1Samuel:17
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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 .
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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 on 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 on his legs ,
and a target of brass between his shoulders .
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And the staff of his spear was like a weaver '
beam ;
and his spear '
head weighed six hundred shekels of iron :
and one bearing a shield 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 to 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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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 oldest 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 to him Abinadab ,
and the third Shammah .
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And David was the youngest :
and the three oldest followed Saul .
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But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father '
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 to David his son ,
Take now for your brothers an ephah of this parched corn ,
and these ten loaves ,
and run to the camp of your brothers ;
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And carry these ten cheeses to the captain of their thousand ,
and look how your brothers 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 brothers .
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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 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 '
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 oldest brother heard when he spoke to the men ;
and Eliab '
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 .
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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 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 '
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 kept his father '
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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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 .
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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 to David ,
Go ,
and the LORD be with you .
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And Saul armed David with his armor ,
and he put an helmet of brass on his head ;
also he armed him with a coat of mail .
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And David girded his sword on his armor ,
and he assayed 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 a shepherd '
bag which he had ,
even in a money ;
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 bore 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 of a fair countenance .
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And the Philistine said to David ,
Am I a dog ,
that you come to me with staves ?
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 fowls of the air ,
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 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 .
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This day will the LORD deliver you into my hand ;
and I will smite you ,
and take your head from you ;
and I will give the carcasses of the host of the Philistines this day to 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 .
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And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saves not with sword and spear :
for the battle is the LORD ',
and he will give you into our hands .
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And it came to pass ,
when the Philistine arose ,
and came ,
and drew near 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 there a stone ,
and slang it ,
and smote the Philistine in his forehead ,
that the stone sunk into his forehead ;
and he fell on 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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Therefore David ran ,
and stood on 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 .
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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 to Gath ,
and to Ekron .
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And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines ,
and they spoiled their tents .
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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 Bethlehemite .