1Samuel 17
17Now the Philistines gathered their armies for battle; they were gathered at Socoh, which belongs to Judah, and encamped between Socoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim.H6430H622H4264H4421H622H7755H3063H2583H7755H5825H6582Saul and the Israelites gathered and encamped in the valley of Elah, and formed ranks against the Philistines.H7586H376H3478H622H2583H6010H425H4421H6186H7125H64303The Philistines stood on the mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on the mountain on the other side, with a valley between them.H6430H5975H2022H3478H5975H2022H15164And there came out from the camp of the Philistines a champion named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.H3318H376H1143H4264H6430H8034H1555H1661H1363H8337H520H22395He had a helmet of bronze on his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail; the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of bronze.H3553H5178H7218H3847H8302H7193H4948H8302H2568H505H8255H51786He had greaves of bronze on his legs and a javelin of bronze slung between his shoulders.H4697H5178H7272H3591H5178H38027The shaft of his spear was like a weaver's beam, and his spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron; and his shield-bearer went before him.H6086H2671H2595H707H4500H2595H3852H8337H3967H8255H1270H5375H6793H1980H64408He stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel, "Why have you come out to draw up for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and are you not servants of Saul? Choose a man for yourselves, and let him come down to me.H5975H7121H4634H3478H559H3318H4421H6186H6430H5650H7586H1262H376H33819If he is able to fight with me and kill me, then we will be your servants; but if I prevail against him and kill him, then you shall be our servants and serve us."H3201H3898H5221H5650H3201H5221H5650H564710And the Philistine said, "Today I defy the ranks of Israel! Give me a man, that we may fight together."H6430H559H2778H4634H3478H3117H5414H376H3898H316211When Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, they were dismayed and greatly afraid.H7586H3478H8085H1697H6430H2865H3966H337212Now David was the son of an Ephrathite of Bethlehem in Judah, named Jesse, who had eight sons. In the days of Saul the man was already old and advanced in years.H1732H1121H376H673H1035H3063H8034H3448H8083H1121H376H935H582H2204H3117H758613The three eldest sons of Jesse had followed Saul to the battle; the names of his three sons who went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.H7969H1419H1121H3448H3212H310H7586H4421H8034H7969H1121H1980H4421H446H1060H4932H41H7992H804814David was the youngest; the three eldest followed Saul,H1732H6996H7969H1419H1980H310H758615but David went back and forth from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem.H1732H1980H7725H7586H7462H1H6629H103516For forty days the Philistine came forward and took his stand, morning and evening.H6430H5066H7925H6150H3320H705H311717Jesse said to his son David, "Take for your brothers an ephah of this parched grain and these ten loaves, and carry them quickly to the camp to your brothers;H3448H559H1732H1121H3947H251H374H2088H7039H6235H3899H7323H4264H25118also take these ten cheeses to the commander of their thousand. See how your brothers fare, and bring some token from them."H935H6235H2461H2757H8269H505H6485H251H7965H3947H616119Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.H7586H376H3478H6010H425H3898H643020David rose early in the morning, left the sheep with a keeper, took the provisions, and went as Jesse had commanded him. He came to the encampment as the army was going forth to the battle line, shouting the war cry.H1732H7925H1242H5203H6629H8104H5375H3212H3448H6680H935H4570H2428H3318H4634H7321H442121Israel and the Philistines drew up for battle, army against army.H3478H6430H6186H4634H7125H463422David left the things in charge of the keeper of the baggage, ran to the ranks, and went and greeted his brothers.H1732H5203H3627H3027H8104H3627H7323H4634H935H7592H7965H25123As he talked with them, the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, came up out of the ranks of the Philistines, and spoke the same words as before. And David heard him.H1696H5927H376H1143H6430H1661H1555H8034H4634H4630H6430H1696H428H1697H1732H808524All the Israelites, when they saw the man, fled from him and were very much afraid.H376H3478H7200H376H5127H6440H3966H337225The Israelites said, "Have you seen this man who has come up? Surely he has come up to defy Israel. The king will greatly enrich the man who kills him, and will give him his daughter and make his family free in Israel."H376H3478H559H7200H376H5927H2778H3478H5927H376H5221H4428H6238H1419H6239H5414H1323H6213H1H1004H2670H347826David said to the men who stood by him, "What shall be done for the man who kills this Philistine, and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the armies of the living God?"H1732H559H582H5975H559H6213H376H5221H1975H6430H5493H2781H3478H6189H6430H2778H4634H2416H43027The people answered him in the same way, "So shall it be done for the man who kills him."H5971H559H1697H559H6213H376H522128His eldest brother Eliab heard him talking to the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David. He said, "Why have you come down? With whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your presumption and the evil of your heart; for you have come down just to see the battle."H446H1419H251H8085H1696H582H446H639H2734H1732H559H3381H5203H2007H4592H6629H4057H3045H2087H7455H3824H3381H7200H442129David said, "What have I done now? It was only a question."H1732H559H6213H169730He turned away from him toward another and spoke in the same way; and the people answered him again as before.H5437H681H4136H312H559H1697H5971H1697H7725H7223H169731When the words that David spoke were heard, they