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1 Samuel 17:1-21

17:1

Now the Philistines
<06430>

gathered together
<0622> (8799)

their armies
<04264>

to battle
<04421>_,

and were gathered together
<0622> (8735)

at Shochoh
<07755>_,

which [belongeth] to Judah
<03063>_,

and pitched
<02583> (8799)

between Shochoh
<07755>

and Azekah
<05825>_,

in Ephesdammim
<0658>_.

{Ephesdammim: or, the coast of Dammim, called Pasdammim}

17:2

And Saul
<07586>

and the men
<0376>

of Israel
<03478>

were gathered together
<0622> (8738)_,

and pitched
<02583> (8799)

by the valley
<06010>

of Elah
<0425>_,

and set the battle
<04421>

in array
<06186> (8799)

against
<07125> (8800)

the Philistines
<06430>_.

{set...: Heb. ranged the battle}

17:3

And the Philistines
<06430>

stood
<05975> (8802)

on a mountain
<02022>

on the one side, and Israel
<03478>

stood
<05975> (8802)

on a mountain
<02022>

on the other side: and [there was] a valley
<01516>

between them.

17:4

And there went out
<03318> (8799)

a champion
<0376> <01143>

out of the camp
<04264>

of the Philistines
<06430>_,

named
<08034>

Goliath
<01555>_,

of Gath
<01661>_,

whose height
<01363>

[was] six
<08337>

cubits
<0520>

and a span
<02239>_.

17:5

And [he had] an helmet
<03553>

of brass
<05178>

upon his head
<07218>_,

and he [was] armed
<03847> (8803)

with a coat
<08302>

of mail
<07193>_;

and the weight
<04948>

of the coat
<08302>

[was] five
<02568>

thousand
<0505>

shekels
<08255>

of brass
<05178>_.

{armed: Heb. clothed}

17:6

And [he had] greaves
<04697>

of brass
<05178>

upon his legs
<07272>_,

and a target
<03591>

of brass
<05178>

between his shoulders
<03802>_.

{target: or, gorget}

17:7

And the staff
<06086> (8675) <02671>

of his spear
<02595>

[was] like a weaver's
<0707> (8802)

beam
<04500>_;

and his spear's
<02595>

head
<03852>

[weighed] six
<08337>

hundred
<03967>

shekels
<08255>

of iron
<01270>_:

and one bearing
<05375> (8802)

a shield
<06793>

went
<01980> (8802)

before
<06440>

him.

17:8

And he stood
<05975> (8799)

and cried
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unto the armies
<04634>

of Israel
<03478>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)

unto them, Why are ye come out
<03318> (8799)

to set [your] battle
<04421>

in array
<06186> (8800)_?

[am] not I a Philistine
<06430>_,

and ye servants
<05650>

to Saul
<07586>_?

choose
<01262> (8798)

you a man
<0376>

for you, and let him come down
<03381> (8799)

to me.

17:9

If he be able
<03201> (8799)

to fight
<03898> (8736)

with me, and to kill
<05221> (8689)

me, then will we be your servants
<05650>_:

but if I prevail
<03201> (8799)

against him, and kill
<05221> (8689)

him, then shall ye be our servants
<05650>_,

and serve
<05647> (8804)

us.

17:10

And the Philistine
<06430>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

I defy
<02778> (8765)

the armies
<04634>

of Israel
<03478>

this day
<03117>_;

give
<05414> (8798)

me a man
<0376>_,

that we may fight
<03898> (8735)

together
<03162>_.

17:11

When Saul
<07586>

and all Israel
<03478>

heard
<08085> (8799)

those words
<01697>

of the Philistine
<06430>_,

they were dismayed
<02865> (8735)_,

and greatly
<03966>

afraid
<03372> (8799)_.

17:12

Now David
<01732>

[was] the son
<01121>

of that Ephrathite
<0376> <0673>

of Bethlehemjudah
<01035> <03063>_,

whose name
<08034>

[was] Jesse
<03448>_;

and he had eight
<08083>

sons
<01121>_:

and the man
<0376>

went
<0935> (8804)

among men
<0582>

[for] an old man
<02204> (8804)

in the days
<03117>

of Saul
<07586>_.

17:13

And the three
<07969>

eldest
<01419>

sons
<01121>

of Jesse
<03448>

went
<03212> (8799)

[and] followed
<0310>

Saul
<07586>

to the battle
<04421>_:

and the names
<08034>

of his three
<07969>

sons
<01121>

that went
<01980> (8804)

to the battle
<04421>

[were] Eliab
<0446>

the firstborn
<01060>_,

and next
<04932>

unto him Abinadab
<041>_,

and the third
<07992>

Shammah
<08048>_.

17:14

And David
<01732>

[was] the youngest
<06996>_:

and the three
<07969>

eldest
<01419>

followed
<01980> (8804) <0310>

Saul
<07586>_.

17:15

But David
<01732>

went
<01980> (8802)

and returned
<07725> (8802)

from Saul
<07586>

to feed
<07462> (8800)

his father's
<01>

sheep
<06629>

at Bethlehem
<01035>_.

17:16

And the Philistine
<06430>

drew near
<05066> (8799)

morning
<07925> (8687)

and evening
<06150> (8687)_,

and presented
<03320> (8691)

himself forty
<0705>

days
<03117>_.

17:17

And Jesse
<03448>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto David
<01732>

his son
<01121>_,

Take
<03947> (8798)

now for thy brethren
<0251>

an ephah
<0374>

of this
<02088>

parched
<07039>

[corn], and these ten
<06235>

loaves
<03899>_,

and run
<07323> (8685)

to the camp
<04264>

to thy brethren
<0251>_;

17:18

And carry
<0935> (8686)

these ten
<06235>

cheeses
<02461> <02757>

unto the captain
<08269>

of [their] thousand
<0505>_,

and look
<06485> (8799)

how thy brethren
<0251>

fare
<07965>_,

and take
<03947> (8799)

their pledge
<06161>_.

{cheeses: Heb. cheeses of milk} {of...: Heb. of a thousand}

17:19

Now Saul
<07586>_,

and they, and all the men
<0376>

of Israel
<03478>_,

[were] in the valley
<06010>

of Elah
<0425>_,

fighting
<03898> (8737)

with the Philistines
<06430>_.

17:20

And David
<01732>

rose up early
<07925> (8686)

in the morning
<01242>_,

and left
<05203> (8799)

the sheep
<06629>

with a keeper
<08104> (8802)_,

and took
<05375> (8799)_,

and went
<03212> (8799)_,

as Jesse
<03448>

had commanded
<06680> (8765)

him; and he came
<0935> (8799)

to the trench
<04570>_,

as the host
<02428>

was going forth
<03318> (8802)

to the fight
<04634>_,

and shouted
<07321> (8689)

for the battle
<04421>_.

{trench: or, place of the carriage} {fight: or, battle array, or, place of fight}

17:21

For Israel
<03478>

and the Philistines
<06430>

had put the battle in array
<06186> (8799)_,

army
<04634>

against
<07125> (8800)

army
<04634>_.