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ISA-11:9 ...for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD,

as the waters cover the sea.

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1SA-17:1 Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to

battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh, which [belongeth]

Judah, and pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephesdammin.

1SA-17:2 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.

1SA-17:3 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.

1SA-17:4 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.

1SA-17:5 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.

1SA-17:6 And [he had] greaves of brass upon his legs, and a

target

of brass between his shoulders.

1SA-17:7 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.

1SA-17:8 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.

1SA-17:9 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.

1SA-17:10 And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel

this

day; give me a man, that we may fight together.

1SA-17:11 When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the

Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.

1SA-17:12 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.

1SA-17:13 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.

1SA-17:14 And David [was] the youngest: and the three eldest

followed Saul.

1SA-17:15 But David went and returned from Saul to feed his

father's sheep at Bethlehem.

1SA-17:16 And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and

presented himself forty days.

1SA-17:17 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;

1SA-17:18 And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of

[their]

thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.

1SA-17:19 Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, [were]

the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.

1SA-17:20 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.

1SA-17:21 For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in

array, army against army.

1SA-17:22 And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper

the carriage, and ran into the army, and came and saluted his

brethren.

1SA-17:23 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].

1SA-17:24 And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled

from him, and were sore afraid.

1SA-17:25 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.

1SA-17:26 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?

1SA-17:27 And the people answered him after this manner, saying,

shall it be done to the man that killeth him.

1SA-17:28 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.

1SA-17:29 And David said, What have I now done? [Is there] not a

cause?

1SA-17:30 And he turned from him toward another, and spake after

the same manner: and the people answered him again after the

former

manner.

1SA-17:31 And when the words were heard which David spake, they

rehearsed [them] before Saul: and he sent for him.

1SA-17:32 And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail

because

of him; thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine.

1SA-17:33 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.

1SA-17:34 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:

1SA-17:35 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.

1SA-17:36 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.

1SA-17:37 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.

1SA-17:38 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.

1SA-17:39 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.

1SA-17:40 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.

1SA-17:41 And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David;

and

the man that bare the shield [went] before him.

1SA-17:42 And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David,

disdained him: for he was [but] a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair

countenance.

1SA-17:43 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.

1SA-17:44 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.

1SA-17:45 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

the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel,

whom

thou hast defied.

1SA-17:46 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

the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth

may

know that there is a God in Israel.

1SA-17:47 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.

1SA-17:48 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.

1SA-17:49 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

the earth.

1SA-17:50 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.

1SA-17:51 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.

1SA-17:52 And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted,

and pursued the Philistines, until thou come to the valley, and

the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell down

the way to Shaaraim, even unto Gath, and unto Ekron.

1SA-17:53 And the children of Israel returned from chasing after

the Philistines, and they spoiled their tents.

1SA-17:54 And David took the head of the Philistine, and

brought it

to Jerusalem; but he put his armour in his tent.

1SA-17:55 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.

1SA-17:56 And the king said, Inquire thou whose son the

stripling

[is].

1SA-17:57 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.

1SA-17:58 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.