1Sam 17
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Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle; and they were gathered
together at Socoh, which belongs to Judah, and encamped between Socoh and Azekah,
in Ephes-dammim.
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And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and encamped in the vale of
Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines.
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And the Philistines stood on the mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on the
mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.
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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.
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And he had a helmet of brass upon his head, and he was clad with a coat of mail; and
the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.
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And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a javelin of brass between his shoulders.
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And the staff 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.
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And he stood and cried to the armies of Israel, and said to them, Why are you come
out to set your battle in array? am not I a Philistine, and you servants to Saul?
choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me.
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If he be able to fight with me, and kill me, then will we be your servants; but if
I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall you be our servants, and serve us.
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And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that
we may fight together.
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And when Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed,
and greatly afraid.
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Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth-lehem-judah, whose name was Jesse;
and he had eight sons: and the man was an old man in the days of Saul, stricken [in
years] among men.
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And the three eldest sons of Jesse had gone after Saul to the battle: and the names
of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the first-born, and next to him
Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
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And David was the youngest; and the three eldest followed Saul.
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Now David went to and fro from Saul to feed his father`s sheep at Beth-lehem.
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And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.
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And Jesse said to David his son, Take now for your brethren an ephah of this parched
grain, and these ten loaves, and carry [them] quickly to the camp to your brethren;
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and bring these ten cheeses to the captain of their thousand, and look how your brethren
fare, and take their pledge.
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Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the vale of Elah, fighting
with the Philistines.
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And Israel and the Philistines put the battle in array, army against army.
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And David left his baggage in the hand of the keeper of the baggage, and ran to the
army, and came and saluted his brethren.
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And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of
Gath, Goliath by name, out of the ranks of the Philistines, and spoke according to
the same words: and David heard them.
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And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid.
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And the men of Israel said, Have you seen this man that is come up? surely to defy
Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who kills him, the king will enrich
him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father`s house
free in Israel.
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And David spoke to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man
that 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?
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And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the
man that kills him.
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And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab`s anger was
kindled against David, and he said, Why are you come down? and with whom have you
left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride, and the naughtiness of
your heart; for you are come down that you might see the battle.
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And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause?
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And he turned away from him toward another, and spoke after the same manner: and the
people answered him again after the former manner.
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And when the words were heard which David spoke, they rehearsed them before Saul;
and he sent for him.
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And David said to Saul, Let no man`s heart fail because of him; your servant will
go and fight with this Philistine.
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And Saul said to David, You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with
him; for you are but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.
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And David said to Saul, Your servant was keeping his father`s sheep; and when there
came a lion, or a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock,
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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.
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Your servant smote both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall
be as one of them, seeing he has defied the armies of the living God.
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And David said, YHWH 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
to David, Go, and YHWH shall be with you.
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And Saul clad David with his apparel, and he put a helmet of brass upon his head,
and he clad him with a coat of mail.
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And David girded his sword upon his apparel, and he tried to go; for he had not proved
it. And David said to Saul, I cannot go with these; for I have not proved them. And
David put them off him.
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And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook,
and put them in the shepherd`s bag which he had, even in his wallet; and his sling
was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine.
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And the Philistine came on and drew near to David; and the man that bare the shield
went before him.
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And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him; for he was
but a youth, and ruddy, and withal of a fair countenance.
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And the Philistine said to David, Am I a dog, that you come to me with staffs? And
the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
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And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds
of the heavens, and to the beasts of the field.
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Then said David to the Philistine, You come to me with a sword, and with a spear,
and with a javelin: but I come to you in the name of YHWH of hosts, the God of the
armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
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This day will YHWH deliver you into my hand; and I will smite you, and take your head
from off you; and I will give the dead bodies of the host of the Philistines this
day to the birds of the heavens, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the
earth may know that there is a God in Israel,
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and that all this assembly may know that YHWH saves not with sword and spear: for
the battle is YHWH`s, and he will give you into our hand.
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And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came and drew nigh to meet David,
that David hastened, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine.
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And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote
the Philistine in his forehead; and the stone sank into his forehead, and he fell
upon his face to the earth.
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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.
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Then David ran, and stood over the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out
of its sheath, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the
Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled.
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And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines,
until you come to Gai, and to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines
fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even to Gath, and to Ekron.
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And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they plundered
their camp.
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And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put
his armor in his tent.
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And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the captain
of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? And Abner said, As your soul lives, O
king, I cannot tell.
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And the king said, Inquire you whose son the stripling is.
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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.
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And Saul said to him, Whose son are you, you young man? And David answered, I am the
son of your servant Jesse the Beth-lehemite.