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1Samuel 17
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David and Goliath

17Now the Philistines gathered their armies together to battle, and were gathered together at Sochoh, which belongs to Judah; they encamped between Sochoh and Azekah, in Ephes Dammim.H6430H622H4264H4421H622H7755H3063H2583H7755H5825H658 2And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and they encamped in the Valley of Elah, and drew up in battle array against the Philistines.H7586H376H3478H622H2583H6010H425H4421H6186H7125H6430 3The Philistines stood on a mountain on one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side, with a valley between them.H6430H5975H2022H3478H5975H2022H1516 4And a champion went out from the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, from Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.H3318H376H1143H4264H6430H8034H1555H1661H1363H8337H520H2239 5He had a bronze helmet on his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail, and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of bronze.H3553H5178H7218H3847H8302H7193H4948H8302H2568H505H8255H5178 6And he had bronze armor on his legs and a bronze javelin between his shoulders.H4697H5178H7272H3591H5178H3802 7Now the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam, and his iron spearhead weighed six hundred shekels; and a shield-bearer went before him.H6086H2671H2595H707H4500H2595H3852H8337H3967H8255H1270H5375H6793H1980H6440 8Then he stood and cried out to the armies of Israel, and said to them, "Why have you come out to line up for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and you the servants of Saul? Choose a man for yourselves, and let him come down to me.H5975H7121H4634H3478H559H3318H4421H6186H6430H5650H7586H1262H376H3381 9"If 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."H3201H3898H5221H5650H3201H5221H5650H5647 10And the Philistine said, "I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together."H6430H559H2778H4634H3478H3117H5414H376H3898H3162 11When Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, they were dismayed and greatly afraid.H7586H3478H8085H1697H6430H2865H3966H3372 12Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem Judah, whose name was Jesse, and who had eight sons. And the man was old, advanced in years, in the days of Saul.H1732H1121H376H673H1035H3063H8034H3448H8083H1121H376H935H582H2204H3117H7586 13The three oldest sons of Jesse had gone to follow Saul to the battle. The names of his three sons who went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, next to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.H7969H1419H1121H3448H3212H310H7586H4421H8034H7969H1121H1980H4421H446H1060H4932H41H7992H8048 14David was the youngest. And the three oldest followed Saul.H1732H6996H7969H1419H1980H310H7586 15But David occasionally went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem.H1732H1980H7725H7586H7462H1H6629H1035 16And the Philistine drew near and presented himself forty days, morning and evening.H6430H5066H7925H6150H3320H705H3117 17Then Jesse said to his son David, "Take now for your brothers an ephah of this dried grain and these ten loaves, and run to your brothers at the camp.H3448H559H1732H1121H3947H251H374H2088H7039H6235H3899H7323H4264H251 18"And carry these ten cheeses to the captain of their thousand, and see how your brothers fare, and bring back news of them."H935H6235H2461H2757H8269H505H6485H251H7965H3947H6161 19Now Saul and they and all the men of Israel were in the Valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.H7586H376H3478H6010H425H3898H6430 20So David rose early in the morning, left the sheep with a keeper, and took the things and went as Jesse had commanded him. And he came to the camp as the army was going out to the fight and shouting for the battle.H1732H7925H1242H5203H6629H8104H5375H3212H3448H6680H935H4570H2428H3318H4634H7321H4421 21For Israel and the Philistines had drawn up in battle array, army against army.H3478H6430H6186H4634H7125H4634 22And David left his supplies in the hand of the supply keeper, ran to the army, and came and greeted his brothers.H1732H5203H3627H3027H8104H3627H7323H4634H935H7592H7965H251 23Then as he talked with them, there was the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, coming up from the armies of the Philistines; and he spoke according to the same words. So David heard them.H1696H5927H376H1143H6430H1661H1555H8034H4634H4630H6430H1696H428H1697H1732H8085 24And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him and were dreadfully afraid.H376H3478H7200H376H5127H6440H3966H3372 25So the men of Israel said, "Have you seen this man who has come up? Surely he has come up to defy Israel; and it shall be that the man who kills him the king will enrich with great riches, will give him his daughter, and give his father's house exemption from taxes in Israel."H376H3478H559H7200H376H5927H2778H3478H5927H376H5221H4428H6238H1419H6239H5414H1323H6213H1H1004H2670H3478 26Then David spoke to the men who stood by him, saying, "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?"H1732H559H582H5975H559H6213H376H5221H1975H6430H5493H2781H3478H6189H6430H2778H4634H2416H430 27And the people answered him in this manner, saying, "So shall it be done for the man who kills him."H5971H559H1697H559H6213H376H5221 28Now Eliab his oldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab's anger was aroused against David, and he said, "Why did you come down here? And with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and the insolence of your heart, for you have come down to see the battle."H446H1419H251H8085H1696H582H446H639H2734H1732H559H3381H5203H2007H4592H6629H4057H3045H2087H7455H3824H3381H7200H4421 29And David said, "What have I done now? Is there not a cause?"H1732H559H6213H1697 30Then he turned from him toward another and said the same thing; and these people answered him as the first ones did.H5437H681H4136H312H559H1697H5971H1697H7725H7223H1697 