Text -- 1 Samuel 17:53-58 (NET)

17:53 When the Israelites returned from their hot pursuit of the Philistines, they looted their camp. 17:54 David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem, and he put Goliath’s weapons in his tent. 17:55 Now as Saul watched David going out to fight the Philistine, he asked Abner, the general in command of the army, “Whose son is this young man, Abner?” Abner replied, “As surely as you live, O king, I don’t know.” 17:56 The king said, “Find out whose son this boy is!” 17:57 So when David returned from striking down the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul. He still had the head of the Philistine in his hand. 17:58 Saul said to him, “Whose son are you, young man?” David replied, “I am the son of your servant Jesse in Bethlehem.”

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: 1Sa 17:54

¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

² tn Heb “his”; the referent (Goliath) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

NET Notes: 1Sa 17:55

¹ tc Most LXX mss lack 17:55–18:5.

NET Notes: 1Sa 17:58

¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.