1Samuel 17
17The Philistines gathered their forces for war at Socoh in Judah and camped between Socoh and Azekah in Ephes-dammim.H6430H622H4264H4421H622H7755H3063H2583H7755H5825H6582Saul and the men of Israel gathered and camped in the Valley of Elah; then they lined up in battle formation to face the Philistines.H7586H376H3478H622H2583H6010H425H4421H6186H7125H64303The Philistines were standing on one hill, and the Israelites were standing on another hill with a ravine between them.H6430H5975H2022H3478H5975H2022H15164Then a champion named Goliath, from Gath, came out from the Philistine camp. He was nine feet, nine inches tallH3318H376H1143H4264H6430H8034H1555H1661H1363H8337H520H22395and wore a bronze helmet and bronze scale armor that weighed 125 pounds.H3553H5178H7218H3847H8302H7193H4948H8302H2568H505H8255H51786There was bronze armor on his shins, and a bronze sword was slung between his shoulders.H4697H5178H7272H3591H5178H38027His spear shaft was like a weaver's beam, and the iron point of his spear weighed 15 pounds. In addition, a shield-bearer was walking in front of him.H6086H2671H2595H707H4500H2595H3852H8337H3967H8255H1270H5375H6793H1980H64408He stood and shouted to the battle formations: "Why do you come out to line up in battle formation?" He asked them, "Am I not a Philistine and are you not servants of Saul? Choose one of your men and have him come down against me.H5975H7121H4634H3478H559H3318H4421H6186H6430H5650H7586H1262H376H33819If he wins in a fight against me and kills me, we will be your servants. But if I win against him and kill him, then you will be our servants and serve us."H3201H3898H5221H5650H3201H5221H5650H564710Then the Philistine said, "I defy the ranks of Israel today. Send me a man so we can fight each other!"H6430H559H2778H4634H3478H3117H5414H376H3898H316211When Saul and all Israel heard these words from the Philistine, they lost their courage and were terrified.H7586H3478H8085H1697H6430H2865H3966H337212Now David was the son of the Ephrathite from Bethlehem of Judah named Jesse. Jesse had eight sons, and during Saul's reign was [already] an old man.H1732H1121H376H673H1035H3063H8034H3448H8083H1121H376H935H582H2204H3117H758613Jesse's three oldest sons had followed Saul to the war, and their names were Eliab, the firstborn, Abinadab, the next, and Shammah, the third,H7969H1419H1121H3448H3212H310H7586H4421H8034H7969H1121H1980H4421H446H1060H4932H41H7992H804814and David was the youngest. The three oldest had followed Saul,H1732H6996H7969H1419H1980H310H758615but David kept going back and forth from Saul to tend his father's flock in Bethlehem.H1732H1980H7725H7586H7462H1H6629H103516Every morning and evening for 40 days the Philistine came forward and took his stand.H6430H5066H7925H6150H3320H705H311717[One day], Jesse had told his son David, "Take this half-bushel of roasted grain along with these loaves of bread for your brothers and hurry to their camp.H3448H559H1732H1121H3947H251H374H2088H7039H6235H3899H7323H4264H25118Also, take these 10 portions of cheese to the field commander. Check on the welfare of your brothers and bring a confirmation from them.H935H6235H2461H2757H8269H505H6485H251H7965H3947H616119They are with Saul and all the men of Israel are in the Valley of Elah fighting with the Philistines."H7586H376H3478H6010H425H3898H643020So David got up early in the morning, left the flock with someone to keep it, loaded up, and set out as Jesse had instructed him. He arrived at the perimeter of the camp as the army was marching out to its battle formation shouting their battle cry.H1732H7925H1242H5203H6629H8104H5375H3212H3448H6680H935H4570H2428H3318H4634H7321H442121Israel and the Philistines lined up in battle formation facing each other.H3478H6430H6186H4634H7125H463422David left his supplies in the care of the quartermaster and ran to the battle line. When he arrived, he asked his brothers how they were.H1732H5203H3627H3027H8104H3627H7323H4634H935H7592H7965H25123While he was speaking with them, suddenly the champion named Goliath, the Philistine from Gath, came forward from the Philistine battle line and shouted his usual words, which David heard.H1696H5927H376H1143H6430H1661H1555H8034H4634H4630H6430H1696H428H1697H1732H808524When all the Israelite men saw Goliath, they retreated from him terrified.H376H3478H7200H376H5127H6440H3966H337225Previously, an Israelite man had declared, "Do you see this man who keeps coming out? He comes to defy Israel. The king will make the man who kills him very rich and will give him his daughter. The king will also make the household of that man's father exempt from paying taxes in Israel."H376H3478H559H7200H376H5927H2778H3478H5927H376H5221H4428H6238H1419H6239H5414H1323H6213H1H1004H2670H347826David spoke to the men who were standing with him: "What will be done for the man who kills that Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Just who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the armies of the living God?"H1732H559H582H5975H559H6213H376H5221H1975H6430H5493H2781H3478H6189H6430H2778H4634H2416H43027The people told him about the offer, concluding, "That is what will be done for the man who kills him."H5971H559H1697H559H6213H376H522128David's oldest brother Eliab listened as he spoke to the men, and became angry with him. "Why did you come down here?" he asked. "Who did you leave those few sheep with in the wilderness? I know your arrogance and your evil heart— you came down to see the battle!"H446H1419H251H8085H1696H582H446H639H2734H1732H559H3381H5203H2007H4592H6629H4057H3045H2087H7455H3824H3381H7200H442129"What have I done now?" protested David. "It was just a question."H1732H559H6213H169730Then he turned from those beside him to others in front of him and asked about the offer. The people gave him the same answer as