1 SAMUEL 17:25 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father’s house free in Israel.”
And the men of Israel said, Have you seen this man? Surely he comes up to defy Israel — the soldiers' question to one another expresses the collective awareness that something extraordinary is occurring, that ordinary categories of warfare no longer apply. The verb *ha'lo yilachem lanu*, shall he not fight for us—carries ironic weight; these warriors imagine that Goliath is somehow fighting *for* them against Israel, when in fact he is the invading challenge. Yet their perception reveals the deeper truth: Goliath has become the focus, the singular enemy, and whoever defeats him accomplishes Israel's deliverance.
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