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NASB | 1 Samuel 17:55 ¶ Now when Saul saw David going out against the Philistine, he said to Abner the commander of the army, "Abner, whose son is this young man?" And Abner said, "By your life, O king, I do not know." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Samuel 17:55 ¶ When Saul saw David going out against the Philistine, he said to Abner the captain of the army, "Abner, whose son is this young man?" And Abner answered, "By your life, O king, I do not know." |
Bible Question: Why is it in I Samuel 17:55-58 Saul doesn't know David, when in the chapter before (Chapter 16:14-23)David plays the harp for Saul and is one of his armour bearers? |
Bible Answer: Hi redeguitar, Be sure to read Makarios's answer, #35155, to the same question concerning this verse. What came to my mind in considering "Whose son is this youth?" is a comparison to Mark 12:35 and determining who the Son of God really is. Saul should have known David and certainly we should know the Son of David. I wonder if Saul by this time in 1 Samuel 17 had begun to think that this David was more than he originally had thought. At the same time that Saul was asking of Abner, "Abner, whose son is this young man?" David was saying these words to the Philistine giant: 1 Samuel 17:45, "Then David said to the Philistine, "You come to me with a sword, a spear, and a javelin, but I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have taunted. 46 This day the Lord will deliver you up into my hands, and I will strike you down and remove your head from you. And I will give the dead bodies of the army of the Philistines this day to the birds of the sky and the wild beasts of the earth, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel, 47 and that all this assembly may know that the Lord does not deliver by sword or by spear; for the battle is the Lord's and He will give you into our hands." So in a sense, Saul may be wondering if this David was a son of God since he was coming in the name of the Lord of hosts. 1) In comparing it to Mark 12:35-37, in what sense is Jesus David's Son? Mark 12:35, NASB, "And Jesus answering began to say, as He taught in the temple, "How is it that the Scribes say that the Christ is the son of David?" Mark 12:35, NKJ, "Then Jesus answered and said, while He taught in the temple, "How is it that the scribes say that the Christ is the Son of David?" ******* Mark 12:37, NASB, "David himself calls Him Lord; and so in what sense is He his son?" And the great crowd enjoyed listening to Him." Mark 12:37, NKJ, "Therefore David himself calls Him 'Lord'; how is He then his Son?" And the common people heard Him gladly." 2) So the important thing about your question is not whose son is David but rather who is this Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom Goliath had taunted. I hope that you see that the Christ is the Son of this man David; even the Son of God. Matthew 22:42 and Mark 12:35. From the heart, Ray |
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