzik's verse by verse commentary on the chapter.

1 Samuel 17 Commentary1 Sm 17 Commentary Precept Austin

Word studies and expository notes on the David and Goliath narrative.

1 Samuel 17:32 Parallel Commentaries1 Sm 17:32 Parallel Commentaries BibleHub

Parallel classic commentaries collected from 1 Samuel 17:32.

Barnes' Notes on 1 Samuel 17Barnes' Notes on 1 Sm 17 StudyLight

Barnes' Notes on the whole chapter of 1 Samuel 17.

Background & Word Study

1 Samuel 17:32 Hebrew Interlinear1 Sm 17:32 Hebrew Interlinear BibleHub

Hebrew text of 1 Samuel 17:32 with parsing and Strong's numbers.

1 Samuel 17 in Hebrew1 Sm 17 in Hebrew Sefaria

Hebrew text of 1 Samuel 17 with classical Jewish commentaries alongside.

The Church Fathers

Catena on 1 Samuel 17Catena on 1 Sm 17 Catena

Church fathers' comments gathered verse by verse for 1 Samuel 17.

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