chapter_1_Samuel 17
1 Samuel 17:1: And the Philistines gather their camps to battle, and are gathered to Shochoh, which is to Judah, and encamp between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephes-Dammim; 1 Samuel 17:2: and Saul and the men of Israel have been gathered, and encamp by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array to meet the Philistines. 1 Samuel 17:3: And the Philistines are standing on the mountain on this side, and the Israelites are standing on the mountain on that side, and the valley is between them. 1 Samuel 17:4: And there goeth out a man of the duellists from the camps of the Philistines, Goliath is his name, from Gath; his height is six cubits and a span, 1 Samuel 17:5: and a helmet of brass is on his head, and with a scaled coat of mail he is clothed, and the weight of the coat of mail is five thousand shekels of brass, 1 Samuel 17:6: and a frontlet of brass is on his feet, and a javelin of brass between his shoulders, 1 Samuel 17:7: and the wood of his spear is like a beam of weavers', and the flame of his spear is six hundred shekels of iron, and the bearer of the buckler is going before him. 1 Samuel 17:8: And he standeth and calleth unto the ranks of Israel, and saith to them, 'Why are ye come out to set in array the battle? am not I the Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose for you a man, and let him come down unto me; 1 Samuel 17:9: if he be able to fight with me, and have smitten me, then we have been to you for servants; and if I am able for him, and have smitten him, then ye have been to us for servants, and have served us.' 1 Samuel 17:10: And the Philistine saith, 'I have reproached the ranks of Israel this day; give to me a man, and we fight together.' 1 Samuel 17:11: And Saul heareth &#8212; and all Israel &#8212; these words of the Philistine, and they are broken down and greatly afraid. 1 Samuel 17:12: And David is son of this Ephrathite of Beth-Lehem-Judah, whose name is Jesse, and he hath eight sons, and the man in the days of Saul hath become aged among men; 1 Samuel 17:13: and the three eldest sons of Jesse go, they have gone after Saul to battle; and the name of his three sons who have gone into battle are Eliab the first-born, and his second Abinadab, and the third Shammah. 1 Samuel 17:14: And David is the youngest, and the three eldest have gone after Saul, 1 Samuel 17:15: and David is going and returning from Saul, to feed the flock of his father at Beth-Lehem. 1 Samuel 17:16: And the Philistine draweth nigh, morning and evening, and stationeth himself forty days. 1 Samuel 17:17: And Jesse saith to David his son, 'Take, I pray thee, to thy brethren, an ephah of this roasted corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy brethren; 1 Samuel 17:18: and these ten cuttings of the cheese thou dost take in to the head of the thousand, and thy brethren thou dost inspect for welfare, and their pledge dost receive.' 1 Samuel 17:19: And Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel are in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines. 1 Samuel 17:20: And David riseth early in the morning, and leaveth the flock to a keeper, and lifteth up, and goeth, as Jesse commanded him, and he cometh in to the path, and to the force which is going out unto the rank, and they have shouted for battle; 1 Samuel 17:21: and Israel and the Philistines set in array rank to meet rank. 1 Samuel 17:22: And David letteth down the goods from off him on the hand of a keeper of the goods, and runneth into the rank, and cometh and asketh of his brethren of welfare. 1 Samuel 17:23: And he is speaking with them, and lo, a man of the duellists is coming up, Goliath the Philistine is his name, of Gath, out of the ranks of the Philistines, and he speaketh according to those words, and David heareth; 1 Samuel 17:24: and all the men of Israel when they see the man flee from his presence, and are greatly afraid. 1 Samuel 17:25: And the men of Israel say, 'Have ye seen this man who is coming up? for, to reproach Israel he is coming up, and it hath been &#8212; the man who smiteth him, the king doth enrich him with great riches, and his daughter he doth give to him, and his father's house doth make free in Israel.' 1 Samuel 17:26: And David speaketh unto the men who are standing by him, saying, 'What is done to the man who smiteth this Philistine, and hath turned aside reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he hath reproached the ranks of the living God?' 1 Samuel 17:27: And the people speak to him according to this word, saying, 'Thus it is done to the man who smiteth him.' 1 Samuel 17:28: And Eliab, his eldest brother, heareth when he speaketh unto the men, and the anger of Eliab burneth against David, and he saith, 'Why is this &#8212; thou hast come down! and to whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I have known thy pride, and the evil of thy heart &#8212; for, to see the battle thou hast come down.' 1 Samuel 17:29: And David saith, 'What have I done now? is it not a word?' 1 Samuel 17:30: And he turneth round from him unto another, and saith according to this word, and the people return him word as the first word. 1 Samuel 17:31: And the words which David hath spoken are heard, and they declare before Saul, and he receiveth him; 1 Samuel 17:32: and David saith unto Saul, 'Let no man's heart fall because of him, thy servant doth go, and hath fought with this Philistine.' 