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I SAMUEL ยท Chapter 17
17:1 Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and
were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongs to Judah, and pitched
between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephesdammim.
17:2 And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched
by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines.
17:3 And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel
stood on a mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.
17:4 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.
17:5 And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed
with a coat of armour formed by chains; and the weight of the coat was
five thousand shekels of brass.
17:6 And he had protective leg armor of brass upon his legs, and a
target of brass between his shoulders.
17:7 And the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's
head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went
before him.
17:8 And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto
them, Why are all of you come out to set your battle in array? am not I
a Philistine, and all of you servants to Saul? choose you a man for you,
and let him come down to me.
17:9 If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be
your servants: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall all
of you be our servants, and serve us.
17:10 And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day;
give me a man, that we may fight together.
17:11 When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine,
they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.
17:12 Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehemjudah, whose
name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an
old man in the days of Saul.
17:13 And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to
the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were
Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
17:14 And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul.
17:15 But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep
at Bethlehem.
17:16 And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented
himself forty days.
17:17 And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for your brethren
an ephah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp
of your brethren;
17:18 And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand,
and look how your brethren fare, and take their pledge.
17:19 Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley
of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
17:20 And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with
a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to
the trench, as the host was going forth to the fight, and shouted for the
battle.
17:21 For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army
against army.
17:22 And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the
carriage, and ran into the army, and came and saluted his brethren.
17:23 And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion,
the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the Philistines,
and spoke according to the same words: and David heard them.
17:24 And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him,
and were sore afraid.
17:25 And the men of Israel said, Have all of you seen this man that
has come up? surely to defy Israel is he comes 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.
17:26 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?
17:27 And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall
it be done to the man that kills him.
17:28 And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spoke unto the men;
and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why came you
down here? 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.
17:29 And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause?
17:30 And he turned from him toward another, and spoke after the same
manner: and the people answered him again after the former manner.
17:31 And when the words were heard which David spoke, they rehearsed
them before Saul: and he sent for him.
17:32 And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him;
your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.
17:33 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.
17:34 And David said unto Saul, Your servant kept his father's sheep,
and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:
17:35 And I went out after him, and stroke him, and delivered it out
of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard,
and stroke him, and slew him.
17:36 Your servant slew 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.
17:37 David said moreover, The LORD 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 unto David, Go, and the LORD
be with you.
17:38 And Saul armed David with his armour, and he put an helmet of
brass upon his head; also he armed him with a coat of armour formed by
chains.
17:39 And David girded his sword upon his armour, and he assayed to
go; for he had not proved it. And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with
these; for I have not proved them. And David put them off him.
17:40 And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth
stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag which he had,
even in a pouch; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the
Philistine.
17:41 And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and the
man that bare the shield went before him.
17:42 And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained
him: for he was but a youth, and rosy, and of a fair countenance.
17:43 And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that you come
to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
17:44 And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give
your flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field.
17:45 Then said David to the Philistine, You come to me with a sword,
and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to you in the name of the
LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
17:46 This day will the LORD deliver you into mine hand; and I will
strike you, and take your head from you; and I will give the carcasses
of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and
to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there
is a God in Israel.
17:47 And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saves not with
sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD's, and he will give you into
our hands.
17:48 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.
17:49 And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and
slang it, and stroke the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk
into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth.
17:50 So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with
a stone, and stroke the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword
in the hand of David.
17:51 Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took
his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut
off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion was
dead, they fled.
17:52 And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued
the Philistines, until you come to the valley, and to the gates of Ekron.
And the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even
unto Gath, and unto Ekron.
17:53 And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines,
and they spoiled their tents.
17:54 And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to
Jerusalem; but he put his armour in his tent.
17:55 And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said
unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? And
Abner said, As your soul lives, O king, I cannot tell.
17:56 And the king said, Enquire you whose son the teenager is.
17:57 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.
17:58 And Saul said to him, Whose son are you, you young man? And David
answered, I am the son of your servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.
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