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Now the Philistines[H6430] gathered together[H622] their armies[H4264] to battle[H4421], and were gathered together[H622] at Shochoh[H7755], which belongeth to Judah[H3063], and pitched[H2583] between Shochoh[H7755] and Azekah[H5825], in Ephesdammim[H658].
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And Saul[H7586] and the men[H376] of Israel[H3478] were gathered together[H622], and pitched[H2583] by the valley[H6010] of Elah[H425], and set the battle[H4421] in array[H6186]against[H7125] the Philistines[H6430].
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And the Philistines[H6430]stood[H5975] on a mountain[H2022] on the one side, and Israel[H3478]stood[H5975] on a mountain[H2022] on the other side: and there was a valley[H1516] between them.
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And there went out[H3318] a champion[H376]out[H3318] of the camp[H4264] of the Philistines[H6430], named[H8034]Goliath[H1555], of Gath[H1661], whose height[H1363] was six[H8337]cubits[H520] and a span[H2239].
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And he had an helmet[H3553] of brass[H5178] upon his head[H7218], and he was armed[H3847] with a coat[H8302] of mail[H7193]; and the weight[H4948] of the coat[H8302] was five[H2568]thousand[H505]shekels[H8255] of brass[H5178].
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And he had greaves[H4697] of brass[H5178] upon his legs[H7272], and a target[H3591] of brass[H5178] between his shoulders[H3802].
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And the staff[H6086] of his spear[H2595] was like a weaver's beam[H4500]; and his spear[H2595]'s head[H3852] weighed six[H8337]hundred[H3967]shekels[H8255] of iron[H1270]: and one bearing[H5375] a shield[H6793]went[H1980]before[H6440] him.
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And he stood[H5975] and cried[H7121] unto the armies[H4634] of Israel[H3478], and said[H559] unto them, Why are ye come out[H3318] to set your battle[H4421] in array?[H6186] am not I a Philistine[H6430], and ye servants[H5650] to Saul?[H7586]choose[H1262] you a man[H376] for you, and let him come down[H3381] to me.
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If he be able[H3201] to fight[H3898] with me, and to kill[H5221] me, then will we be your servants[H5650]: but if I prevail[H3201] against him, and kill[H5221] him, then shall ye be our servants[H5650], and serve[H5647] us.
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And the Philistine[H6430]said[H559], I defy[H2778] the armies[H4634] of Israel[H3478] this day[H3117]; give[H5414] me a man[H376], that we may fight[H3898]together[H3162].
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When Saul[H7586] and all Israel[H3478]heard[H8085] those words[H1697] of the Philistine[H6430], they were dismayed[H2865], and greatly[H3966]afraid[H3372].
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Now David[H1732] was the son[H1121] of that Ephrathite[H376] of Bethlehemjudah[H1035], whose name[H8034] was Jesse[H3448]; and he had eight[H8083]sons[H1121]: and the man[H376]went[H935] among men[H582] for an old man[H2204] in the days[H3117] of Saul[H7586].
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And the three[H7969]eldest[H1419]sons[H1121] of Jesse[H3448]went[H3212] and followed[H310]Saul[H7586] to the battle[H4421]: and the names[H8034] of his three[H7969]sons[H1121] that went[H1980] to the battle[H4421] were Eliab[H446] the firstborn[H1060], and next[H4932] unto him Abinadab[H41], and the third[H7992]Shammah[H8048].
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And David[H1732] was the youngest[H6996]: and the three[H7969]eldest[H1419]followed[H1980]Saul[H7586].
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But David[H1732]went[H1980] and returned[H7725] from Saul[H7586] to feed[H7462] his father's sheep[H6629] at Bethlehem[H1035].
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And the Philistine[H6430] drew near[H5066]morning[H7925] and evening[H6150], and presented[H3320] himself forty[H705]days[H3117].
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And Jesse[H3448]said[H559] unto David[H1732] his son[H1121], Take[H3947] now for thy brethren[H251] an ephah[H374] of this[H2088]parched[H7039] corn, and these ten[H6235]loaves[H3899], and run[H7323] to the camp[H4264] to thy brethren[H251];
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And carry[H935] these ten[H6235]cheeses[H2461] unto the captain[H8269] of their thousand[H505], and look[H6485] how thy brethren[H251]fare[H7965], and take[H3947] their pledge[H6161].
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Now Saul[H7586], and they, and all the men[H376] of Israel[H3478], were in the valley[H6010] of Elah[H425], fighting[H3898] with the Philistines[H6430].
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And David[H1732] rose up early[H7925] in the morning[H1242], and left[H5203] the sheep[H6629] with a keeper[H8104], and took[H5375], and went[H3212], as Jesse[H3448] had commanded[H6680] him; and he came[H935] to the trench[H4570], as the host[H2428] was going forth[H3318] to the fight[H4634], and shouted[H7321] for the battle[H4421].
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For Israel[H3478] and the Philistines[H6430] had put the battle in array[H6186], army[H4634]against[H7125]army[H4634].
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And David[H1732]left[H5203] his carriage[H3627] in the hand[H3027] of the keeper[H8104] of the carriage[H3627], and ran[H7323] into the army[H4634], and came[H935] and saluted[H7592] his brethren[H251].
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And as he talked[H1696] with them, behold, there came up[H5927] the champion[H376], the Philistine[H6430] of Gath[H1661], Goliath[H1555] by name[H8034], out of the armies[H4634] of the Philistines[H6430], and spake[H1696] according to the same[H428]words[H1697]: and David[H1732]heard[H8085] them.
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And all the men[H376] of Israel[H3478], when they saw[H7200] the man[H376], fled[H5127] from him[H6440], and were sore[H3966]afraid[H3372].
