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and they camped between Socoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together and they camped in the Valley of Elah, and assembled in battle formation to meet the Philistines. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>The Philistines were standing on the mountain on one side and Israel was standing on the mountain on the other side, with the valley between them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Then a <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[a]</a></span>champion came out from the camp of the Philistines named Goliath of Gath, whose height was <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[b]</a></span>six cubits and a span. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><i>He had</i> a bronze helmet on his head, and wore a coat of scale-armor (overlapping metal plates) which weighed <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[c]</a></span>5,000 shekels of bronze. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><i>He had</i> bronze shin protectors on his legs and a bronze <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[d]</a></span>javelin hung between his shoulders. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>The [wooden] shaft of his spear was like a <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[e]</a></span>weaver’s beam; the blade-head of his spear <i>weighed</i> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[f]</a></span>six hundred shekels of iron. And a <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[g]</a></span>shield-bearer walked in front of him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Goliath stood and shouted to the battle lines of Israel, saying to them, “Why have you come out to draw up for battle? Am I not the Philistine and are you not servants of Saul? Choose a man for yourselves and have him come down to me. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>If he is able to fight with me and kill me, then we will become your servants; but if I prevail against him and kill him, then you shall become our servants and serve us.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Again the Philistine said, “I defy the battle lines of Israel this day; give me a man so that we may fight together.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>When Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, they were dismayed and greatly afraid. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Now David was the son of the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[h]</a></span>Ephrathite of Bethlehem in Judah, named Jesse, who had eight sons. Jesse was old in the days of Saul, advanced <i>in years</i> among men. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>His three older sons had followed Saul into battle. The names of his three sons who went to battle were Eliab, the firstborn; next, Abinadab; and third, Shammah. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>David was the youngest. Now the three oldest followed Saul, <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>but David went back and forth from Saul to tend his father’s flock at Bethlehem. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>The Philistine [Goliath] came out morning and evening, and took his stand for forty days. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Then Jesse said to David his son, “Take for your brothers an ephah of this roasted grain and these ten loaves of bread and run quickly to the camp to your brothers. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Also take these ten cuts of cheese to the commander of the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[i]</a></span>unit. See how your brothers are doing and bring back news of them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Now they are with Saul and all the men of Israel in the Valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.” <p class="hdg">David Accepts the Challenge</p><p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>So David got up early in the morning, left the flock with a keeper, picked up <i>the provisions</i> and went just as Jesse had directed him. And he came to the encampment as the army was going out in battle formation shouting the battle cry. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Israel and the Philistines drew up in battle formation, army against army. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Then David left his provisions in the care of the supply keeper, and ran to the ranks and came and greeted his brothers. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>As he was talking with them, behold, the champion, the Philistine of Gath named Goliath, was coming up from the army of the Philistines, and he spoke these same words <i>again;</i> and David heard <i>him</i>. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>When the men of Israel all saw the man, they fled from him, and were very frightened. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>The men of Israel said, “Have you seen this man who is coming up? Surely he is coming up to defy Israel. The king will reward the man who kills him with great riches, and will give him his daughter [in marriage] and make his father’s house (family) free [from taxes and service] in Israel.” <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Then David spoke to the men who were standing by him, “What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes the disgrace [of his taunting] from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he has taunted <i>and</i> defied the armies of the living God?” <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>The men <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[j]</a></span>told him, “That is what will be done for the man who kills him.” <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Now Eliab his oldest brother heard what he said to the men; and Eliab’s <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[k]</a></span>anger burned against David and he said, “Why have you come down here? With whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your presumption (overconfidence) and the evil of your heart; for you have come down in order to see the battle.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>But David said, “What have I done now? Was it not just a [harmless] question?” <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Then David turned away from Eliab to someone else and asked the same question; and the people gave him the same answer as the first time. <p class="hdg">David Kills Goliath</p><p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>When the words that David spoke were heard, the men reported them to Saul, and he sent for him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>David said to Saul, “Let no man’s <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[l]</a></span>courage fail because of him (Goliath). Your servant will go out and fight with this Philistine.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>Then Saul said to David, “You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight him. For you are [only] a young man and he has been a warrior since his youth.