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Now the Philistines gathered their forces
for
war
at Socoh
in
Judah, and they
camped
between Socoh
and Azekah in Ephes-dammim
.
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
.
Saul and the men of Israel assembled
and camped
in
the Valley of Elah, arraying
themselves
for
battle against the Philistines.
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.
The Philistines stood on one hill
and the
Israelites
stood on another,
with
the valley between them.
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.
Then
a champion named Goliath, who
was
from
Gath, came
out
from
the
Philistine
camp.
He
was six cubits and a span in
height,
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 .
and he had a
bronze
helmet on
his head .
He wore
a bronze
coat of mail weighing
five thousand shekels ,
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.
and he had armor
of bronze
on
his legs and a javelin
of bronze
slung
between his shoulders.
And he had greaves
of brass
upon
his legs ,
and a target
of brass
between his shoulders.
The shaft
of his spear was like a weaver’s
beam ,
and its
iron
point
weighed six hundred shekels .
In
addition,
his
shield bearer
went before him.
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.
And Goliath
stood and shouted
to
the ranks
of Israel, “
Why do
you
come out and
array
yourselves
for
battle? Am I
not a Philistine, and are
you
not
servants of
Saul? Choose one
of
your
men
and have
him come down against
me.
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.
If he is
able to fight me and kill me, then we
will be your servants .
But if I prevail against him and kill him, then you
shall be our servants and labor
for
us. ”
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.
Then
the Philistine said, “
I defy the ranks
of Israel this day !
Give me a man to
fight !”
And
the Philistine said, I defy the armies
of Israel this day ;
give me a man ,
that
we
may
fight together.
On
hearing
the
words of the Philistine, Saul
and
all
the
Israelites
were dismayed and greatly afraid.
When
Saul
and
all
Israel
heard
those
words of the Philistine, they
were dismayed ,
and greatly afraid.
Now David was the son of a
man
named
Jesse,
an
Ephrathite from
Bethlehem
of Judah
who
had eight sons in the days of Saul. And
Jesse
was
old
and
well
along
in
years.
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.
The three older
sons of Jesse had
followed Saul into
battle: The firstborn
was
Eliab ,
the second
was
Abinadab, and the third was
Shammah.
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.
And David was the youngest .
The three oldest
had
followed Saul ,
And David was the youngest :
and
the three eldest
followed Saul .
but David went back
and forth
from Saul to tend
his father’s
sheep in
Bethlehem.
But David went and returned
from Saul to feed
his father's
sheep at
Bethlehem.
For
forty
days
the Philistine came
forward
every
morning and evening to
take
his
stand
.
And
the Philistine drew
near
morning and evening ,
and
presented
himself
forty
days
.
One
day
Jesse said to
his son David
, “
Take this
ephah of roasted
grain
and these ten loaves of
bread
for
your
brothers
and hurry
to their
camp .
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;
Take
also
these ten portions
of
cheese
to
the commander
of their unit.
Check
on
the
welfare
of
your
brothers
and bring
back
an
assurance
from
them
.
And
carry
these ten cheeses
unto
the captain
of their thousand,
and look
how
thy
brethren
fare,
and
take
their
pledge
.
They
are
with
Saul and all the men of Israel in the Valley of Elah, fighting against
the Philistines. ”
Now
Saul ,
and they,
and
all the men of Israel ,
were
in the valley of Elah, fighting with
the Philistines.
So
David got
up early in the morning, left the flock
with a keeper, loaded
up
, and set
out
as Jesse had instructed
him .
He reached
the camp
as the army
was marching
out
to its
position
and shouting
the battle cry
.
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.
And
Israel and the Philistines arrayed
in formation
against each
other
.
For
Israel and the Philistines had
put
the
battle
in array,
army
against army
.
Then
David left his supplies
in the care
of the quartermaster
and ran to
the battle
line.
When
he
arrived
, he
asked
his brothers
how
they
were
doing
.
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
.
And as he was
speaking
with them, suddenly
the champion named
Goliath
, the Philistine from
Gath, came
forward
from
the Philistines and shouted
his
usual
words ,
which
David also
heard.
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
.
When
all the men of Israel saw
Goliath
, they fled from him in
great
fear
.
And
all the men of Israel, when
they saw
the
man,
fled from him ,
and
were
sore
afraid
.
Now
the men of Israel had
been
saying
, “Do
you
see
this man who
keeps
coming
out
to defy Israel ?
To
the man who kills
him the king will give
great riches .
And he
will give him his daughter in
marriage
and exempt
his father’s
house from
taxation
in Israel. ”
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.
David asked
the men who
were
standing
with
him, “
What will
be done for
the man who
kills
this Philistine and removes
this
disgrace
from Israel? Just
who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God? ”
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?
The people told
him about
the
offer
, saying, “That
is
what
will
be done for
the man who
kills
him. ”
And
the people answered
him after
this
manner
, saying, So
shall
it
be done to
the man that
killeth
him.
Now
when
David’s
oldest
brother
Eliab heard him
speaking
to
the men ,
his
anger burned
against David .
“
Why have
you
come
down here
? ”
he
asked.
“
And with whom did
you
leave
those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your
pride and wickedness
of heart —you
have
come down to
see the battle !”
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 .
“
What have I done
now? ”
said
David.
“Was
it
not just
a question
? ”
And
David
said,
What have I now done
? Is
there
not a cause
?
