1Samuel:17:1-39
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Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle ,
and were gathered together at Shochoh ,
which belongeth to Judah ,
and pitched between Shochoh and Azekah ,
in Ephesdammim .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 an helmet of brass upon his head ,
and he was armed 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 target 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 one bearing a shield went before him .
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And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel ,
and said unto them ,
Why are ye come out to set your battle in array ?
am not I a Philistine ,
and ye 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 to kill me ,
then will we be your servants :
but if I prevail against him ,
and kill him ,
then shall ye 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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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 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 .
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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 .
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And David was the youngest :
and the three eldest followed Saul .
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But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father '
s sheep at Bethlehem .
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And the Philistine drew near morning and evening ,
and presented himself forty days .
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And Jesse said unto David his son ,
Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched corn ,
and these ten loaves ,
and run to the camp to thy brethren ;
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And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand ,
and look how thy brethren fare ,
and take their pledge .
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Now Saul ,
and they ,
and all the men of Israel ,
were in the valley of Elah ,
fighting with the Philistines .
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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 .
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For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array ,
army against army .
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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 .
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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 armies of the Philistines ,
and spake 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 ye seen this man that is come up ?
surely to defy Israel is he come up :
and it shall be ,
that the man who killeth 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 spake to the men that stood by him ,
saying ,
What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine ,
and taketh 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 killeth him .
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And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men ;
and Eliab '
s anger was kindled against David ,
and he said ,
Why camest thou down hither ?
and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness ?
I know thy pride ,
and the naughtiness of thine heart ;
for thou art come down that thou mightest 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 from him toward another ,
and spake 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 spake ,
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 ;
thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine .
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And Saul said to David ,
Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him :
for thou art but a youth ,
and he a man of war from his youth .
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And David said unto Saul ,
Thy servant kept his father '
s sheep ,
and there came a lion ,
and a bear ,
and took a lamb out of the flock :
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And 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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Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear :
and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them ,
seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God .
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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 thee .
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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 mail .
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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 .