Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Samuel 17:8

8 And he stood and cryed unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set your battel in aray? am not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose ye a man for you, and let him come down to me .

That the Battel may be decided by us Two alone. Such offers were frequent in those times. And possibly he thought the Valiant Ionathan, who had Assaulted an whole Army, would never have refused this Challenge. But God so ordered the matter, that none should accept it, because he would reserve this Honour for David, as a step to his Kingdome.