31Now when the words which David spoke were heard, they reported them to Saul; and he sent for him.H1697H8085H1732H1696H5046H6440H7586H3947 32Then David said to Saul, "Let no man's heart fail because of him; your servant will go and fight with this Philistine."H1732H559H7586H120H3820H5307H5650H3212H3898H6430 33And Saul said to David, "You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for you are a youth, and he a man of war from his youth."H7586H559H1732H3201H3212H6430H3898H5288H376H4421H5271 34But David said to Saul, "Your servant used to keep his father's sheep, and when a lion or a bear came and took a lamb out of the flock,H1732H559H7586H5650H7462H1H6629H935H738H1677H5375H7716H2089H5739 35I went out after it and struck it, and delivered the lamb from its mouth; and when it arose against me, I caught it by its beard, and struck and killed it.H3318H310H5221H5337H6310H6965H2388H2206H5221H4191 36"Your servant has killed both lion and bear; and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, seeing he has defied the armies of the living God."H5650H5221H738H1677H6189H6430H259H2778H4634H2416H430 37Moreover David said, "The LORD, who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear, He will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine." And Saul said to David, "Go, and the LORD be with you!"H1732H559H3068H5337H3027H738H3027H1677H5337H3027H6430H7586H559H1732H3212H3068 38So Saul clothed David with his armor, and he put a bronze helmet on his head; he also clothed him with a coat of mail.H7586H3847H1732H4055H5414H6959H5178H7218H3847H8302 39David fastened his sword to his armor and tried to walk, for he had not tested them. And David said to Saul, "I cannot walk with these, for I have not tested them." So David took them off.H1732H2296H2719H4055H2974H3212H5254H1732H559H7586H3201H3212H5254H1732H5493 40Then he took his staff in his hand; and he chose for himself five smooth stones from the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag, in a pouch which he had, and his sling was in his hand. And he drew near to the Philistine.H3947H4731H3027H977H2568H2512H68H5158H7760H7462H3627H3219H7050H3027H5066H6430 41So the Philistine came, and began drawing near to David, and the man who bore the shield went before him.H6430H3212H1980H7131H1732H376H5375H6793H6440 42And when the Philistine looked about and saw David, he disdained him; for he was only a youth, ruddy and good-looking.H6430H5027H7200H1732H959H5288H132H3303H4758 43So the Philistine said to David, "Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?" And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.H6430H559H1732H3611H935H4731H6430H7043H1732H430 44And the Philistine said to David, "Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field!"H6430H559H1732H3212H5414H1320H5775H8064H929H7704 45Then David said to the Philistine, "You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a 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.H559H1732H6430H935H2719H2595H3591H935H8034H3068H6635H430H4634H3478H2778 46"This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you and take your head from you. And this day I will give the carcasses of the camp of the Philistines to the birds of the air and the wild beasts of the earth, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.H3117H3068H5462H3027H5221H5493H7218H5414H6297H4264H6430H3117H5775H8064H2416H776H776H3045H3426H430H3478 47"Then all this assembly shall know that the LORD does not save with sword and spear; for the battle is the LORD'S, and He will give you into our hands."H6951H3045H3068H3467H2719H2595H4421H3068H5414H3027 48So it was, when the Philistine arose and came and drew near to meet David, that David hastened and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine.H6430H6965H3212H7126H7125H1732H1732H4116H7323H4634H7125H6430 49Then David put his hand in his bag and took out a stone; and he slung it and struck the Philistine in his forehead, so that the stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the earth.H1732H7971H3027H3627H3947H68H7049H5221H6430H4696H68H2883H4696H5307H6440H776 50So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone, and struck the Philistine and killed him. But there was no sword in the hand of David.H1732H2388H4480H6430H7050H68H5221H6430H4191H2719H3027H1732 51Therefore David ran and stood over the Philistine, took his sword and drew it out of its sheath and killed him, and cut off his head with it. And when the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled.H1732H7323H5975H6430H3947H2719H8025H8593H4191H3772H7218H6430H7200H1368H4191H5127 52Now the men of Israel and Judah arose and shouted, and pursued the Philistines as far as the entrance of the valley and to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell along the road to Shaaraim, even as far as Gath and Ekron.H582H3478H3063H6965H7321H7291H6430H935H1516H8179H6138H2491H6430H5307H1870H8189H1661H6138 53Then the children of Israel returned from chasing the Philistines, and they plundered their tents.H1121H3478H7725H1814H310H6430H8155H4264 54And David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem, but he put his armor in his tent.H1732H3947H7218H6430H935H3389H7760H3627H168 55When Saul saw David going out against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the commander of the army, "Abner, whose son is this youth?" And Abner said, "As your soul lives, O king, I do not know."H7586H7200H1732H3318H7125H6430H559H74H8269H6635H74H1121H5288H74H559H5315H2416H4428H518H3045 56So the king said, "Inquire whose son this young man is."H4428H559H7592H1121H5958 57Then, 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.H1732H7725H5221H6430H74H3947H935H6440H7586H7218H6430H3027 58And Saul said to him, "Whose son are you, young man?" So David answered, "I am the son of your servant Jesse the Bethlehemite."H7586H559H1121H5288H1732H559H1121H5650H3448H1022


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