1Samuel:17

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* And the Philistines gather their armies to battle , and gather themselves to Socchoth of Judaea , and encamp between Socchoth and Azeca (note :)Alex . Aphesdommin (:note ) Ephermen . * And Saul and the men of Israel gather together , and they encamp in the valley , and set the battle in array against the Philistines . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * And greaves of grass were upon his legs , and a brazen target was between his shoulders . * And the staff of his spear was like a weaver ’s beam , and (note :)Gr . the spear (:note ) the spear ’s head was formed of six hundred shekels of iron ; and his armour-bearer went before him . * And he stood and cried to the army of Israel , and said to them , Why are ye come forth to set yourselves in battle array against us ? Am not I a Philistine , and ye (note :)Or , servants , ydbe being read as if yrbe (:note ) Hebrews of Saul ? Choose for yourselves a man , and let him come down to me . * 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 , ye shall be our servants , and serve us . * 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 . * And Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine , and they were dismayed , and greatly terrified . * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * And David said to Saul , Let not , I pray thee , the heart of my lord be (note :)Gr . upon him (:note ) dejected within him : thy servant will go , and fight with this Philistine . * And Saul said to David , Thou wilt not in anywise be able to go against this Philistine to fight with him , for thou art a mere youth , and he a man of war from his youth . * And David said to Saul , Thy 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 , * then I went forth after him , and smote him , and drew the spoil out of his mouth : and (note :)Gr . if (:note ) as he rose up against me , then I caught hold of his throat , and smote him , and slew him . * Thy 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 ? * 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 thee . * And Saul clothed David with a military coat , and put his brazen helmet on his head . * And he girt David with his sword over his coat : and he (note :)Gr . laboured (:note ) 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 . * 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 . * * And Goliath saw David , and despised him ; for he was a lad , and ruddy , (note :)Gr . with beauty of eyes .(:note ) with a fair countenance . * And the Philistine said to David , Am I as a dog , that thou comest against me with a staff and stones ? (note :)The words in brackets not in Alex . or Hebrew (:note ) and David said , Nay , but worse than a dog . And the Philistine cursed David by his gods . * And the Philistine said to David , Come to me , and I will give thy flesh to the birds of the air , and to the beasts of the earth . * And David said to the Philistine , Thou comest to me with sword , and with spear , and with shield ; but I come to thee in the name of the Lord God of hosts of the army of Israel , which thou hast defied * this day . And the Lord shall (note :)Gr . shut thee up (:note ) deliver thee this day into my hand ; and I will slay thee , and take away thy head from off thee , and will give thy 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 . * 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 . * And the Philistine arose and went to meet David . * 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 . * * 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 . * And the men of Israel and Juda (note :)Gr . arise (:note ) 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 Hebrews . Myrev Shaaraim gates , both to Geth , and to Accaron . * And the men of Israel returned (note :)Gr . declining from after (:note ) from pursuing after the Philistines , and they Gr . trampled on destroyed their camp . * 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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