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1 Samuel 17:56

1 Samuel 17:56
And the king said, Enquire thou whose son the stripling is.

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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

And the king said, inquire thou whose son the stripling is. Still the question is the same, being very desirous of…

Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–17141 Samuel 17:48-58

Here is 1. The engagement between the two champions, Sa1 17:48. To this engagement the Philistine advanced with a great…

Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921

the stripling This word is the diminutive of strip, and like slip, scion, &c. means a youth, as it were a strip from the…