1Samuel:17
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Nowe the Philistims gathered their armies to battell , &
amp ;
came together to Shochoh ,
which is in Iudah ,
and pitched betweene Shochoh and Azekah ,
in the coast of Dammim .
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And Saul ,
and the men of Israel assembled ,
and pitched in the valley of Elah ,
and put themselues in battell araie to meete the Philistims .
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And the Philistims stoode on a mountaine on the one side ,
and Israel stoode on a mountaine on the other side :
so a valley was betweene them .
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And there (
note :)
Between the two camps .(:
note )
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 (
note :)
That is ,
156 pounds 4 ounces ,
after half and ounce to the shekel :
and 600 shekels weight amounts to 18 3 /
4 pounds .(:
note )
shekels of brass .
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And he had bootes of brasse vpon his legs ,
and a shield of brasse vpon his shoulders .
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And the shaft of his speare was like a weauers beame :
and his speare head weyed sixe hundreth shekels of yron :
and one bearing a shielde went before him .
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And he stoode ,
and cried against the hoste of Israel ,
and saide vnto them ,
Why are yee come to set your battell in aray ?
Am not I a Philistim ,
and you seruaunts to Saul ?
Chuse you a man for you ,
and let him come downe to me .
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If he be able to fight with me ,
and kill me ,
then wil we be your seruants :
but if I ouercome him ,
and kill him ,
then shal yee be our seruants ,
and serue vs .
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Also the Philistim saide ,
I defie the hoste of Israel this day :
giue mee a man ,
that we may fight together .
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When Saul &
amp ;
all Israel heard those wordes of the Philistim ,
they were discouraged , &
amp ;
greatly afraide .
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Nowe this Dauid was the sonne of an Ephrathite of Beth-lehem Iudah ,
named Ishai ,
which had eight sonnes :
and this man was taken for an olde man in the daies of Saul .
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And the three eldest sonnes of Ishai went and followed Saul to the battel :
and the names of his three sonnes that went to battell ,
were Eliab the Eldest ,
and the next Abinadab ,
and the thirde Shammah .
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So Dauid was the least :
and the three eldest went after Saul .
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But David (
note :)
To serve Saul , (
1Sa_16
:19 ).(:
note )
went and returned from Saul to feed his father '
s sheep at Bethlehem .
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And the Philistim drew neere in the morning ,
and euening ,
and continued fourtie daies .
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And Jesse said unto David his son , (
note :)
Though Jesse meant one thing ,
yet God '
s providence directed David to another end .(:
note )
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 (
note :)
If they have laid anything to gauge for their necessity ,
redeem it out .(:
note )
pledge .
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Then Saul and they ,
and all the men of Israel were in the valley of Elah ,
fighting with the Philistims )
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So Dauid rose vp earely in the morning ,
and left the sheepe with a keeper ,
and tooke and went as Ishai had commaunded him ,
and came within the compasse of the hoste :
and the hoste went out in araie ,
and shouted in the battell .
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For Israel &
amp ;
the Philistims had put themselues in araie ,
armie against armie .
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And Dauid left the things ,
which hee bare ,
vnder the handes of the keeper of the cariage ,
and ranne into the hoste ,
and came ,
and asked his brethren howe they did .
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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 (
note :)
As in (
1Sa_17
:8-9 ).(:
note )
same words :
and David heard [
them ].
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And all the men of Israel ,
when they sawe the man ,
ranne away from him ,
and were sore afraied .
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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 (
note :)
From taxes and payments .(:
note )
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 (
note :)
This dishonour that he does to Israel .(:
note )
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 maner ,
saying ,
Thus shall it be done to the man that killeth him .
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And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake vnto the men ,
and Eliab was verie angrie with Dauid ,
and sayde ,
Why camest thou downe hither ?
and with whome hast thou left those fewe sheepe in the wildernesse ?
I knowe thy pride and the malice of thine heart ,
that thou art come downe to see the battell .
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And David said ,
What have I now done ? [
Is there ]
not a (
note :)
For his father '
s sending was a just occasion ,
and also he felt himself inwardly moved by God '
s Spirit .(:
note )
cause ?
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And hee departed from him into the presence of another ,
and spake of the same maner ,
and the people answered him according to the former woordes .
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And they that heard the wordes which Dauid spake ,
rehearsed them before Saul ,
which caused him to be brought .
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So Dauid saide to Saul ,
Let no mans heart faile him ,
because of him :
thy seruant wil goe ,
and fight with this Philistim .