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>But David said to Saul, “Your servant was tending his father’s sheep. When a lion or a bear came and took a lamb out of the flock, <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>I went out after it and attacked it and rescued the lamb from its mouth; and when it rose up against me, I seized it by its whiskers and struck and killed it. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear; and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, since he has taunted <i>and</i> defied the armies of the living God.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>David said, “The LORD who rescued me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear, He will rescue me from the hand of this Philistine.” And Saul said to David, “Go, and may the LORD be with you.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>Then Saul dressed David in his garments and put a bronze helmet on his head, and put a coat of mail (armor) on him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>Then David fastened his sword over his armor and tried to walk, [but he could not,] because he was not used to them. And David said to Saul, “I cannot go with these, because I am not used to them.” So David took them off. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>Then he took his [shepherd’s] staff in his hand and chose for himself five <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[m]</a></span>smooth stones out of the stream bed, and put them in his shepherd’s bag which he had, that is, in his shepherd’s pouch. With his sling in his hand, he approached the Philistine. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>The Philistine came and approached David, with his shield-bearer in front of him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>When the Philistine looked around and saw David, he derided <i>and</i> disparaged him because he was [just] a young man, with a ruddy <i>complexion,</i> and a handsome appearance. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span>The Philistine said to David, “Am I a dog, that you come to me with [shepherd’s] staffs?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span>The Philistine also said to David, “Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the sky and the beasts of the field.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span>Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword, a spear, and a <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[n]</a></span>javelin, but I come to you in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have taunted. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-46.htm"><b>46</b></a></span>This day the LORD will hand you over to me, and I will strike you down and cut off your head. And I will give the corpses of the army of the Philistines this day to the birds of the sky and the wild beasts of the earth, so that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel, <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-47.htm"><b>47</b></a></span>and that this entire assembly may know that the LORD does not save with the sword or with the spear; for the battle is the LORD’S and He will hand you over to us.” <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-48.htm"><b>48</b></a></span>When the Philistine rose and came forward to meet David, David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet the Philistine. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-49.htm"><b>49</b></a></span>David put his hand into his bag and took out a stone and slung it, and it struck the Philistine on his forehead. The stone penetrated his forehead, and he fell face down on the ground. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-50.htm"><b>50</b></a></span>So David triumphed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone, and he struck down the Philistine and killed him; but there was no sword in David’s hand. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-51.htm"><b>51</b></a></span>So he ran and stood over the Philistine, grasped 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 [mighty] champion was dead, they fled. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-52.htm"><b>52</b></a></span>The men of Israel and Judah stood with a shout and pursued the Philistines as far as the entrance to the valley and the gates of Ekron. And the [fatally] wounded Philistines fell along the way to Shaaraim, even as far as Gath and Ekron. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-53.htm"><b>53</b></a></span>The sons of Israel returned from their pursuit of the Philistines and plundered their camp. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-54.htm"><b>54</b></a></span>Then David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem, but he put his weapons in his tent. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-55.htm"><b>55</b></a></span>When Saul saw David going out against the Philistine, he said to Abner the captain of the army, “Abner, whose son is this young man?” And Abner answered, “By your life, O king, I do not know.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-56.htm"><b>56</b></a></span>The king said, “Ask whose son the young man is.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-57.htm"><b>57</b></a></span>When David returned from killing [Goliath] the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-58.htm"><b>58</b></a></span>Saul asked him, “Whose son are you, young man?” And David answered, “<i>I am</i> the son of your servant Jesse of Bethlehem.”<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="footnotesbot">[a]</span> <span class="fnverse">4</span> The Hebrew refers to one who fights alone, single-handedly representing his nation. If warring nations agree to the contest, a great deal of bloodshed can be avoided.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[b]</span> <span class="fnverse">4</span> I.e. about nine feet, ten inches.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[c]</span> <span class="fnverse">5</span> The weight is uncertain, but may have been 100 lbs. or more.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[d]</span> <span class="fnverse">6</span> Or perhaps <i>a scimitar</i> (short curved sword).<br><span class="footnotesbot">[e]</span> <span class="fnverse">7</span> I.e. the cross beam of a loom.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[f]</span> <span class="fnverse">7</span> Probably 12 lbs. or more.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[g]</span> <span class="fnverse">7</span> The shield was the type designed to protect the whole body, so it was probably about eight and one-half feet tall.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[h]</span> <span class="fnverse">12</span> Lit <i>this</i>. “Ephrathite” was an older name for a resident of Bethlehem.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[i]</span> <span class="fnverse">18</span> Lit <i>thousand</i>.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[j]</span> <span class="fnverse">27</span> Lit <i>spoke according to this word</i>.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[k]</span> <span class="fnverse">28</span> Lit <i>his nose got hot.</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[l]</span> <span class="fnverse">32</span> Lit <i>heart</i>.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[m]</span> <span class="fnverse">40</span> Smooth stones offered less resistance to the air in flight and would travel with greater speed and accuracy. 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