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Chapter 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. |
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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 upon 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 upon his legs, and a target of brass
between his shoulders. |
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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. |
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. |
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. |
10 | And
the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a
man, that we may fight together. |
11 |
When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were
dismayed, and greatly afraid. |
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.
Matt 1:6
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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. |
14 | And David was the youngest: and the three
eldest followed Saul. |
15 |
But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep at
Bethlehem. |
16 | And
the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself
forty days. |
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| 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; |
18 | And carry these ten cheeses unto the
captain of their thousand, and look how thy brethren 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. |
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. |
21 | For Israel and the Philistines had put the
battle in array, army against army. |
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. |
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. |
24 | And
all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were
sore afraid. |
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. |
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 God? |
27 | And
the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done
to the man that killeth him. |
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. |
29 |
And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause? |
30 |
And he turned from him toward another, and spake after the same manner: and the
people answered him again after the former manner. |
31 | And
when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them before
Saul: and he sent for him. |
32 |
And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him; thy
servant will go and fight with this Philistine. |
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. |
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: |
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. |
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 God. |
37 |
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, Go, and the LORD be with thee. |
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| 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. |
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. |
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. |
41 | And
the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and the man that bare
the shield went before him. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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 the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of
Israel, whom thou hast defied. |
46 | This
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 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 God in
Israel. |
47 | And all this assembly shall know that the
LORD saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD's, and
he will give you into our hands. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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| 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. |
53 | And the children of Israel returned from
chasing after the Philistines, and they spoiled their tents. |
54 |
And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he
put his armor in his tent. |
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. |
56 | And
the king said, Inquire thou whose son the stripling is. |
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. |
58 |
And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, thou young man? And David
answered, I am the son of thy servant Jesse the Bethlehemite. |