And the king said, “Inquire whose son the boy is.”
Goliath stalked forward with all his brass and iron grandeur; David ran lightly toward him with one aim only, to strike true. See how swiftly the mighty fall: while the giant prepared his stroke, David's stone found the one gap in his armor, sank into his forehead, and in a twinkling brought him down, a small thing, but God's providence made it sufficient, and life went out as easily as it had come in.
AI summary
Commenting on 1 Samuel 17:48-58
And the king said, inquire thou whose son the stripling is. Still the question is the same, being very desirous of knowing of what family he was, for the reason before given; see Gill on Sa1 17:55. . 1 Samuel 17:57 sa1 17:57 sa1 17:57 sa1 17:57And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine,....