17:1 Now
the
Philistines
gathered
their
armies
for
battle.
And
they
were
gathered
at
Socoh,
which
belongs
to
Judah,
and
encamped
between
Socoh
and
Azekah,
in
Ephes-dammim.
17:2 And
Saul
and
the
men
of
Israel
were
gathered,
and
encamped
in
the
Valley
of
Elah,
and
drew
up
in
line
of
battle
against
the
Philistines.
17:3 And
the
Philistines
stood
on
the
mountain
on
the
one
side,
and
Israel
stood
on
the
mountain
on
the
other
side,
with
a
valley
between
them.
17:4 And
there
came
out
from
the
camp
of
the
Philistines
a
champion
named
Goliath
of
Gath,
whose
height
was
six
cubits
and
a
span.
17:5 He
had
a
helmet
of
bronze
on
his
head,
and
he
was
armed
with
a
coat
of
mail,
and
the
weight
of
the
coat
was
five
thousand
shekels
of
bronze.
17:6 And
he
had
bronze
armor
on
his
legs,
and
a
javelin
of
bronze
slung
between
his
shoulders.
17:7 The
shaft
of
his
spear
was
like
a
weaver's
beam,
and
his
spear's
head
weighed
six
hundred
shekels
of
iron.
And
his
shield-bearer
went
before
him.
17:8 He
stood
and
shouted
to
the
ranks
of
Israel,
"Why
have
you
come
out
to
draw
up
for
battle
Am
I
not
a
Philistine,
and
are
you
not
servants
of
Saul
Choose
a
man
for
yourselves,
and
let
him
come
down
to
me.
17:9 If
he
is
able
to
fight
with
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
serve
us."
17:10 And
the
Philistine
said,
"I
defy
the
ranks
of
Israel
this
day.
Give
me
a
man,
that
we
may
fight
together."
17:11 When
Saul
and
all
Israel
heard
these
words
of
the
Philistine,
they
were
dismayed
and
greatly
afraid.
17:12 Now
David
was
the
son
of
an
Ephrathite
of
Bethlehem
in
Judah,
named
Jesse,
who
had
eight
sons.
In
the
days
of
Saul
the
man
was
already
old
and
advanced
in
years.
17:13 The
three
oldest
sons
of
Jesse
had
followed
Saul
to
the
battle.
And
the
names
of
his
three
sons
who
went
to
the
battle
were
Eliab
the
firstborn,
and
next
to
him
Abinadab,
and
the
third
Shammah.
17:14 David
was
the
youngest.
The
three
eldest
followed
Saul,
17:15 but
David
went
back
and
forth
from
Saul
to
feed
his
father's
sheep
at
Bethlehem.
17:16 For
forty
days
the
Philistine
came
forward
and
took
his
stand,
morning
and
evening.
17:17 And
Jesse
said
to
David
his
son,
"Take
for
your
brothers
an
ephah
of
this
parched
grain,
and
these
ten
loaves,
and
carry
them
quickly
to
the
camp
to
your
brothers.
17:18 Also
take
these
ten
cheeses
to
the
commander
of
their
thousand.
See
if
your
brothers
are
well,
and
bring
some
token
from
them."
17:19 Now
Saul
and
they
and
all
the
men
of
Israel
were
in
the
Valley
of
Elah,
fighting
with
the
Philistines.
17:20 And
David
rose
early
in
the
morning
and
left
the
sheep
with
a
keeper
and
took
the
provisions
and
went,
as
Jesse
had
commanded
him.
And
he
came
to
the
encampment
as
the
host
was
going
out
to
the
battle
line,
shouting
the
war
cry.
17:21 And
Israel
and
the
Philistines
drew
up
for
battle,
army
against
army.
17:22 And
David
left
the
things
in
charge
of
the
keeper
of
the
baggage
and
ran
to
the
ranks
and
went
and
greeted
his
brothers.
17:23 As
he
talked
with
them,
behold,
the
champion,
the
Philistine
of
Gath,
Goliath
by
name,
came
up
out
of
the
ranks
of
the
Philistines
and
spoke
the
same
words
as
before.
And
David
heard
him.
17:24 All
the
men
of
Israel,
when
they
saw
the
man,
fled
from
him
and
were
much
afraid.
17:25 And
the
men
of
Israel
said,
"Have
you
seen
this
man
who
has
come
up
Surely
he
has
come
up
to
defy
Israel.
And
the
king
will
enrich
the
man
who
kills
him
with
great
riches
and
will
give
him
his
daughter
and
make
his
father's
house
free
in
Israel."
17:26 And
David
said
to
the
men
who
stood
by
him,
"What
shall
be
done
for
the
man
who
kills
this
Philistine
and
takes
away
the
reproach
from
Israel
For
who
is
this
uncircumcised
Philistine,
that
he
should
defy
the
armies
of
the
living
God"
17:27 And
the
people
answered
him
in
the
same
way,
"So
shall
it
be
done
to
the
man
who
kills
him."
17:28 Now
Eliab
his
eldest
brother
heard
when
he
spoke
to
the
men.
And
Eliab's
anger
was
kindled
against
David,
and
he
said,
"Why
have
you
come
down
And
with
whom
have
you
left
those
few
sheep
in
the
wilderness
I
know
your
presumption
and
the
evil
of
your
heart,
for
you
have
come
down
to
see
the
battle."
17:29 And
David
said,
"What
have
I
done
now
Was
it
not
but
a
word"
17:30 And
he
turned
away
from
him
toward
another,
and
spoke
in
the
same
way,
and
the
people
answered
him
again
as
before.
17:31 When
the
words
that
David
spoke
were
heard,
they
repeated
them
before
Saul,
and
he
sent
for
him.