1 Samuel 17:33: And Saul saith unto David, 'Thou art not able to go unto this Philistine, to fight with him, for a youth thou art, and he a man of war from his youth.' 1 Samuel 17:34: And David saith unto Saul, 'A shepherd hath thy servant been to his father among the sheep, and the lion hath come &#8212; and the bear &#8212; and hath taken away a sheep out of the drove, 1 Samuel 17:35: and I have gone out after him, and smitten him, and delivered out of his mouth, and he riseth against me, and I have taken hold on his beard, and smitten him, and put him to death. 1 Samuel 17:36: Both the lion and the bear hath thy servant smitten, and this uncircumcised Philistine hath been as one of them, for he hath reproached the ranks of the living God.' 1 Samuel 17:37: And David saith, 'Jehovah, who delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, He doth deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.' And Saul saith unto David, 'Go, and Jehovah is with thee.' 1 Samuel 17:38: And Saul clotheth David with his long robe, and hath put a helmet of brass on his head, and doth clothe him with a coat of mail. 1 Samuel 17:39: And David girded his sword above his long robe, and beginneth to go, for he hath not tried it; and David saith unto Saul, 'I am not able to go with these, for I had not tried;' and David turneth them aside from off him. 1 Samuel 17:40: And he taketh his staff in his hand, and chooseth for him five smooth stones from the brook, and putteth them in the shepherds' habiliments that he hath, even in the scrip, and his sling is in his hand, and he draweth nigh unto the Philistine. 1 Samuel 17:41: And the Philistine goeth on, going and drawing near unto David, and the man bearing the buckler is before him, 1 Samuel 17:42: and the Philistine looketh attentively, and seeth David, and despiseth him, for he was a youth, and ruddy, with a fair appearance. 1 Samuel 17:43: And the Philistine saith unto David, 'Am I a dog that thou art coming unto me with staves?' and the Philistine revileth David by his gods, 1 Samuel 17:44: and the Philistine saith unto David, 'Come unto me, and I give thy flesh to the fowl of the heavens, and to the beast of the field.' 1 Samuel 17:45: And David saith unto the Philistine, 'Thou art coming unto me with sword, and with spear, and with buckler, and I am coming unto thee in the name of Jehovah of Hosts, God of the ranks of Israel, which thou hast reproached. 1 Samuel 17:46: This day doth Jehovah shut thee up into my hand &#8212; and I have smitten thee, and turned aside thy head from off thee, and given the carcase of the camp of the Philistines this day to the fowl of the heavens, and to the beast of the earth, and all the earth do know that God is for Israel. 1 Samuel 17:47: and all this assembly do know that not by sword and by spear doth Jehovah save, that the battle is Jehovah's, and He hath given you into our hand.' 1 Samuel 17:48: And it hath come to pass, that the Philistine hath risen, and goeth, and draweth near to meet David, and David hasteth and runneth to the rank to meet the Philistine, 1 Samuel 17:49: and David putteth forth his hand unto the vessel, and taketh thence a stone, and slingeth, and smiteth the Philistine on his forehead, and the stone sinketh into his forehead, and he falleth on his face to the earth. 1 Samuel 17:50: And David is stronger than the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smiteth the Philistine, and putteth him to death, and there is no sword in the hand of David, 1 Samuel 17:51: and David runneth and standeth over the Philistine, and taketh his sword, and draweth it out of its sheath, and putteth him to death, and cutteth off with it his head; and the Philistines see that their hero is dead, and flee. 1 Samuel 17:52: And the men of Israel rise &#8212; also Judah &#8212; and shout, and pursue the Philistines till thou enter the valley, and unto the gates of Ekron, and the wounded of the Philistines fall in the way of Shaaraim, even unto Gath, and unto Ekron, 1 Samuel 17:53: and the sons of Israel turn back from burning after the Philistines, and spoil their camps. 1 Samuel 17:54: And David taketh the head of the Philistine, and bringeth it in to Jerusalem, and his weapons he hath put in his own tent. 1 Samuel 17:55: And when Saul seeth David going out to meet the Philistine, he hath said unto Abner, head of the host, 'Whose son is this &#8212; the youth, Abner?' and Abner saith, 'Thy soul liveth, O king, I have not known.' 1 Samuel 17:56: And the king saith, 'Ask thou whose son this is &#8212; the young man.' 1 Samuel 17:57: And when David turneth back from smiting the Philistine, then Abner taketh him and bringeth him in before Saul, and the head of the Philistine in his hand; 1 Samuel 17:58: and Saul saith unto him, 'Whose son art thou, O youth?' and David saith, 'Son of thy servant Jesse, the Beth-Lehemite.'
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