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.H6430H622H4264H4421H622H7755H3063H2583H7755H5825H6582And 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.H7586H376H3478H622H2583H6010H425H4421H6186H7125H64303The Philistines stood on a mountain on one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side, with a valley between them.H6430H5975H2022H3478H5975H2022H15164And a champion went out from the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, from Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.H3318H376H1143H4264H6430H8034H1555H1661H1363H8337H520H22395He 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.H3553H5178H7218H3847H8302H7193H4948H8302H2568H505H8255H51786And he had bronze armor on his legs and a bronze javelin between his shoulders.H4697H5178H7272H3591H5178H38027Now 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.H6086H2671H2595H707H4500H2595H3852H8337H3967H8255H1270H5375H6793H1980H64408Then 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.H5975H7121H4634H3478H559H3318H4421H6186H6430H5650H7586H1262H376H33819"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."H3201H3898H5221H5650H3201H5221H5650H564710And the Philistine said, "I defy the armies of Israel this day; 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 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.H1732H1121H376H673H1035H3063H8034H3448H8083H1121H376H935H582H2204H3117H758613The 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.H7969H1419H1121H3448H3212H310H7586H4421H8034H7969H1121H1980H4421H446H1060H4932H41H7992H804814David was the youngest. And the three oldest followed Saul.H1732H6996H7969H1419H1980H310H758615But David occasionally went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem.H1732H1980H7725H7586H7462H1H6629H103516And the Philistine drew near and presented himself forty days, morning and evening.H6430H5066H7925H6150H3320H705H311717Then 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.H3448H559H1732H1121H3947H251H374H2088H7039H6235H3899H7323H4264H25118"And carry these ten cheeses to the captain of their thousand, and see how your brothers fare, and bring back news of them."H935H6235H2461H2757H8269H505H6485H251H7965H3947H616119Now Saul and they and all the men of Israel were in the Valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.H7586H376H3478H6010H425H3898H643020So 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.H1732H7925H1242H5203H6629H8104H5375H3212H3448H6680H935H4570H2428H3318H4634H7321H442121For Israel and the Philistines had drawn up in battle array, army against army.H3478H6430H6186H4634H7125H463422And David left his supplies in the hand of the supply keeper, ran to the army, and came and greeted his brothers.H1732H5203H3627H3027H8104H3627H7323H4634H935H7592H7965H25123Then 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.H1696H5927H376H1143H6430H1661H1555H8034H4634H4630H6430H1696H428H1697H1732H808524And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him and were dreadfully afraid.H376H3478H7200H376H5127H6440H3966H337225So 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."H376H3478H559H7200H376H5927H2778H3478H5927H376H5221H4428H6238H1419H6239H5414H1323H6213H1H1004H2670H347826Then 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?"H1732H559H582H5975H559H6213H376H5221H1975H6430H5493H2781H3478H6189H6430H2778H4634H2416H43027And the people answered him in this manner, saying, "So shall it be done for the man who kills him."H5971H559H1697H559H6213H376H522128Now 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."H446H1419H251H8085H1696H582H446H639H2734H1732H559H3381H5203H2007H4592H6629H4057H3045H2087H7455H3824H3381H7200H442129And David said, "What have I done now? Is there not a cause?"H1732H559H6213H169730Then he turned from him toward another and said the same thing; and these people answered him as the first ones did.H5437H681H4136H312H559H1697H5971H1697H7725H7223H169731Now when the words which David spoke were heard, they reported them to Saul; and he sent for him.H1697H8085H1732H1696H5046H6440H7586H394732Then David said to Saul, "Let no man's heart fail because of him; your servant will go and fight with this Philistine."H1732H559H7586H120H3820H5307H5650H3212H3898H643033And 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."H7586H559H1732H3201H3212H6430H3898H5288H376H4421H527134But 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,H1732H559H7586H5650H7462H1H6629H935H738H1677H5375H7716H2089H573935I 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.H3318H310H5221H5337H6310H6965H2388H2206H5221H419136"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."H5650H5221H738H1677H6189H6430H259H2778H4634H2416H43037Moreover 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!"H1732H559H3068H5337H3027H738H3027H1677H5337H3027H6430H7586H559H1732H3212H306838So Saul clothed David with his armor, and he put a bronze helmet on his head; he also clothed him with a coat of mail.H7586H3847H1732H4055H5414H6959H5178H7218H3847H830239David 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.H1732H2296H2719H4055H2974H3212H5254H1732H559H7586H3201H3212H5254H1732H549340Then 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.H3947H4731H3027H977H2568H2512H68H5158H7760H7462H3627H3219H7050H3027H5066H643041So the Philistine came, and began drawing near to David, and the man who bore the shield went before him.H6430H3212H1980H7131H1732H376H5375H6793H644042And when the Philistine looked about and saw David, he disdained him; for he was only a youth, ruddy and good-looking.H6430H5027H7200H1732H959H5288H132H3303H475843So the Philistine said to David, "Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?" And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.H6430H559H1732H3611H935H4731H6430H7043H1732H43044And 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!"H6430H559H1732H3212H5414H1320H5775H8064H929H770445Then 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.H559H1732H6430H935H2719H2595H3591H935H8034H3068H6635H430H4634H3478H277846"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.H3117H3068H5462H3027H5221H5493H7218H5414H6297H4264H6430H3117H5775H8064H2416H776H776H3045H3426H430H347847"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."H6951H3045H3068H3467H2719H2595H4421H3068H5414H302748So 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.H6430H6965H3212H7126H7125H1732H1732H4116H7323H4634H7125H643049Then 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.H1732H7971H3027H3627H3947H68H7049H5221H6430H4696H68H2883H4696H5307H6440H77650So 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.H1732H2388H4480H6430H7050H68H5221H6430H4191H2719H3027H173251Therefore 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.H1732H7323H5975H6430H3947H2719H8025H8593H4191H3772H7218H6430H7200H1368H4191H512752Now 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.H582H3478H3063H6965H7321H7291H6430H935H1516H8179H6138H2491H6430H5307H1870H8189H1661H613853Then the children of Israel returned from chasing the Philistines, and they plundered their tents.H1121H3478H7725H1814H310H6430H8155H426454And David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem, but he put his armor in his tent.H1732H3947H7218H6430H935H3389H7760H3627H16855When 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."H7586H7200H1732H3318H7125H6430H559H74H8269H6635H74H1121H5288H74H559H5315H2416H4428H518H304556So the king said, "Inquire whose son this young man is."H4428H559H7592H1121H595857Then, 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.H1732H7725H5221H6430H74H3947H935H6440H7586H7218H6430H302758And Saul said to him, "Whose son are you, young man?" So David answered, "I am the son of your servant Jesse the Bethlehemite."H7586H559H1121H5288H1732H559H1121H5650H3448H1022
Unknown