17:32 And
David
said
to
Saul,
"Let
no
man's
heart
fail
because
of
him.
Your
servant
will
go
and
fight
with
this
Philistine."
17:33 And
Saul
said
to
David,
"You
are
not
able
to
go
against
this
Philistine
to
fight
with
him,
for
you
are
but
a
youth,
and
he
has
been
a
man
of
war
from
his
youth."
17:34 But
David
said
to
Saul,
"Your
servant
used
to
keep
sheep
for
his
father.
And
when
there
came
a
lion,
or
a
bear,
and
took
a
lamb
from
the
flock,
17:35 I
went
after
him
and
struck
him
and
delivered
it
out
of
his
mouth.
And
if
he
arose
against
me,
I
caught
him
by
his
beard
and
struck
him
and
killed
him.
17:36 Your
servant
has
struck
down
both
lions
and
bears,
and
this
uncircumcised
Philistine
shall
be
like
one
of
them,
for
he
has
defied
the
armies
of
the
living
God."
17:37 And
David
said,
"The
LORD
who
delivered
me
from
the
paw
of
the
lion
and
from
the
paw
of
the
bear
will
deliver
me
from
the
hand
of
this
Philistine."
And
Saul
said
to
David,
"Go,
and
the
LORD
be
with
you!"
17:38 Then
Saul
clothed
David
with
his
armor.
He
put
a
helmet
of
bronze
on
his
head
and
clothed
him
with
a
coat
of
mail,
17:39 and
David
strapped
his
sword
over
his
armor.
And
he
tried
in
vain
to
go,
for
he
had
not
tested
them.
Then
David
said
to
Saul,
"I
cannot
go
with
these,
for
I
have
not
tested
them."
So
David
put
them
off.
17:40 Then
he
took
his
staff
in
his
hand
and
chose
five
smooth
stones
from
the
brook
and
put
them
in
his
shepherd's
pouch.
His
sling
was
in
his
hand,
and
he
approached
the
Philistine.
17:41 And
the
Philistine
moved
forward
and
came
near
to
David,
with
his
shield-bearer
in
front
of
him.
17:42 And
when
the
Philistine
looked
and
saw
David,
he
disdained
him,
for
he
was
but
a
youth,
ruddy
and
handsome
in
appearance.
17:43 And
the
Philistine
said
to
David,
"Am
I
a
dog,
that
you
come
to
me
with
sticks"
And
the
Philistine
cursed
David
by
his
gods.
17:44 The
Philistine
said
to
David,
"Come
to
me,
and
I
will
give
your
flesh
to
the
birds
of
the
air
and
to
the
beasts
of
the
field."
17:45 Then
David
said
to
the
Philistine,
"You
come
to
me
with
a
sword
and
with
a
spear
and
with
a
javelin,
but
I
come
to
you
in
the
name
of
the
LORD
of
hosts,
the
God
of
the
armies
of
Israel,
whom
you
have
defied.
17:46 This
day
the
LORD
will
deliver
you
into
my
hand,
and
I
will
strike
you
down
and
cut
off
your
head.
And
I
will
give
the
dead
bodies
of
the
host
of
the
Philistines
this
day
to
the
birds
of
the
air
and
to
the
wild
beasts
of
the
earth,
that
all
the
earth
may
know
that
there
is
a
God
in
Israel,
17:47 and
that
all
this
assembly
may
know
that
the
LORD
saves
not
with
sword
and
spear.
For
the
battle
is
the
LORD's,
and
he
will
give
you
into
our
hand."
17:48 When
the
Philistine
arose
and
came
and
drew
near
to
meet
David,
David
ran
quickly
toward
the
battle
line
to
meet
the
Philistine.
17:49 And
David
put
his
hand
in
his
bag
and
took
out
a
stone
and
slung
it
and
struck
the
Philistine
on
his
forehead.
The
stone
sank
into
his
forehead,
and
he
fell
on
his
face
to
the
ground.
17:50 So
David
prevailed
over
the
Philistine
with
a
sling
and
with
a
stone,
and
struck
the
Philistine
and
killed
him.
There
was
no
sword
in
the
hand
of
David.
17:51 Then
David
ran
and
stood
over
the
Philistine
and
took
his
sword
and
drew
it
out
of
its
sheath
and
killed
him
and
cut
off
his
head
with
it.
When
the
Philistines
saw
that
their
champion
was
dead,
they
fled.
17:52 And
the
men
of
Israel
and
Judah
rose
with
a
shout
and
pursued
the
Philistines
as
far
as
Gath
and
the
gates
of
Ekron,
so
that
the
wounded
Philistines
fell
on
the
way
from
Shaaraim
as
far
as
Gath
and
Ekron.
17:53 And
the
people
of
Israel
came
back
from
chasing
the
Philistines,
and
they
plundered
their
camp.
17:54 And
David
took
the
head
of
the
Philistine
and
brought
it
to
Jerusalem,
but
he
put
his
armor
in
his
tent.
17:55 As
soon
as
Saul
saw
David
go
out
against
the
Philistine,
he
said
to
Abner,
the
commander
of
the
army,
"Abner,
whose
son
is
this
youth"
And
Abner
said,
"As
your
soul
lives,
O
king,
I
do
not
know."
17:56 And
the
king
said,
"Inquire
whose
son
the
boy
is."
17:57 And
as
soon
as
David
returned
from
the
striking
down
of
the
Philistine,
Abner
took
him,
and
brought
him
before
Saul
with
the
head
of
the
Philistine
in
his
hand.
17:58 And
Saul
said
to
him,
"Whose
son
are
you,
young
man"
And
David
answered,
"I
am
the
son
of
your
servant
Jesse
the
Bethlehemite."