Then
he turned from him toward another and asked
about
the offer,
and those
people answered him just
as
the first
ones
had
answered
.
And
he turned from him toward another ,
and spake
after
the same
manner:
and the
people answered him again
after
the former
manner
.
Now
David’s
words were overheard
and
reported
to
Saul
, who
called
for him.
And
when
the
words were heard
which
David
spake
, they
rehearsed
them
before
Saul:
and
he
sent
for him.
And David said to Saul, “
Let no man’s
heart fail on
account
of this
Philistine.
Your
servant will go and fight him!”
And David said to Saul, Let no man's
heart fail because
of him;
thy
servant will go and fight with
this
Philistine.
But
Saul replied
, “You
cannot
go out
against this Philistine to fight him .
You
are
just
a boy
, and he has
been
a warrior
from his youth. ”
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.
David replied
, “Your
servant has
been
tending
his father’s
sheep, and whenever
a lion or
a bear came
and carried
off
a lamb from
the flock ,
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 :
I went after it
, struck
it
down
, and delivered the
lamb
from
its
mouth.
If
it reared
up
against me, I would
grab
it
by its
fur
, strike
it
down
, and kill
it
.
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
.
Your
servant has
killed
lions
and bears;
this uncircumcised Philistine will
be like
one of them, for
he has
defied the armies of the living God. ”
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.
David added
, “
The LORD ,
who
delivered me from
the claws
of the lion and the bear, will deliver me from
the hand of this Philistine. ”
“Go,”
said
Saul, “
and may
the LORD be with you
. ”
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
.
Then
Saul clothed
David in
his own
tunic
, put a
bronze
helmet on
his head ,
and
dressed
him in
armor
.
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
.
David strapped
his sword over
the
tunic
and tried
to walk,
but
he was
not accustomed
to
them
. “I
cannot
walk
in
these,”
David said to
Saul .
“
I am
not accustomed
to
them. ”
So
David took
them off.
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
.
And David
took his staff in his hand, selected
five smooth stones from
the brook, and put them in the
pouch
of
his
shepherd’s
bag .
And with
his sling in hand ,
he approached
the Philistine.
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.
Now
the Philistine came closer
and closer
to
David ,
with
his
shield -bearer
before him.
And
the Philistine came on
and drew
near
unto
David ;
and
the
man
that
bare
the
shield went
before him.
When the Philistine looked and saw David, he despised
him because
he was just
a boy
, ruddy and handsome
.
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
.
“
Am I a dog, ”
he
said
to
David,
“
that you
come
at
me with sticks
? ”
And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
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.
“Come
here,”
he
called
to David, “
and I will give your
flesh to
the birds
of the air and the beasts of the field !”
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 .
But
David
said to the Philistine, “You
come
against
me with sword and spear and
javelin
, but I come against
you
in the name of the LORD of Hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you
have
defied.
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.
This day the LORD will
deliver you
into my
hand .
This
day
I will strike
you
down
, cut
off
your
head ,
and give the carcasses of the Philistines to
the birds
of the air and the creatures
of the earth .
Then
the whole
world
will
know that there is a God in Israel.
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.
And all those
assembled
here
will
know that it
is
not by
sword or
spear that
the
LORD
saves;
for the battle is the LORD’s
, and He will give all
of
you into our hands. ”
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.
As
the Philistine started
forward
to attack
him
, David ran quickly
toward the battle
line
to meet him
.
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
.
Then
David reached
into
his bag, took out
a stone, and slung
it, striking
the Philistine on
the
forehead .
The stone sank
into his forehead ,
and he fell facedown
on
the ground
.
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
.
Thus
David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone ;
without
a
sword
in
his
hand
he
struck
down
the Philistine and killed
him.
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
.
David ran and stood over
him.
He
grabbed
the Philistine’s
sword and pulled
it from
its
sheath and killed
him ;
and he
cut off his head with
the
sword
. When the Philistines saw that
their hero
was dead, they turned
and
ran
.
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
.
Then
the men of Israel and Judah charged
forward
with
a
shout
and pursued the Philistines to the entrance
of
Gath
and to the gates of Ekron. And the bodies
of the Philistines were
strewn
along
the Shaaraim
road
to Gath and Ekron.
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.
When
the Israelites
returned from their
pursuit
of
the Philistines, they plundered
their camps
.
And
the children
of
Israel
returned from chasing
after
the Philistines, and
they spoiled
their tents
.
David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem ,
and
he put Goliath’s
weapons
in his own
tent.
And
David took the head of the Philistine ,
and brought it to Jerusalem ;
but
he put his
armor
in his tent.
As
Saul had
watched
David going
out
to
confront
the Philistine, he said to
Abner the commander
of the army
, “
Abner, whose son is this young
man
? ”
“As
surely
as you
live
, O king, ”
Abner
replied,
“
I do
not
know
. ”
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
.
“Find
out
whose son this
young
man
is!”
said
the king
.
And
the
king
said,
Inquire
thou
whose son the stripling
is
.
So
when
David returned from killing
the Philistine, still
holding
his
head
in
his
hand,
Abner took him and brought him before Saul.
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
.
“
Whose son are
you
, young man? ”
asked
Saul.
“
I am the son of your
servant Jesse of
Bethlehem,”
David
replied
.
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
.
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