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1
Now the Philistines
gathered
their armies
for battle;
and they were
gathered
at
Socoh
which
belongs to Judah,
and they camped
between
Socoh
and Azekah,
in Ephes-dammim.
2
Saul
and the men
of Israel
were gathered
and camped
in the valley
of Elah,
and drew
up in battle
array to encounter
the Philistines.
3
The Philistines
stood
on the mountain
on one
side
while Israel
stood
on the mountain
on the other
side
,
with the valley
between
them.
4
Then a champion
came
out from the armies
of the Philistines
named
Goliath,
from Gath,
whose height
was six
cubits
and a span.
5
He had a bronze
helmet
on his head,
and he was clothed
with scale-armor
which weighed
five
thousand
shekels
of bronze.
6
He also had bronze
greaves
on his legs
and a bronze
javelin
slung between
his shoulders.
7
The shaft
of his spear
was like a weaver's
beam,
and the head
of his spear
weighed six
hundred
shekels
of iron;
his shield-carrier
also walked
before
him.
8
He stood
and shouted
to the ranks
of Israel
and said
to them, "Why
do you come
out to draw
up in battle
array? Am I not the Philistine
and you servants
of Saul?
Choose
a man
for yourselves and let him come down
to me.
9
"If
he is able
to fight
with me and kill
me, then we will become
y
our servants
;
but if
I prevail
against him and kill
him, then you shall become
our servants
and serve
us."
10
Again the Philistine
said,
"I defy
the ranks
of Israel
this
day;
give
me a man
that we may fight
together."
11
When Saul
and all
Israel
heard
these
words
of the Philistine,
they were dismayed
and greatly
afraid.
12
Now David
was the son
of the Ephrathite
of Bethlehem
in Judah,
whose name
was Jesse,
and he had eight
sons.
And Jesse was old
in the days
of Saul,
advanced
in years among men.
13
The three
older
sons
of Jesse
had gone
after
Saul
to the battle
.
And the names
of his three
sons
who
went
to the battle
were Eliab
the firstborn,
and the second
to him Abinadab,
and the third
Shammah.
14
David
was the youngest.
Now the three
oldest
followed
Saul,
15
but David
went
back
and forth from Saul
to tend
his father's
flock
at Bethlehem.
16
The Philistine
came forward
morning
and evening
for forty
days
and took his stand.
17
Then Jesse
said
to David
his son,
"Take
now
for your brothers
an ephah
of this
roasted grain
and these
ten
loaves
and run
to the camp
to your brothers.
18
"Bring
also these
ten
cuts
of cheese
to the commander
of their thousand,
and look
into the welfare
of your brothers,
and bring
back news
of them.
19
"For Saul
and they and all
the men
of Israel
are in the valley
of Elah,
fighting
with the Philistines."
20
So David
arose early
in the morning
and left
the flock
with a keeper
and took
the supplies and went
as Jesse
had commanded
him. And he came
to the circle of the camp
while the army
was going
out in battle array
shouting
the war
cry.
21
Israel
and the Philistines
drew up in battle
array, army
against
army.
22
Then David
left
his baggage
in the care
of the baggage
keeper,
and ran
to the battle line
and entered
in order to greet
his brothers.
23
As he was talking
with them, behold,
the champion,
the Philistine
from Gath
named
Goliath,
was coming
up from the army
of
the Philistine
s,
and he spoke
these same
words;
and David
heard
them.
24
When all
the men
of Israel
saw
the man,
they fled
from him and were greatly
afraid.
25
The men
of Israel
said,
"Have you seen
this
man
who
is coming
up? Surely
he is coming
up to defy
Israel.
And it will be that the king
will enrich
the
man
who
kills
him with great
riches
and will give
him his daughter
and make
his father's
house
free
in
Israel.
"
26
Then David
spoke
to the men
who
were standing
by him, saying,
"What
will 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 taunt
the armies
of the living
God?"
27
The people
answered
him in accord with this
word,
saying,
"Thus
it will be done
for the man
who
kills
him."
28
Now Eliab
his oldest
brother
heard
when he spoke
to the men;
and Eliab's
anger
burned
against David
and he said,
"Why
have you come
down?
And with whom
have you left
those
few
sheep
in the wilderness?
I know
your insolence
and the wickedness
of your heart;
for you have come down
in order
to see
the battle."
29
But David
said,
"What
have I done
now?