before.H5437H681H4136H312H559H1697H5971H1697H7725H7223H169731What David said was overheard and reported to Saul, so he had David brought to him.H1697H8085H1732H1696H5046H6440H7586H394732David said to Saul, "Don't let anyone be discouraged by him; your servant will go and fight this Philistine!"H1732H559H7586H120H3820H5307H5650H3212H3898H643033But Saul replied, "You can't go fight this Philistine. You're just a youth, and he's been a warrior since he was young."H7586H559H1732H3201H3212H6430H3898H5288H376H4421H527134David answered Saul, "Your servant has been tending his father's sheep. Whenever a lion or a bear came and carried off a lamb from the flock,H1732H559H7586H5650H7462H1H6629H935H738H1677H5375H7716H2089H573935I went after it, struck it down, and rescued [the lamb] from its mouth. If it reared up against me, I would grab it by its fur, strike it down, and kill it.H3318H310H5221H5337H6310H6965H2388H2206H5221H419136Your servant has killed lions and bears; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, for he has defied the armies of the living God."H5650H5221H738H1677H6189H6430H259H2778H4634H2416H43037Then David said, "The LORD who rescued me from the paw of the lion and the paw of the bear will rescue me from the hand of this Philistine." Saul said to David, "Go, and may the LORD be with you."H1732H559H3068H5337H3027H738H3027H1677H5337H3027H6430H7586H559H1732H3212H306838Then Saul had his own military clothes put on David. He put a bronze helmet on David's head and had him put on armor.H7586H3847H1732H4055H5414H6959H5178H7218H3847H830239David strapped his sword on over the military clothes and tried to walk, but he was not used to them. "I can't walk in these," David said to Saul, "I'm not used to them." So David took them off.H1732H2296H2719H4055H2974H3212H5254H1732H559H7586H3201H3212H5254H1732H549340Instead, he took his staff in his hand and chose five smooth stones from the wadi and put them in the pouch, in his shepherd's bag. Then, with his sling in his hand, he approached the Philistine.H3947H4731H3027H977H2568H2512H68H5158H7760H7462H3627H3219H7050H3027H5066H643041The Philistine came closer and closer to David, with the shield-bearer in front of him.H6430H3212H1980H7131H1732H376H5375H6793H644042When the Philistine looked and saw David, he despised him because he was just a youth, healthy and handsome.H6430H5027H7200H1732H959H5288H132H3303H475843He said to David, "Am I a dog that you come against me with sticks?" Then he cursed David by his gods.H6430H559H1732H3611H935H4731H6430H7043H1732H43044"Come here," the Philistine called to David, "and I'll give your flesh to the birds of the sky and the wild beasts!"H6430H559H1732H3212H5414H1320H5775H8064H929H770445David said to the Philistine, "You come against me with a dagger, spear, and sword, but I come against you in the name of the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel's armies— you have defied Him.H559H1732H6430H935H2719H2595H3591H935H8034H3068H6635H430H4634H3478H277846Today, the LORD will hand you over to me. Today, I'll strike you down, cut your head off, and give the corpses of the Philistine camp to the birds of the sky and the creatures of the earth. Then all the world will know that Israel has a God,H3117H3068H5462H3027H5221H5493H7218H5414H6297H4264H6430H3117H5775H8064H2416H776H776H3045H3426H430H347847and this whole assembly will know that it is not by sword or by spear that the LORD saves, for the battle is the LORD's. He will hand you over to us."H6951H3045H3068H3467H2719H2595H4421H3068H5414H302748When the Philistine started forward to attack him, David ran quickly to the battle line to meet the Philistine.H6430H6965H3212H7126H7125H1732H1732H4116H7323H4634H7125H643049David put his hand in the bag, took out a stone, slung [it], and hit the Philistine on his forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the ground.H1732H7971H3027H3627H3947H68H7049H5221H6430H4696H68H2883H4696H5307H6440H77650David defeated the Philistine with a sling and a stone. Even though David had no sword, he struck down the Philistine and killed him.H1732H2388H4480H6430H7050H68H5221H6430H4191H2719H3027H173251David ran and stood over him. He grabbed the Philistine's sword, pulled it from its sheath, and used it to kill him. Then he cut off his head. When the Philistines saw that their hero was dead, they ran.H1732H7323H5975H6430H3947H2719H8025H8593H4191H3772H7218H6430H7200H1368H4191H512752The men of Israel and Judah rallied, shouting their battle cry, and chased the Philistines to the entrance of the valley and to the gates of Ekron. Philistine bodies were strewn all along the Shaaraim road to Gath and Ekron.H582H3478H3063H6965H7321H7291H6430H935H1516H8179H6138H2491H6430H5307H1870H8189H1661H613853When the Israelites returned from the pursuit of the Philistines, they plundered their camps.H1121H3478H7725H1814H310H6430H8155H426454David took Goliath's head and brought it to Jerusalem, but he put Goliath's weapons in his [own] tent.H1732H3947H7218H6430H935H3389H7760H3627H16855When Saul had seen David going out to confront the Philistine, he asked Abner the commander of the army, "Whose son is this youth, Abner?" "[My] king, as surely as you live, I don't know," Abner replied.H7586H7200H1732H3318H7125H6430H559H74H8269H6635H74H1121H5288H74H559H5315H2416H4428H518H304556The king said, "Find out whose son this young man is!"H4428H559H7592H1121H595857When David returned from killing the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul with the Philistine's head still in his hand.H1732H7725H5221H6430H74H3947H935H6440H7586H7218H6430H302758Saul said to him, "Whose son are you, young man?" "The son of your servant Jesse of Bethlehem," David answered.H7586H559H1121H5288H1732H559H1121H5650H3448H1022
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