1 Samuel 17:16
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Now the Philistine came out morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.

forty days

Matthew 4:2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he was hungry.

Luke 4:2 For the space of forty days, and was tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing in those days. And when they were ended, he was hungry.

Context
David Accepts the Challenge
15David went, and returned from Saul, to feed his father's flock at Bethlehem. 16Now the Philistine came out morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.17And Isai said to David, his son: Take for thy brethren an ephi of frumenty, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy brethren,…
Cross References
1 Samuel 17:15
David went, and returned from Saul, to feed his father's flock at Bethlehem.

1 Samuel 17:17
And Isai said to David, his son: Take for thy brethren an ephi of frumenty, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy brethren,

Lexicon
For forty
אַרְבָּעִ֥ים (’ar·bā·‘îm)
Number - common plural
Strong's Hebrew 705: Forty

days
יֽוֹם׃ (yō·wm)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day

the Philistine
הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֖י (hap·pə·liš·tî)
Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6430: Philistines -- inhabitants of Philistia

came forward
וַיִּגַּ֥שׁ (way·yig·gaš)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5066: To draw near, approach

every morning
הַשְׁכֵּ֣ם (haš·kêm)
Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute
Strong's Hebrew 7925: To load up, to start early in the morning

and evening
וְהַעֲרֵ֑ב (wə·ha·‘ă·rêḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute
Strong's Hebrew 6150: To become evening, grow dark

to take his stand.
וַיִּתְיַצֵּ֖ב (way·yiṯ·yaṣ·ṣêḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3320: To set or station oneself, take one's stand


Additional Translations
For forty days the Philistine came forward every morning and evening to take his stand.And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.

And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.

And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.

And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.

And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.

The Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.

And the Philistine draweth nigh, morning and evening, and stationeth himself forty days.
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