repeated them before Saul; and he sent for him.H1697H8085H1732H1696H5046H6440H7586H394732David said to Saul, "Let no one's heart fail because of him; your servant will go and fight with this Philistine."H1732H559H7586H120H3820H5307H5650H3212H3898H643033Saul said to David, "You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for you are just a boy, and he has been a warrior from his youth."H7586H559H1732H3201H3212H6430H3898H5288H376H4421H527134But David said to Saul, "Your servant used to keep sheep for his father; and whenever a lion or a bear came, and took a lamb from the flock,H1732H559H7586H5650H7462H1H6629H935H738H1677H5375H7716H2089H573935I went after it and struck it down, rescuing the lamb from its mouth; and if it turned against me, I would catch it by the jaw, strike it down, and kill it.H3318H310H5221H5337H6310H6965H2388H2206H5221H419136Your servant has killed both lions and bears; and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be like one of them, since he has defied the armies of the living God."H5650H5221H738H1677H6189H6430H259H2778H4634H2416H43037David said, "The LORD, who saved me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear, will save me from the hand of this Philistine." So Saul said to David, "Go, and may the LORD be with you!"H1732H559H3068H5337H3027H738H3027H1677H5337H3027H6430H7586H559H1732H3212H306838Saul clothed David with his armor; he put a bronze helmet on his head and clothed him with a coat of mail.H7586H3847H1732H4055H5414H6959H5178H7218H3847H830239David strapped Saul's sword over the armor, and he tried in vain to walk, for he was not used to them. Then David said to Saul, "I cannot walk with these; for I am not used to them." So David removed them.H1732H2296H2719H4055H2974H3212H5254H1732H559H7586H3201H3212H5254H1732H549340Then he took his staff in his hand, and chose five smooth stones from the wadi, and put them in his shepherd's bag, in the pouch; his sling was in his hand, and he drew near to the Philistine.H3947H4731H3027H977H2568H2512H68H5158H7760H7462H3627H3219H7050H3027H5066H643041The Philistine came on and drew near to David, with his shield-bearer in front of him.H6430H3212H1980H7131H1732H376H5375H6793H644042When the Philistine looked and saw David, he disdained him, for he was only a youth, ruddy and handsome in appearance.H6430H5027H7200H1732H959H5288H132H3303H475843The Philistine said to David, "Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?" And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.H6430H559H1732H3611H935H4731H6430H7043H1732H43044The Philistine said to David, "Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and to the wild animals of the field."H6430H559H1732H3212H5414H1320H5775H8064H929H770445But David said to the Philistine, "You come to me with sword and spear and javelin; but I come to you in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.H559H1732H6430H935H2719H2595H3591H935H8034H3068H6635H430H4634H3478H277846This very day the LORD will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you down and cut off your head; and I will give the dead bodies of the Philistine army this very day to the birds of the air and to the wild animals of the earth, so that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel,H3117H3068H5462H3027H5221H5493H7218H5414H6297H4264H6430H3117H5775H8064H2416H776H776H3045H3426H430H347847and that all this assembly may know that the LORD does not save by sword and spear; for the battle is the LORD's and he will give you into our hand."H6951H3045H3068H3467H2719H2595H4421H3068H5414H302748When the Philistine drew nearer to meet David, David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet the Philistine.H6430H6965H3212H7126H7125H1732H1732H4116H7323H4634H7125H643049David put his hand in his bag, took out a stone, slung it, and struck the Philistine on his forehead; the stone sank into his forehead, and he fell face down on the ground.H1732H7971H3027H3627H3947H68H7049H5221H6430H4696H68H2883H4696H5307H6440H77650So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone, striking down the Philistine and killing him; there was no sword in David's hand.H1732H2388H4480H6430H7050H68H5221H6430H4191H2719H3027H173251Then David ran and stood over the Philistine; he grasped his sword, drew it out of its sheath, and killed him; then he cut off his head with it. When the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled.H1732H7323H5975H6430H3947H2719H8025H8593H4191H3772H7218H6430H7200H1368H4191H512752The troops of Israel and Judah rose up with a shout and pursued the Philistines as far as Gath and the gates of Ekron, so that the wounded Philistines fell on the way from Shaaraim as far as Gath and Ekron.H582H3478H3063H6965H7321H7291H6430H935H1516H8179H6138H2491H6430H5307H1870H8189H1661H613853The Israelites came back from chasing the Philistines, and they plundered their camp.H1121H3478H7725H1814H310H6430H8155H426454David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armor in his tent.H1732H3947H7218H6430H935H3389H7760H3627H16855When Saul saw David go out against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the commander of the army, "Abner, whose son is this young man?" Abner said, "As your soul lives, O king, I do not know."H7586H7200H1732H3318H7125H6430H559H74H8269H6635H74H1121H5288H74H559H5315H2416H4428H518H304556The king said, "Inquire whose son the stripling is."H4428H559H7592H1121H595857On David's return from killing the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul, with the head of the Philistine in his hand.H1732H7725H5221H6430H74H3947H935H6440H7586H7218H6430H302758Saul said to him, "Whose son are you, young man?" And David answered, "I am the son of your servant Jesse the Bethlehemite."H7586H559H1121H5288H1732H559H1121H5650H3448H1022
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