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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>1 Samuel 17 NKJV KJV Parallel</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/newp.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/1_samuel/17.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../../topmenuchap/1_samuel/17-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="/1_samuel/">1 Samuel</a> > 1 Samuel 17</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../1_samuel/16.shtml" title="1 Samuel 16">◄</a> 1 Samuel 17 <a href="../1_samuel/18.shtml" title="1 Samuel 18">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">NKJV Parallel KJV <a href="../../bsb/1_samuel/17.shtml">[BSB</a> <a href="../../csb/1_samuel/17.shtml">CSB</a> <a href="../../esv/1_samuel/17.shtml">ESV</a> <a href="../../hcs/1_samuel/17.shtml">HCS</a> <a href="../../kjv/1_samuel/17.shtml">KJV</a> <a href="../../isv/1_samuel/17.shtml">ISV</a> <a href="../../nas/1_samuel/17.shtml">NAS</a> <a href="../../net/1_samuel/17.shtml">NET</a> <a href="../../niv/1_samuel/17.shtml">NIV</a> <a href="../../nlt/1_samuel/17.shtml">NLT</a> <a href="../../heb/1_samuel/17.shtml">HEB]</a></div><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="version" width="50%">New King James Version</td><td class="version" width="50%">King James Bible</td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Now the Philistines gathered their armies together to battle, and were gathered at Sochoh, which <i>belongs</i> to Judah; they encamped between Sochoh and Azekah, in Ephes Dammim.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh, which <i>belongeth</i> to Judah, and pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephesdammim.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and they encamped in the Valley of Elah, and drew up in battle array against the Philistines.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext2">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.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext1">The Philistines stood on a mountain on one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side, with a valley between them.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side: and <i>there was</i> a valley between them.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And a champion went out from the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, from Gath, whose height <i>was</i> six cubits and a span.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height <i>was</i> six cubits and a span.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext1"><i>He had</i> a bronze helmet on his head, and he <i>was</i> armed with a coat of mail, and the weight of the coat <i>was</i> five thousand shekels of bronze.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And <i>he had</i> an helmet of brass upon his head, and he <i>was</i> armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat <i>was</i> five thousand shekels of brass.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And <i>he had</i> bronze armor on his legs and a bronze javelin between his shoulders.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And <i>he had</i> greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Now the staff of his spear <i>was</i> like a weaver’s beam, and his iron spearhead <i>weighed</i> six hundred shekels; and a shield-bearer went before him.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And the staff of his spear <i>was</i> like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head <i>weighed</i> six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Then he stood and cried out to the armies of Israel, and said to them, “Why have you come out to line up for battle? <i>Am</i> I not a Philistine, and you the servants of Saul? Choose a man for yourselves, and let him come down to me.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set <i>your</i> battle in array? <i>am</i> not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext1">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.”<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext2">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.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And the Philistine said, “I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.”<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext1">When Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, they were dismayed and greatly afraid.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext2">When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Now David <i>was</i> the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem Judah, whose name <i>was</i> Jesse, and who had eight sons. And the man was old, advanced <i>in years,</i> in the days of Saul.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Now David <i>was</i> the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehemjudah, whose name <i>was</i> Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men <i>for</i> an old man in the days of Saul.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext1">The three oldest sons of Jesse had gone to follow Saul to the battle. The names of his three sons who went to the battle <i>were</i> Eliab the firstborn, next to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And the three eldest sons of Jesse went <i>and</i> followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle <i>were</i> Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext1">David <i>was</i> the youngest. And the three oldest followed Saul.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And David <i>was</i> the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext1">But David occasionally went and returned from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Bethlehem.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext2">But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And the Philistine drew near and presented himself forty days, morning and evening.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Then Jesse said to his son David, “Take now for your brothers an ephah of this dried <i>grain</i> and these ten loaves, and run to your brothers at the camp.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched <i>corn</i>, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy brethren;</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And carry these ten cheeses to the captain of <i>their</i> thousand, and see how your brothers fare, and bring back news of them.”<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of <i>their</i> thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Now Saul and they and all the men of Israel <i>were</i> in the Valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, <i>were</i> in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="btext1">So David rose early in the morning, left the sheep with a keeper, and took <i>the things</i> and went as Jesse had commanded him. And he came to the camp as the army was going out to the fight and shouting for the battle.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="btext2">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.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="btext1">For Israel and the Philistines had drawn up in battle array, army against army.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="btext2">For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army against army.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And David left his supplies in the hand of the supply keeper, ran to the army, and came and greeted his brothers.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="btext2">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.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Then as he talked with them, there was the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, coming up from the armies of the Philistines; and he spoke according to the same words. So David heard <i>them.</i><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><span class="btext2">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 <i>them</i>.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him and were dreadfully afraid.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><span class="btext1">So the men of Israel said, “Have you seen this man who has come up? Surely he has come up to defy Israel; and it shall be <i>that</i> the man who kills him the king will enrich with great riches, will give him his daughter, and give his father’s house exemption <i>from taxes</i> in Israel.”<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><span class="btext2">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, <i>that</i> 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.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Then David spoke to the men who stood by him, saying, “What shall be done for the man who kills this Philistine and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who <i>is</i> this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?”<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span><span class="btext2">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 <i>is</i> this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And the people answered him in this manner, saying, “So shall it be done for the man who kills him.”<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Now Eliab his oldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab’s anger was aroused against David, and he said, “Why did you come down here? And with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and the insolence of your heart, for you have come down to see the battle.”<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span><span class="btext2">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.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And David said, “What have I done now? <i>Is</i> <i>there</i> not a cause?”<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And David said, What have I now done? <i>Is there</i> not a cause?</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Then he turned from him toward another and said the same thing; and these people answered him as the first ones <i>did.</i><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And he turned from him toward another, and spake after the same manner: and the people answered him again after the former manner.