1 Samuel 17

Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at aShochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim. 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 there was a valley between them.

4 And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named bGoliath, of cGath, 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 thousand shekels of brass. 6 And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders. 7 And the dstaff of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his spear'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 unto them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a Philistine, and ye eservants 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 fserve us. 10 And the Philistine said, I gdefy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together. 11 When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.

12 Now David was jthe son of that iEphrathite of Beth-lehem-judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had height 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 knames of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah. 14 And David was the youngest: and the 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 loaves, and run to the camp to thy brethren; 18 And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and llook how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge. 19 Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, 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 battle in 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 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 them. 24 And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid. 25 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, that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and mwill give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel. 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 nthe reproach from Israel? for who is this ouncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of pthe 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 his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab's qanger 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. 29 And David said, What have I now done? rIs there not a cause? 30 And he turned from him toward another, and spake after the same manner: and the people answered him again after the former manner. 31 And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them before Saul: and he sent for him.

32 And David said to Saul, sLet no man's heart fail because of him; tthy servant will go and fight with this Philistine. 33 And Saul said to David, uThou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth. 34 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: 35 And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him. 36 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. 37 David said moreover, vThe 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 wthe 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, and he assayed to go; for 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 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 was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine. 41 And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and the man that bare the shield went before him. 42 And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he ydisdained him: for he was but a youth, and xruddy, and of a fair countenance. 43 And the Philistine said unto David, zAm I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. 44 And the Philistine asaid to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field. 45 Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: bbut I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied. 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 cthe carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; dthat all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel. 47 And all this assembly shall know that the LORD esaveth not with sword and spear: for fthe 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 hasted, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine. 49 And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth. 50 So gDavid prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David.

51 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, hthey fled. 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 Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to iShaaraim, even unto Gath, and unto Ekron. 53 And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they spoiled their tents. 54 And David took the head of the Philistine, 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 captain of the host, Abner, jwhose son is this youth? And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell. 56 And the king said, Inquire 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 kJesse the Bethlehemite.

1 Samuel 18

 
Cross Ref
1 a Jos 15:35
2 Chr 28:18
4 b 2 Sam 21:19
1 Chr 20:5
 c Jos 11:22
2 Sam 21:22
1 Chr 8:13
1 Chr 18:1
1 Chr 20:8
2 Chr 26:6
Amo 6:2
7 d 1 Chr 11:23
2 Sam 21:19
8 e 1 Sam 8:17
1 Chr 21:3
9 f 1 Sam 11:1
10 g Num 23:7-8
2 Sam 21:21
Neh 2:19
12 h 1 Chr 2:13
1 Sam 16:10-11
 i Gen 35:19
 j 1 Sam 16:18
1 Sam 16:1
Rth 4:22
13 k 1 Sam 16:6
1 Chr 2:13
18 l Gen 37:14
25 m Jos 15:16
26 n 1 Sam 11:2
 o 1 Sam 14:6
 p Deu 5:26
Jer 10:10
28 q Mar 3:21
Mat 27:18
Mat 10:36
Ecc 4:4
Pro 27:4
Pro 18:19
Gen 37:4
29 r Pro 15:1
32 s Num 13:30
Num 14:9
Deu 20:1,3
Isa 30:3
Heb 12:12
 t 1 Sam 16:18
33 u Deu 9:2
Num 13:31
37 v 1 Sam 7:12
Psa 18:16-17
Psa 63:7
Psa 77:11
Psa 138:3
2 Cor 1:10
2 Tim 4:17-18
 w 1 Sam 20:13
1 Chr 22:11
1 Chr 22:16
42 x 1 Sam 16:12
 y 1 Cor 1:27-28
Psa 123:4
43 z 1 Sam 24:14
2 Sam 3:8
44 a 1 Kin 20:10-11
Jer 9:23
Eze 28:2
Eze 28:9-10
45 b Heb 11:33-34
Phi 4:13
2 Cor 10:4
Pro 18:10
Psa 124:8
2 Chr 32:8
2 Sam 22:33,35
46 c Deu 28:26
 d Jos 4:24
1 Kin 8:43
2 Kin 19:19
Isa 52:10
47 e Psa 44:6-7
Hos 1:7
Zec 4:6
 f 2 Chr 20:15
50 g 2 Sam 23:21
1 Sam 21:9
Jdg 3:31
51 h Heb 11:34
52 i Jos 15:36
55 j 1 Sam 16:21-22
58 k Rth 4:22
1 Chr 2:13-15
Isa 11:1
Isa 11:10
Mat 1:6
Act 13:22
Rom 15:12