SEV Biblia, Chapter 17:23
Y estando él hablando con ellos, he aquí aquel varón que se ponía en medio de los dos campamentos , que se llamaba Goliat, el filisteo de Gat, que subía de los escuadrones de los filisteos, hablando las mismas palabras; las cuales oyó David.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 23. And as he talked with them , etc.] About their health, and the errand he came upon, and the message of his father to them, and how it was with him, who sent them his best wishes: behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name : of whom (see 1 Samuel 17:4); he came out of the valley, and drew near to the mountain the Israelites were descending: out of the armies of the Philistines : from the plains where they were encamped, as Kimchi, though they seem to have been encamped on a mountain as the Israelites were; or from the ranks of the Philistines; according to the marginal reading, he came out of one of the battalions that were set in array: and spake according to the same words ; which he had spoken time after time forty days successively, namely, what is expressed ( 1 Samuel 17:8-10); and David heard [them] ; and observed them.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 12-30 - Jesse little thought of sending his son to the army at that critica juncture; but the wise God orders actions and affairs, so as to serv his designs. In times of general formality and lukewarmness, ever degree of zeal which implies readiness to go further, or to ventur more in the cause of God than others, will be blamed as pride an ambition, and by none more than by near relations, like Eliab, or negligent superiors. It was a trial of David's meekness, patience, an constancy. He had right and reason on his side, and did not rende railing for railing; with a soft answer he turned away his brother' wrath. This conquest of his own passion was more honourable than tha of Goliath. Those who undertake great and public services, must no think it strange if they are spoken ill of, and opposed by those from whom they expect support and assistance. They must humbly go on with their work, in the face not only of enemies' threats, but of friends slights and suspicions.
Original Hebrew
והוא 1931 מדבר 1696 עמם 5973 והנה 2009 אישׁ 376 הבנים 1143 עולה 5927 גלית 1555 הפלשׁתי 6430 שׁמו 8034 מגת 1661 ממערות 4630 פלשׁתים 6430 וידבר 1696 כדברים 1697 האלה 428 וישׁמע 8085 דוד׃ 1732