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Now when the words which David spoke were heard, they reported <i>them</i> to Saul; and he sent for him.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed <i>them</i> before Saul: and he sent for him.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Then David said to Saul, “Let no man’s heart fail because of him; your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.”<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him; thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And Saul said to David, “You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for you <i>are</i> a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.”<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him: for thou <i>art but</i> a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span><span class="btext1">But David said to Saul, “Your servant used to keep his father’s sheep, and when a lion or a bear came and took a lamb out of the flock,<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span><span class="btext2">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:</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span><span class="btext1">I went out after it and struck it, and delivered <i>the lamb</i> from its mouth; and when it arose against me, I caught <i>it</i> by its beard, and struck and killed it.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered <i>it</i> out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught <i>him</i> by his beard, and smote him, and slew him.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Your servant has killed both lion and bear; and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, seeing he has defied the armies of the living God.”<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span><span class="btext2">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.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Moreover David said, “The LORD, who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear, He will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.” And Saul said to David, “Go, and the LORD be with you!”<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span><span class="btext2">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.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span><span class="btext1">So Saul clothed David with his armor, and he put a bronze helmet on his head; he also clothed him with a coat of mail.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span><span class="btext2">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.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span><span class="btext1">David fastened his sword to his armor and tried to walk, for he had not tested <i>them.</i> And David said to Saul, “I cannot walk with these, for I have not tested <i>them.</i>” So David took them off.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And David girded his sword upon his armour, and he assayed to go; for he had not proved <i>it</i>. And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with these; for I have not proved <i>them</i>. And David put them off him.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Then he took his staff in his hand; and he chose for himself five smooth stones from the brook, and put them in a shepherd’s bag, in a pouch which he had, and his sling was in his hand. And he drew near to the Philistine.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span><span class="btext2">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 <i>was</i> in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span><span class="btext1">So the Philistine came, and began drawing near to David, and the man who bore the shield <i>went</i> before him.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and the man that bare the shield <i>went</i> before him.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And when the Philistine looked about and saw David, he disdained him; for he was <i>only</i> a youth, ruddy and good-looking.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him: for he was <i>but</i> a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span><span class="btext1">So the Philistine said to David, “<i>Am</i> I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And the Philistine said unto David, <i>Am</i> I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And the Philistine said to David, “Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field!”<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span><span class="btext2">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.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword, 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.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span><span class="btext2">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.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-46.htm"><b>46</b></a></span><span class="btext1">This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you and take your head from you. And this day I will give the carcasses of the camp of the Philistines to the birds of the air and the wild beasts of the earth, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-46.htm"><b>46</b></a></span><span class="btext2">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.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-47.htm"><b>47</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Then all this assembly shall know that the LORD does not save with sword and spear; for the battle <i>is</i> the LORD’s, and He will give you into our hands.”<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-47.htm"><b>47</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle <i>is</i> the LORD'S, and he will give you into our hands.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-48.htm"><b>48</b></a></span><span class="btext1">So it was, when the Philistine arose and came and drew near to meet David, that David hurried and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-48.htm"><b>48</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came and drew nigh to meet David, that David hasted, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-49.htm"><b>49</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Then David put his hand in his bag and took out a stone; and he slung <i>it</i> and struck the Philistine in his forehead, so that the stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the earth.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-49.htm"><b>49</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang <i>it</i>, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-50.htm"><b>50</b></a></span><span class="btext1">So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone, and struck the Philistine and killed him. But <i>there was</i> no sword in the hand of David.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-50.htm"><b>50</b></a></span><span class="btext2">So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but <i>there was</i> no sword in the hand of David.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-51.htm"><b>51</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Therefore David ran and stood over the Philistine, took his sword and drew it out of its sheath and killed him, and cut off his head with it. And when the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-51.htm"><b>51</b></a></span><span class="btext2">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.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-52.htm"><b>52</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Now the men of Israel and Judah arose and shouted, and pursued the Philistines as far as the entrance of the valley and to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell along the road to Shaaraim, even as far as Gath and Ekron.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-52.htm"><b>52</b></a></span><span class="btext2">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 Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even unto Gath, and unto Ekron.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-53.htm"><b>53</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Then the children of Israel returned from chasing the Philistines, and they plundered their tents.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-53.htm"><b>53</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they spoiled their tents.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-54.htm"><b>54</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem, but he put his armor in his tent.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-54.htm"><b>54</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armour in his tent.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-55.htm"><b>55</b></a></span><span class="btext1">When Saul saw David going out against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the commander of the army, “Abner, whose son <i>is</i> this youth?” And Abner said, “As your soul lives, O king, I do not know.”<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-55.htm"><b>55</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son <i>is</i> this youth? And Abner said, <i>As</i> thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-56.htm"><b>56</b></a></span><span class="btext1">So the king said, “Inquire whose son this young man <i>is.</i>”<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-56.htm"><b>56</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And the king said, Inquire thou whose son the stripling <i>is</i>.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-57.htm"><b>57</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Then, 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.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-57.htm"><b>57</b></a></span><span class="btext2">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.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-58.htm"><b>58</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And Saul said to him, “Whose son <i>are</i> you, young man?” So David answered, “<i>I am</i> the son of your servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.”<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/17-58.htm"><b>58</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And Saul said to him, Whose son <i>art</i> thou, <i>thou</i> young man? 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