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And Saul said to David ,
Thou art not (
note :)
Here Satan proves David '
s faith ,
by the infidelity of Saul .(:
note )
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 (
note :)
David ,
because of previous experience with God '
s help ,
did not doubt to overcome this danger ,
seeing as he was zealous for God '
s honour .(:
note )
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 tooke it out of his mouth :
and when he arose against me ,
I caught him by the beard ,
and smote him ,
and slue him .
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So thy seruaunt slue both the lyon ,
and the beare :
therefore this vncircumcised Philistim shall be as one of them ,
seeing hee hath railed on the hoste of the liuing 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 , (
note :)
For by these examples he saw that the power of God was with him .(:
note )
Go ,
and the LORD be with thee .
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And Saul put his rayment vpon Dauid , &
amp ;
put an helmet of brasse vpon his head ,
and put a brigandine vpon him .
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Then girded Dauid his sword vpon his rayment ,
and began to go :
for he neuer proued it :
and Dauid sayde vnto Saul ,
I can not goe with these :
for I am not accustomed .
wherefore Dauid put them off him .
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And he took his (
note :)
So that by these weak means ,
It might be known that only God was the author of this victory .(:
note )
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 scrip ;
and his sling [
was ]
in his hand :
and he drew near to the Philistine .
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And the Philistim came and drew neere vnto Dauid ,
and the man that bare the shielde went before him .
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Now when the Philistim looked about &
amp ;
saw Dauid ,
he disdeined him :
for he was but yong ,
ruddie ,
and of a comely face .
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And the Philistine said unto David , [
Am ]
I a dog ,
that thou comest to me with staves ?
And the Philistine (
note :)
He swore by his gods that he would destroy him .(:
note )
cursed David by his gods .
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And the Philistim sayd to Dauid ,
Come to me , &
amp ;
I will giue thy flesh vnto the foules of the heauen ,
and to the beastes of the field .
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Then sayd Dauid to the Philistim ,
Thou commest to me with a sword ,
and with a speare , &
amp ;
with a shield ,
but I come to thee in the Name of the Lord of hostes ,
the God of the hoste of Israel ,
whom thou hast rayled vpon .
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This (
note :)
David being assured both of his cause and of his calling prophecies of the destruction of the Philistines .(:
note )
day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand ;
and I will smite thee ,
and take thine head from thee ;
and I will give the carcases 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 .
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And that all this assembly may know ,
that the Lord saueth not with sworde nor with speare (
for the battel is the Lords )
and he will giue you into our handes .
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And it came to pass ,
when the Philistine arose ,
and came and drew nigh to meet David ,
that David (
note :)
Being moved with a fervent zeal to be revenged of this blaspheme of God '
s name .(:
note )
hasted ,
and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine .
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And Dauid put his hande in his bagge ,
and tooke out a stone ,
and slang it , &
amp ;
smote the Philistim in his forehead ,
that the stone sticked in his forehead ,
and he fell groueling to the earth .
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So Dauid ouercame the Philistim with a sling &
amp ;
with a stone , &
amp ;
smote the Philistim ,
and slew him ,
when Dauid had no sword in his hand .
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Then Dauid ranne , &
amp ;
stood vpon the Philistim ,
and tooke his sword and drew it out of his sheath ,
and slewe him ,
and cut off his head therewith .
So whe the Philistims saw ,
that their champion was dead ,
they fled .
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And the men of Israel and Iudah arose , &
amp ;
shouted ,
and followed after the Philistims ,
vntill they came to the valley , &
amp ;
vnto the gates of Ekron :
and the Philistims fell downe wounded by the way of Shaaraim ,
euen to Gath &
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to Ekron .
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And the children of Israel returned from pursuing the Philistims , &
amp ;
spoyled their tents .
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And Dauid tooke the head of ye Philistim ,
and brought it to Ierusalem ,
and put his armour in his tent .
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And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine ,
he said unto Abner ,
the captain of the host ,
Abner , (
note :)
That is ,
of what family and tribe is he ?
He had forgotten David ,
even though he had received so great a benefit by him .(:
note )
whose son [
is ]
this youth ?
And Abner said , [
As ]
thy soul liveth ,
O king ,
I cannot tell .
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Then the King sayde ,
Enquire thou whose sonne this yong man is .
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And when Dauid was returned from the slaughter of the Philistim ,
then Abner tooke him ,
and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistim in his hand .
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And Saul sayde to him ,
Whose sonne art thou ,
thou yong man ?
And Dauid answered ,
I am the sonne of thy seruant Ishai the Bethlehemite .
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