1Samuel:17-18

---

Seeker Overlay ON

* And the Philistines gathered together their camps to battle , and they gathered themselves together at Sochoh , which belongeth to Judah ; and they encamped between Sochoh and ‘Azekah , at Ephess –dammim . * And Saul and the men of Israel gathered themselves together , and encamped in the valley of Elah , and put themselves in battle –array opposite to the Philistines . * And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side , and the Israelites stood on a mountain on the other side : and the valley was between them . * And there went out the champion out of the camp of the Philistines , Goliath of Gath was his name , whose height was six cubits and a span . * And he had a helmet of copper upon his head , and he was clothed with a scaly coat of mail ; and the weight of the coat of mail was five thousand shekels of copper . * And he had greaves of copper upon his legs , and a javelin of copper between his shoulders . * And the staff of his spear was like a weaver ’s beam ; and the blade of his spear six hundred shekels of iron : and the shield –bearer was walking before him . * And he stood and calleth unto the arrays of Israel , and said unto them , Why will ye come out to put yourselves in battle –array ? Behold : I am the Philistine , and ye are servants to Saul ! select for yourselves one man , and let him come down to me ; * If he be able to fight with me , and he kill me , then will we be unto you as servants ; but if I prevail against him , and kill him , then shall ye be unto us as servants , and ye shall serve us . * And the Philistine said , I have defied the arrays of Israel this day ; give me a man , and let us fight together . * When Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine , they were disheartened , and became greatly afraid . * Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth –lechem –judah , whose name was Jesse ; and he had eight sons : and the man was old in the days of Saul , belonging to the persons . * And the three eldest sons of Jesse were gone following Saul to the battle : and the names of his three sons that were gone to the battle were Eliab the first –born , and the next to him Abinadab , and the third Shammah . * And David was the youngest : and the three eldest followed Saul . * But David kept going and returning from Saul to feed his father ’s flocks at Beth –lechem . * And the Philistine drew near morning and evening , and presented himself forty days . * And Jesse said unto David his son , Take , I pray thee , for thy brothers an ephah of this parched corn , and these ten loaves , and run to the camp to thy brothers ; * And these ten cheeses shalt thou bring unto the captain of the thousand , and inquire of thy brothers how they fare , and take away their pledge . * Now Saul , and they , and all the men of Israel , were in the valley of Elah , fighting with the Philistines . * And David rose up early in the morning , and gave up the flocks to a keeper , and took , and went , as Jesse had commanded him ; and he came to the entrenchment , as the host was going forth in battle –array , and shouted the battle –cry . * And the Israelites and the Philistines put themselves in battle –array , army against army . * And David left the articles which he had on him in the hand of the keeper of the baggage , and ran into the array , and came and asked of his brothers after their welfare . * And as he was speaking with them , behold , there came up the champion , Goliath the Philistine , by name , of Gath , out of the battle –arrays of the Philistines , and spoke in accordance with these same words : and David heard it . * And all the men of Israel , when they saw the man , fled from before him , and were greatly afraid . * And the men of Israel said , Have ye seen this man that is coming forth ? for to defy Israel is he coming forth ; and it shall be , that the man who killeth him ,––him will the king enrich with great riches , and his daughter will he give him , and his father ’s house will he make free in Israel . * And David said to the men that stood by him , thus , What shall be done to the man that may smite yon Philistine , and take away the reproach from Israel ? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine , that he should defy the arrays of the living God ? * And the people spoke to him after this manner , saying , So shall it be done to the man that may smite him . * And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he was speaking unto the men ; and Eliab ’s anger was kindled against David , and he said , Why didst thou come down hither ? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness ? I know thy presumption , and the wickedness of thy heart ; for in order to see the battle art thou come down . * And David said , What have I now done ? It is nothing but a word . * And he turned from him toward another , and spoke after the same manner : and the people made him again a reply after the former manner . * And the words which David had spoken were heard , and they told them in the presence of Saul , who sent for him . * And David said to Saul , Let no man ’s heart fail because of him : thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine . * And Saul said to David , Thou art not able to go unto this Philistine to fight with him ; for thou art but a lad , and he a man of war from his youth . * And David said unto Saul , Thy servant was feeding his father ’s flocks , and there came a lion , and a bear , and bore off a lamb out of the drove ; * And I went out after him , and smote him , and delivered it out of his mouth : and when he rose up against me , I caught him by his beard , and smote him , and slew him . * Both the lion and the bear did thy servant smite : and this uncircumcised Philistine shall become as one of them ; because he hath defied the arrays of the living God . * Moreover David said , The Lord who hath delivered me out of the power of the lion , and out of the power of the bear , will also surely deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine . And Saul said unto David , Go , and may the Lord be with thee . * And Saul clothed David with his garments , and he put a helmet of copper upon his head ; and he clothed him also with a coat of mail . * And David girded his sword over his garments , and he essayed to go ; for he had not tried it . And David said unto Saul , I cannot walk in these ; for I have never tried it before . And David put them off from him . * And he took his staff in his hand , and chose himself five smooth stones out of the brook , and put them in the shepherd ’s pouch which be had , even in a scrip , with his sling in his hand ; and he approached to the Philistine . * And the Philistine went and drew nearer and nearer unto David ; and the man that bore the shield went before him . * And when the Philistine looked about , and saw David , he disdained him ; for he was but a lad , and ruddy , with a fair appearance . * And the Philistine said unto David , Am I a dog , that thou comest unto me with sticks ? