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1_Samuel
1Sam.17
[1] Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to
battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to
Judah, and pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in
Ephes-dammim.
[2] And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together,
and pitched by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array
against the Philistines.
[3] And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one
side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side: and there
was a valley between them.
[4] And there went out a champion out of the camp of the
Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits
and a span.
[5] And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he
was armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was
five thousand shekels of brass.
[6] And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a
target of brass between his shoulders.
[7] And the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam;
and his spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one
bearing a shield went before him.
[8] And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and
said unto them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array?
am not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man
for you, and let him come down to me.
[9] If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then
will we be your servants: but if I prevail against him, and kill
him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve us.
[10] And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel
this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.
[11] When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the
Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.
[12] Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of
Bethlehemjudah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and
the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.
[13] And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed
Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to
the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab,
and the third Shammah.
[14] And David was the youngest: and the three eldest
followed Saul.
[15] But David went and returned from Saul to feed his
father's sheep at Bethlehem.
[16] And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and
presented himself forty days.
[17] And 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;
[18] And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their
thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their
pledge.
[19] Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were
in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
[20] And David rose up early in the morning, and left the
sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded
him; and he came to the trench, as the host was going forth to
the fight, and shouted for the battle.
[21] For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in
array, army against army.
[22] And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper
of the carriage, and ran into the army, and came and saluted his
brethren.
[23] And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the
champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the
armies of the Philistines, and spake according to the same words:
and David heard them.
[24] And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man,
fled from him, and were sore afraid.
[25] And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man
that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it
shall be, that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him
with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his
father's house free in Israel.
[26] And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying,
What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and
taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who is this
uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the
living God?
[27] And the people answered him after this manner,
saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him.
[28] And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto
the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he
said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left
those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the
naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou
mightest see the battle.
[29] And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a
cause?
[30] And he turned from him toward another, and spake
after the same manner: and the people answered him again after
the former manner.
[31] And when the words were heard which David spake, they
rehearsed them before Saul: and he sent for him.
[32] And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail
because of him; thy servant will go and fight with this
Philistine.
[33] And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go
against this Philistine to fight with him: for thou art but a
youth, and he a man of war from his youth.
[34] And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his
father's sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a
lamb out of the flock:
[35] And I went out after him, and smote him, and
delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I
caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him.
[36] Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this
uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath
defied the armies of the living God.
[37] David said moreover, The LORD that delivered me out
of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will
deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto
David, Go, and the LORD be with thee.
[38] And Saul armed David with his armour, and he put an
helmet of brass upon his head; also he armed him with a coat of
mail.
[39] And David girded his sword upon his armour, and he
assayed to go; for he had not proved it. And David said unto
Saul, I cannot go with these; for I have not proved them. And
David put them off him.
[40] And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five
smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag
which he had, even in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand: and
he drew near to the Philistine.
[41] And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David;
and the man that bare the shield went before him.
[42] And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David,
he disdained him: for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a
fair countenance.
[43] And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that
thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by
his gods.
[44] And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I
will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts
of the field.
[45] Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me
with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to
thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of
Israel, whom thou hast defied.
[46] This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand;
and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will
give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto
the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that
all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.
[47] And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth
not with sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD's, and he
will give you into our hands.
[48] And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and
came and drew nigh to meet David, that David hasted, and ran
toward the army to meet the Philistine.
[49] And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a
stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead,
that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face
to the earth.
[50] So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling
and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but
there was no sword in the hand of David.
[51] Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine,
and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and
slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the
Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled.
[52] And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and
shouted, and pursued the Philistines, until thou come to the
valley, and to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the
Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even unto Gath, and
unto Ekron.
[53] And the children of Israel returned from chasing
after the Philistines, and they spoiled their tents.
[54] And David took the head of the Philistine, and
brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armour in his tent.
[55] And when Saul saw David go forth against the
Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner,
whose son is this youth? And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O
king, I cannot tell.
[56] And the king said, Inquire thou whose son the
stripling is.
[57] And as David returned from the slaughter of the
Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the
head of the Philistine in his hand.
[58] And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, thou young
man? And David answered, I am the son of thy servant Jesse the
Bethlehemite.
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