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1Samuel 17
1/Nowthe philistines gathered together their armied 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 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 thousnad shekls of brass,
6/And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders.
7/and rthe staff of his spear was like a weaver`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 unro them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not Ia phlilistine, 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 Isael this day; give me a man, that we may fight together,
11/When Saul and all Isael heard thoue words of the philistine , they were dismayed, , and greatly afraid.
12/Now David 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 Ekiab the him Abinadab , and the third Shammah.
14/And Bavid was the youngest: and 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 loves, and run to the camp of thy brethren; fare, and take their pledge.
19/Now Saul, and they and all the men of Isael, 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 barttie 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 chmpion, the philistion of Gath, goliath by name , out of the armies of the philustines, 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 afrsid.
25/and the men of Israel said. Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel shall be, rt that the man who killeth him, the hing will enrich him with great riches, and will and make his father`s house free in Isrel.
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 Isael? for who is this unciumcised philistine, that he should 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 eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Elib`s anger was kindled against David, and he said why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtineess 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 peop[le answered him again after the former manner.
31/And when the words were heaed which David spake, they rehearsed them before Saul; and he sent for him.
32/and David said to Saul Let no man`s heaet fail; because of him ; thy servant will go and fight with this philistine,
33/And Sall said to David thou art not able to go aginst this philistine to fight with him : for thou art but a youth, and he a men of war from his youth.
34/And David said unto Saul, Thy serant kept his father`s sheep , and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the Flack:
35/And I went after him, and smote him and deliverd it out of his mouth; and when he arose against me, I and smote him, and slew him.
36/Thy servant slew both the loon and the bear; and this uncircumcised philistine , 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 out of the hand of this philistine and saul said, 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, 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 took staff in his hand , and chose him five smooth stnes out of the brook ,the man that barwe 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 Davvid ,Am I a dog , that thou comest to me with staves? curses David by his gods.
44/And the philistine said to David, Come to me , and i will gove thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field /
45/Then said David to rthe philistine, a sword , and with a spear , and with a shield: but I come to thee in the hosts, the god of the armies of Israel, whem thou hast deried.
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 bphilistines this day unto the fowls of the air and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth mat kild beasts if 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 slaig it , and smote the philistine in his forehead that the stone sunk into his fordhead; 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 philitine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David.
51/Therfore David ran, and stood upon the philistine, and took his head therewith. And when the philistnes saw their champion was dead, they fied.
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 Ekton, and the wounded of the philistines fell down by the way to shaaraim, even uunto Gath, and unto Ekron.
53/And the children of Israel retutned from chasing after the philistines, and they spoiled their tents they spoild their tents
54/And David took the head of the philistimne, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armour in his tent,
55/And when Saul saw David go forth against the philistine, he said unto Abner, the captiain of the hast , abner, whose son is this youth? and Abner said. As thy soul liveth. O king ,i cannot tell.
56/and the king said, Enquire 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 Jess the Bethlehemite.