Was it not just a question?"
30
Then he turned away
from him to another
and said
the same
thing
;
and the people
answered
the same
thing
as before.
31
When the words
which
David
spoke
were heard,
they told
them to Saul,
and he sent
for him.
32
David
said
to Saul,
"Let no
man's
heart
fail
on account
of him; your servant
will go
and fight
with this
Philistine."
33
Then Saul
said
to David,
"You are not able
to go
against
this
Philistine
to fight
with him; for you are but a youth
while he has been a warrior
from his youth."
34
But David
said
to Saul,
"Your servant
was tending
his father's
sheep.
When a lion
or a bear
came
and took
a lamb
from the flock,
35
I went
out after
him and attacked
him, and rescued
it from his mouth;
and when he rose
up against
me, I seized
him by his beard
and struck
him and killed
him.
36
"Your servant
has killed
both
the lion
and the bear;
and this
uncircumcised
Philistine
will be like one
of them, since
he has taunted
the armies
of the living
God."
37
And 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 may the LORD
be with you."
38
Then Saul
clothed
David
with his garments
and put
a bronze
helmet
on his head,
and he
clothed
him with armor.
39
David
girded
his sword
over
his armor
and tried
to walk,
for he had not tested
them. So
David
said
to Saul,
"I cannot
go
with these,
for I have not tested
them." And
David
took
them off.
40
He took
his stick
in his hand
and chose
for himself five
smooth
stones
from the brook,
and put
them in the shepherd's
bag
which
he had, even in his pouch,
and his sling
was
in his hand
;
and he approached
the Philistine.
41
Then the Philistine
came
on and approached
David,
with the shield-bearer
in front
of him.
42
When the Philistine
looked
and saw
David,
he disdained
him; for he was but a youth,
and ruddy,
with a handsome
appearance.
43
The Philistine
said
to
David
,
"Am I a dog,
that you come
to me with sticks?"
And the Philistine
cursed
David
by his gods.
44
The Philistine
also said
to David,
"Come
to me, and I will give
your flesh
to the birds
of the sky
and the beasts
of the field."
45
Then David
said
to the Philistine,
"You come
to me with a sword,
a spear,
and 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 taunted.
46
"This
day
the LORD
will deliver
you up into my hands,
and I will strike you down
and remove
your head
from you. And I will give
the dead bodies
of the army
of the Philistines
this
day
to the birds
of the sky
and the wild beasts
of
the earth
,
that all
the earth
may know
that there
is a God
in Israel,
47
and that all
this
assembly
may know
that the LORD
does not deliver
by sword
or by spear;
for the battle
is the LORD'S
and He will give
you into our hands."
48
Then it happened
when
the Philistine
rose
and came
and drew near
to meet
David,
that David
ran
quickly
toward the battle line
to meet
the Philistine
.
49
And David
put
his hand
into his bag
and took
from it a stone
and slung
it, and struck
the Philistine
on his forehead.
And the stone
sank
into his forehead,
so that he fell
on his face
to the ground.
50
Thus David
prevailed
over
the Philistine
with a sling
and a stone,
and he struck
the Philistine
and killed
him; but there was no
sword
in David's
hand.
51
Then David
ran
and stood
over
the Philistine
and took
his sword
and drew
it out of its sheath
and killed
him, and cut off
his head
with it. When
the Philistine
s
saw
that their champion
was dead,
they fled.
52
The men
of Israel
and Judah
arose
and shouted
and pursued
the
Philistines
as far
as the valley,
and to the gates
of Ekron.
And the slain
Philistines
lay
along the way
to Shaaraim,
even to Gath
and Ekron.
53
The sons
of Israel
returned
from chasing
the Philistines
and plundered
their camps.
54
Then David
took
the Philistine's
head
and brought
it to Jerusalem,
but he put
his weapons
in his tent.
55
Now when Saul
saw
David
going
out against
the Philistine,
he said
to Abner
the commander
of the army,
"Abner,
whose
son
is this
young man?"
And Abner
said,
"By your life,
O king,
I do not know."
56
The king
said,
"You inquire
whose
son
the youth
is."
57
So when David
returned
from killing
the Philistine,
Abner
took
him and brought
him before
Saul
with the Philistine's
head
in his hand.
58
Saul
said
to him, "Whose
son
are you, young man?"
And David
answered,
"I am the
son
of your servant
Jesse
the Bethlehemite."
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