1Sam 17
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And the Philistines gather their armies to battle, and gather themselves to Socchoth
of Judea, and encamp between Socchoth and Azeca Alex. Aphesdommin Ephermen.
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And Saul and the men of Israel gather together, and they encamp in the valley, and
set the battle in array against the Philistines.
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And the Philistines stand on the mountain on one side, and Israel stands on the mountain
on the other side, and the valley was between them.
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And there went forth a mighty man out of the army of the Philistines, Goliath, by
name, out of Geth, his height was four cubits and a span.
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And he had a helmet upon his head, and he wore a breastplate of chain armour; and
the weight of his breastplate was five thousand shekels of brass and iron.
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And greaves of grass were upon his legs, and a brazen target was between his shoulders.
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And the staff of his spear was like a weaver’s beam, and Gr. the spear the spear’s head was formed of six hundred shekels
of iron; and his armour-bearer
went before him.
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And he stood and cried to the army of Israel, and said to them, Why are you come forth
to set yourselves in battle array against us? Am not I a Philistine, and you Or, servants, ydbe being read as if yrbe Hebrews
of Saul? Choose for yourselves a man, and let him come down to me.
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And if he shall be able to fight against me, and shall smite me, then will we be your
servants: but if I should prevail and smite him, you shall be our servants, and serve
us.
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And the Philistine said, Behold, I have defied the armies of Israel this very day:
give me a man, and we will both of us fight in single combat.
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And Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, and they were dismayed,
and greatly terrified.
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Alex. And David son of an Ephrathite said, this Ephrathite was of Bethleem Juda, and
his name was Jessae, and he had eight sons. And the man passed for an old man among
men in the days of Saul.
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And the three elder sons of Jessae went and followed Saul to war, and the names of
his sons that went to the war were, Eliab his first-born, and his second Aminadab,
and his third son Samma.1) Gr. name
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And David himself was the younger son, and the three elder followed Saul.1) Gr. is
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And David departed and returned from Saul, to feed his father’s sheep in Bethleem.1) Gr. feeding
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And the Philistine advanced morning and evening, and stood up forty days.
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And Jessae said to David, Take now to your brethren an ephah of this meal, and these
ten loaves, and run to the camp and give them to your brothers.
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And you shall carry to the captain of the thousand these ten cheeses of milk, and
you shall see how your brethren fare, and learn what they want.1) Lit. the ten cheeses of this milk
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And Saul himself and all the men of Israel were in the valley of the Oak, warring
with the Philistines.
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And David rose early in the morning, and left the sheep to a keeper, and took and
went as Jessae commanded him, and he came to the trench and to the army as it was
going out to fight, and they shouted for the battle.
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And Israel and the Philistines formed their lines one opposite the other.
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And David deposited his burden in the hand of a keeper, and ran to the line, and went
and asked his brethren how they were.
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And while he was speaking with them, behold the Amessaean advanced, Goliath by name,
the Philistine of Geth, of the armies of the Philistines, and he spoke as before,
and David heard.1) Gr. according to those words; See verse 8
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And all the men of Israel when they saw the man fled from before him, and they were
greatly terrified.
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And the men of Israel said, Have you seen this man that comes up? for he has reproached
Israel and has come up; and it shall be that the man who shall smite him, the king
shall enrich him with great wealth, and shall give him his daughter, and shall make
his gather’s house free in Israel.
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And David spoke to the men who stood with him, saying, Shall it indeed be done thus
to the man who shall smite that Philistine, and take away reproach from Israel? for
who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he has defied the army of the living God?
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And the people spoke to him according to this word, saying, Thus shall it be done
to the man who shall smite him.
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And Eliab his elder brother heard as he spoke to the men, and Eliab was very angry
with David and said, Why have you thus 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 to see the battle.
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And David said, What have I done now? Have I no business here?1) Gr. is there not a word?
