John Gill's Bible Commentary Ver. 5. For he did put his life in his hand , etc.] Exposed himself to the utmost danger, when no one in all the camp of Israel would do the like: and slew the Philistine ; Goliath of Gath, who defied the armies of Israel; against him he went unarmed, only with his sling and stones, and fought him, and slew him: and the Lord wrought a great salvation for all Israel ; by his hand, so that they were delivered from their enemies, who fled before them, and they pursued them, and got a complete victory over them: thou sawest [it], and didst rejoice ; he was an eyewitness of David’s going forth against the Philistine, and slaying him, and of all the happy effects of it, which then greatly affected him, and he could not forbear expressing great joy on that occasion: wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause ? and so entail the guilt of it on himself and family.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-10 - How forcible are right words! Saul was, for a time, convinced of the unreasonableness of his enmity to David; but he continued his malic against David. So incurable is the hatred of the seed of the serpen against that of the woman; so deceitful and desperately wicked is the heart of man without the grace of God, Jer 17:9.
Original Hebrew וישׂם7760 את853 נפשׁו5315 בכפו3709 ויך5221 את853 הפלשׁתי6430 ויעשׂ6213 יהוה3068 תשׁועה8668 גדולה1419 לכל3605 ישׂראל3478 ראית7200 ותשׂמח8055 ולמה4100 תחטא2398 בדם1818 נקי5355 להמית4191 את853 דוד1732 חנם׃2600
