1SA-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 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]
in
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
of
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,
So
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,
he
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
in
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
of
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
to
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
to
the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell down
by
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.
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