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And he turned from him toward another, and he spoke after the same manner; and the
people answered him after the former manner.1) Lit. according to the word of the first
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And the words which David spoke were heard, and were reported to Saul. And he took
him to himself.1) Gr. behind Saul
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And David said to Saul, Let not, I pray you, the heart of my lord be Gr. upon him dejected within him: your servant will go,
and fight with this Philistine.
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And Saul said to David, You will not in anywise be able to go against this Philistine
to fight with him, for you are a mere youth, and he a man of war from his youth.
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And David said to Saul, Your servant was tending the flock for his father; and when
a lion came and a she-bear, and took a sheep out of the flock,
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then I went forth after him, and smote him, and drew the spoil out of his mouth: and
Gr. if as he rose up against me, then I caught hold of his throat, and smote him, and slew
him.
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Your servant smote both the lion and the bear, and the uncircumcised Philistine shall
be as one of them: shall I not go and smite him, and remove this day a reproach from
Israel? For who is this uncircumcised one, who has defied the army of the living God?
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The Lord who delivered me out of the paw of the lion and out the paw of the bear,
he will deliver me out of the hand of this uncircumcised Philistine. And Saul said
to David, Go, and the Lord shall be with you.
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And Saul clothed David with a military coat, and put his brazen helmet on his head.
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And he girt David with his sword over his coat: and he Gr. laboured made trial walking with them once and again: and David
said to Saul, I shall not
be able to go with these, for I have not proved them: so they remove them from him.
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And he took his staff in his hand, and he chose for himself five smooth stones out
of the brook, and put them in the shepherd’s scrip which he had for his store, and
his sling was in his hand; and he approached the Philistine.
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Alex. And the Philistine advanced and drew nigh to David, and a man bearing his shield
went before him, and the Philistine looked on.
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And Goliath saw David, and despised him; for he was a lad, and ruddy, Gr. with beauty of eyes. with a fair countenance.
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And the Philistine said to David, Am I as a dog, that you come against me with a staff
and stones? The words in brackets not in Alex. or Hebrew and David said, Nay, but worse than a dog. 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 air, and to the beasts of the earth.
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And David said to the Philistine, You come to me with sword, and with spear, and with
shield; but I come to you in the name of the Lord God of hosts of the army of Israel,
which you have defied
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this day. And the Lord shall Gr. shut you up deliver you this day into my hand; and I will slay you, and take away your head
from
off you, and will give your limbs and the limbs of the army of the Philistines this
day to the birds of the sky, and to the wild beasts of the earth; and all the earth
shall know that there is a God in Israel.
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And all this assembly shall know that the Lord delivers not by sword or spear, for
the battle is the Lord’s, and the Lord will deliver you into our hands.
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And the Philistine arose and went to meet David.
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And David stretched out his hand to his scrip, and took thence a stone, and slang
it, and smote the Philistine on his forehead, and the stone penetrated through the
helmet into his forehead, and he fell upon his face to the ground.
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Alex. So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone, and smote the
Philistine and slew him, and there was no sword in the hand of David.
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And David ran, and stood upon him, and took his sword, and slew him, and cut off his
head: and the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, and they fled.
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And the men of Israel and Juda Gr. arise arose, and shouted and pursued them as far as the entrance to Alex. Gai Geth, and
as far as the gate of Ascalon: and the slain men of the Philistines fell
in the way of the Heb. Myrev Shaaraim gates, both to Geth, and to Accaron.
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And the men of Israel returned Gr. declining from after from pursuing after the Philistines, and they Gr. trampled on destroyed
their camp.
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And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put
his armour in his tent.
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Alex. And when Saul saw David going out to meet the Philistine, he said to Abener
the captain of the host, Whose son is this youth? and Abener said, As your soul lives,
O king, I know not.
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And the king said, Do you ask whose son this youth is.
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And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abener took him and brought
him in before Saul, and the head of the Philistine was in his hand.
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And Saul said to him, Whose son are you, young man? and David said, The son of your
servant Jessae the Bethleemite.