“However, the Philistine came forward morning and evening, etc. The number of forty days, during which the Philistine came forward and stood against Israel, represents all the time of the Church, during which it struggles in this life and, with the aid of the grace of the Gospel, tries to fulfill the Decalogue of the l…”
Bede, 8th c. — Commentary on Samuel
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16And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.
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14And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul.
15But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Bethlehem.
— 1 Samuel 17:16 —
17And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy brethren.
18And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.