Matthew Poole Commentary - 1 Samuel 17:33 - 17:33

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Matthew Poole Commentary - 1 Samuel 17:33 - 17:33


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But a youth; either,



1. For age, to wit, comparatively to Goliath, being now not much above twenty years old, as is supposed. Or rather,



2. For military skill, as the words following explain it; as if he should say, Thou art but a novice, a raw and unexperienced soldier, and therefore unable to fight with him.