17:1 And the Philistines gather their armies
to battle, and gather themselves to Socchoth of Judahea, and encamp between
Socchoth and Azeca Ephermen.
17:2 And Saul and the men of Israel gather together, and they encamp in the
valley, and set the battle in array against the Philistines.
17:3 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.
17:4 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.
17:5 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.
17:6 And greaves of grass [were] upon his legs, and a brazen target [was]
between his shoulders.
17:7 And the staff of his spear [was] like a weaver's beam, and the spear's
head [was formed] of six hundred shekels of iron; and his armour-bearer went
before him.
17:8 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 He brews of Saul? Choose for yourselves a man, and let
him come down to me.
17:9 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.
17:10 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.
17:11 And Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, and they
were dismayed, and greatly terrified.
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17:32 And David said to Saul, Let not, I pray thee, the heart of my lord be
dejected within him: thy servant will go, and fight with this Philistine.
17:33 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.
17:34 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,
17:35 then I went forth after him, and smote him, and drew [the spoil] out
of his mouth: and as he rose up against me, then I caught hold of his
throat, and smote him, and slew him.
17:36 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 Elohim?
17:37 Yehovah 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 Yehovah shall be with thee.
17:38 And Saul clothed David with a military coat, and [put] his brazen
helmet on his head.
17:39 And he girt David with his sword over his coat: an he 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.
17:40 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.
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17:42 And Goliath saw David, and despised him; for he was a lad, and ruddy,
with a fair countenance.
17:43 And the Philistine said to David, Am I as a dog, that thou comest
against me with a staff and stones? [[and David said, Nay, but worse than a
dog.]] And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
17:44 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.
17:45 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 Yehovah Elohim
of hosts of the army of Israel, which thou hast defied
17:46 this day. And Yehovah shall 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 Elohim in Israel.
17:47 And all this assembly shall know that Yehovah delivers not by sword
or spear, for the battle [is] Yehovah's, and Yehovah will deliver you into
our hands.
17:48 And the Philistine arose and went to meet David.
17:49 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.
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17:51 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.
17:52 And the men of Israel and Judah arose, and shouted and pursued them as
far as the entrance to Geth, and as far as the gate of Ascalon: and the
slain men of the Philistines fell in the way of the gates, both to Geth, and
to Accaron.
17:53 And the men of Israel returned from pursuing after the Philistines,
and they destroyed their camp.
17:54 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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17:1 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.
17:2 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.
17:3 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.
17:4 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.
17:5 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.
17:6 And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass
between his shoulders.
17:7 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.
17:8 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.
17:9 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.
17:10 And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me
a man, that we may fight together.
17:11 When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they
were dismayed, and greatly afraid.
17:12 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.
17:13 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.
17:14 And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul.
17:15 But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep at
Bethlehem.
17:16 And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented
himself forty days.
17:17 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 of thy
brethren;
17:18 And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and
look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.
17:19 Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of
Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
17:20 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.
17:21 For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army
against army.
17:22 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.
17:23 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.
17:24 And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and
were sore afraid.
17:25 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.
17:26 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 Elohim?
17:27 And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be
done to the man that killeth him.
17:28 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.
17:29 And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause?
17:30 And he turned from him toward another, and spake after the same
manner: and the people answered him again after the former manner.
17:31 And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them
before Saul: and he sent for him.
17:32 And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him; thy
servant will go and fight with this Philistine.
17:33 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.
17:34 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:
17:35 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.
17:36 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 Elohim.
17:37 David said moreover, Yehovah 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 Yehovah be with thee.
17:38 And Saul armed David with his armor, and he put an helmet of brass
upon his head; also he armed him with a coat of mail.
17:39 And David girded his sword upon his armor, 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.
17:40 And he took his 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.
17:41 And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and the man that
bare the shield went before him.
17:42 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.
17:43 And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me
with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
17:44 And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy
flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field.
17:45 Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and
with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of Yehovah
of hosts, the Elohim of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
17:46 This day will Yehovah deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite
thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcasses 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 Elohim in
Israel.
17:47 And all this assembly shall know that Yehovah saveth not with sword
and spear: for the battle is Yehovah's, and he will give you into our
hands.
17:48 And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came, and drew
nigh to meet David, that David hastened, and ran toward the army to meet the
Philistine.
17:49 And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang
it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his
forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth.
17:50 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.
17:51 Therefore David ran, and stood upon 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.
17:52 And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued the
Philistines, until thou come to the valley, and to the gates of Ekron. And
the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even unto
Gath, and unto Ekron.
17:53 And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the
Philistines, and they spoiled their tents.
17:54 And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to
Jerusalem; but he put his armor in his tent.
17:55 And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto
Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? And Abner
said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell.
17:56 And the king said, Inquire thou whose son the stripling is.
17:57 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.
17:58 And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, thou young man? And David
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