King James Version
1 Samuel 17:16 in the King James Version says “And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.” — study this verse from 1 Samuel chapter 17 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.”
1 Samuel 17:16 · KJV
And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul.
But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem.
And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.
And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy brethren;
And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge. cheeses: Heb. cheeses of milk of: Heb. of a thousand
KJV Study — Public Domain
“drew near”
H5066to be or come (causatively, bring) near (for any purpose); euphemistically, to lie with a woman; as an enemy, to attack; religious to worship; causati
“morning”
H7925literally, to load up (on the back of man or beast), i.e., to start early in the morning
“and presented”
H3320to place (any thing so as to stay); reflexively, to station, offer, continue
“days”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
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