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                                     1Samuel


                                   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.

  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.

  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.

  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.

  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.

  6. And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of
     brass between his shoulders.

  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.

  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.

 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.

 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.

 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;

 18. And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their
     thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their
     pledge.

 19. 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.

 38. And Saul armed David with his armour, 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 armour, 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 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.

 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.