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods . * And the Philistine said to David , Come to me , and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the heavens , and to the beasts of the field . * Then said David to the Philistine , Thou comest unto me with a sword , and with a spear , and with a javelin ; but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts , the God of the arrays of Israel , that thou hast defied . * This day will the Lord deliver thee into my hand ; and I will smite thee , and remove thy head from thee ; and I will give the carcasses of the army of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air , and to the wild beasts of the earth ; and all the earth shall know that there is a God for Israel . * And all this assembly shall know that the Lord saveth not through sword and spear ; for the battle is the Lord ’s , and he will give you up into our hand . * And it came to pass , when the Philistine arose , and went and drew nigh to meet David , that David hastened , and ran toward the battle –array to meet the Philistine . * And David put his hand into the pouch , and took thence a stone , and slung it , and he struck the Philistine on his forehead , and the stone sunk into his forehead : and he fell upon his face to the ground . * So David prevailed over the Philistine with the sling and with the stone , and smote the Philistine , and slew him ; but there was no sword in the hand of David . * And David ran , and stood by the Philistine , and took his sword , and drew it out of its sheath , and slew him , and cut off his head therewith . And when the Philistines saw that their hero was dead , they fled . * And then arose the men of Israel and of Judah , and shouted , and pursued the Philistines , until thou comest to the valley , and to the gates of ‘Ekron . And the slain of the Philistines fell down by the way to Sha ’arayim , even as far as Gath , and up to ‘Ekron . * And the children of Israel returned from hotly pursuing after the Philistines , and they spoiled their camps . * And David took the head of the Philistine , and brought it to Jerusalem ; but his weapons he placed in his tent . * And when Saul saw David going forth against the Philistine , he said unto Abner , the captain of the army , Abner , whose son is this lad ? And Abner said , As thy soul liveth , O king , I know it not . * And the king said , Ask thou whose son this youth is . * And as David returned from smiting the Philistine , Abner took him , and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand . * And Saul said to him , Whose son art thou , young man ? And David answered , The son of thy servant Jesse the Beth –lechemite . * And it came to pass , when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul , that the soul of Jonathan was knit on the soul of David ; and Jonathan loved him as his own soul . * And Saul took him on that day , and would not permit him to go home to his father ’s house . * Then Jonathan and David made a covenant , because of his loving him as his own soul . * And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that he had upon him , and gave it to David , and likewise his garments , even to his sword , and to his bow , and to his girdle . * And David went out ; whithersoever Saul used to send him , he was successful ; and Saul set him over the men of war ; and he was accepted in the eyes of all the people , and also in the eyes of the servants of Saul . * And it came to pass as they came home , when David returned from smiting the Philistines , that the women came forth out of all the cities of Israel , singing and dancing , to meet king Saul , with tambourines , with joy , and with triangles . * And the women that played answered one another , and said , Saul hath slain his thousands , and David his ten thousands . * And Saul was very wroth , and this saying was displeasing in his eyes ; and he said , They have given unto David ten thousands , and to me they have given the thousands : and all that he lacketh now yet is only the kingdom . * And Saul looked jealous on David from that day and forward . * And it came to pass on the morrow , that an evil spirit from God came suddenly over Saul , and he spoke foolish things in the midst of the house : while David was playing with his hand , as on previous days ; and the spear was in the hand of Saul . * And Saul cast the spear ; and he thought , I will strike David through even on the wall . And David turned aside out of his presence twice . * And Saul was afraid of David ; because the Lord was with him , and from Saul he was departed . * Therefore Saul removed him from himself , and made him his captain over a thousand : and he went out and came in before the people . * And David was successful on all his ways ; and the Lord was with him . * And when Saul saw that he was very successful , he was in dread of him . * But all Israel and Judah loved David ; because he went out and came in before them . * And Saul said to David , Behold , here is my eldest daughter Merab , her will I give to thee for wife : only be thou unto me a man of valor , and fight the Lord ’s battles . And Saul thought , Let not my hand be against him , but let the hand of the Philistines be against him . * And David said unto Saul , Who am I ? and what is my life , my father ’s family in Israel , that I should be a son –in –law to the king ? * But it happened at the time when Merab , Saul ’s daughter should have been given to David , that she was given unto ‘Adriel the Mecholathite for wife . * And Michal Saul ’s daughter loved David : and they told it to Saul , and the thing was right in his eyes . * And Saul said , I will give her to him , that she may become unto him a snare , and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him . Wherefore Saul said to David , Through the second shalt thou this day become my son –in –law . * And Saul commanded his servants , Speak to David secretly , saying , Behold , the king hath delight in thee , and all his servants love thee ; and now thou must become the king ’s son –in –law . * And the servants of Saul spoke in the ears of David these words . And David said , Doth it seem so light in your eyes to become the king ’s son –in –law , seeing that I am a poor man , and of light esteem ? * And the servants of Saul told him , saying , Words such as these David hath spoken . * And Saul said , Thus shall ye say to David , The king desireth not any dowry , but a hundred foreskins of the Philistines , to be avenged on the king ’s enemies . But Saul thought to cause David to fall by the hand of the Philistines . * And when his servants told David these words , the thing was pleasing in the eyes of David to become the king ’s son –in –law : and the days were not complete , * When David arose and went , he and his men , and smote of the Philistines two hundred men ; and David brought their foreskins , and they counted them out in full to the king , that he might become the king ’s son –in –law . And Saul gave him Michal his daughter for wife . * And Saul saw and understood that the Lord was with David : and Michal , Saul ’s daughter , loved him . * And Saul was yet the more afraid of David ; and Saul was David ’s enemy all the time . * And the princes of the Philistines went forth ; and it came to pass , whenever they went forth , that David was more successful than all the servants of Saul ; so that his name was highly prized . * And Saul spoke to Jonathan his son , and to all his servants , that he would kill David . But Jonathan the son of Saul delighted greatly in David .

---