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And the men[H376] of Israel[H3478]said[H559], Have ye seen[H7200] this man[H376] that is come up?[H5927] surely to defy[H2778]Israel[H3478] is he come up[H5927]: and it shall be, that the man[H376] who killeth[H5221] him, the king[H4428] will enrich[H6238] him with great[H1419]riches[H6239], and will give[H5414] him his daughter[H1323], and make[H6213] his father's house[H1004]free[H2670] in Israel[H3478].
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And David[H1732]spake[H559] to the men[H582] that stood[H5975] by him, saying[H559], What shall be done[H6213] to the man[H376] that killeth[H5221]this[H1975]Philistine[H6430], and taketh away[H5493] the reproach[H2781] from Israel?[H3478] for who is this[H1975]uncircumcised[H6189]Philistine[H6430], that he should defy[H2778] the armies[H4634] of the living[H2416]God?[H430]
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And the people[H5971]answered[H559] him after this manner[H1697], saying[H559], So shall it be done[H6213] to the man[H376] that killeth[H5221] him.
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And Eliab[H446] his eldest[H1419]brother[H251]heard[H8085] when he spake[H1696] unto the men[H582]; and Eliab[H446]'s anger[H639] was kindled[H2734] against David[H1732], and he said[H559], Why camest thou down[H3381] hither? and with whom hast thou left[H5203]those[H2007]few[H4592]sheep[H6629] in the wilderness?[H4057] I know[H3045] thy pride[H2087], and the naughtiness[H7455] of thine heart[H3824]; for thou art come down[H3381] that thou mightest see[H7200] the battle[H4421].
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And David[H1732]said[H559], What have I now done?[H6213] Is there not a cause?[H1697]
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And he turned[H5437] from him[H681]toward[H4136]another[H312], and spake[H559] after the same manner[H1697]: and the people[H5971]answered[H1697]him[H681]again[H7725] after the former[H7223]manner[H1697].
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And when the words[H1697] were heard[H8085] which David[H1732]spake[H1696], they rehearsed[H5046] them before[H6440]Saul[H7586]: and he sent[H3947] for him.
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And David[H1732]said[H559] to Saul[H7586], Let no man's heart[H3820]fail[H5307] because of him; thy servant[H5650] will go[H3212] and fight[H3898] with this Philistine[H6430].
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And Saul[H7586]said[H559] to David[H1732], Thou art not able[H3201] to go[H3212] against this Philistine[H6430] to fight[H3898] with him: for thou art but a youth[H5288], and he a man[H376] of war[H4421] from his youth[H5271].
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And David[H1732]said[H559] unto Saul[H7586], Thy servant[H5650]kept[H7462] his father's sheep[H6629], and there came[H935] a lion[H738], and a bear[H1677], and took[H5375] a lamb[H7716] out of the flock[H5739]:
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And I went out[H3318]after[H310] him, and smote[H5221] him, and delivered[H5337] it out[H3318] of his mouth[H6310]: and when he arose[H6965] against me, I caught[H2388] him by his beard[H2206], and smote[H5221] him, and slew[H4191] him.
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Thy servant[H5650]slew[H5221] both the lion[H738] and the bear[H1677]: and this uncircumcised[H6189]Philistine[H6430] shall be as one[H259] of them, seeing he hath defied[H2778] the armies[H4634] of the living[H2416]God[H430].
37David[H1732]said[H559] moreover, The LORD[H3068] that delivered[H5337] me out of the paw[H3027] of the lion[H738], and out of the paw[H3027] of the bear[H1677], he will deliver[H5337] me out of the hand[H3027] of this Philistine[H6430]. And Saul[H7586]said[H559] unto David[H1732], Go[H3212], and the LORD[H3068] be with thee.
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And Saul[H7586]armed[H3847]David[H1732] with his armour[H4055], and he put[H5414] an helmet[H6959] of brass[H5178] upon his head[H7218]; also he armed[H3847] him with a coat of mail[H8302].
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And David[H1732]girded[H2296] his sword[H2719] upon his armour[H4055], and he assayed[H2974] to go[H3212]; for he had not proved[H5254] it. And David[H1732]said[H559] unto Saul[H7586], I cannot[H3201]go[H3212] with these; for I have not proved[H5254] them. And David[H1732]put[H5493] them off him.
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And he took[H3947] his staff[H4731] in his hand[H3027], and chose[H977] him five[H2568]smooth[H2512]stones[H68] out of the brook[H5158], and put[H7760] them in a shepherd's bag[H3627] which he had, even in a scrip[H3219]; and his sling[H7050] was in his hand[H3027]: and he drew near[H5066] to the Philistine[H6430].
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And the Philistine[H6430]came[H3212]on[H1980] and drew near[H7131] unto David[H1732]; and the man[H376] that bare[H5375] the shield[H6793] went before[H6440] him.
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And when the Philistine[H6430] looked about[H5027], and saw[H7200]David[H1732], he disdained[H959] him: for he was but a youth[H5288], and ruddy[H132], and of a fair[H3303]countenance[H4758].
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And the Philistine[H6430]said[H559] unto David[H1732], Am I a dog[H3611], that thou comest[H935] to me with staves?[H4731] And the Philistine[H6430]cursed[H7043]David[H1732] by his gods[H430].
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And the Philistine[H6430]said[H559] to David[H1732], Come[H3212] to me, and I will give[H5414] thy flesh[H1320] unto the fowls[H5775] of the air[H8064], and to the beasts[H929] of the field[H7704].
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Then said[H559]David[H1732] to the Philistine[H6430], Thou comest[H935] to me with a sword[H2719], and with a spear[H2595], and with a shield[H3591]: but I come[H935] to thee in the name[H8034] of the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635], the God[H430] of the armies[H4634] of Israel[H3478], whom thou hast defied[H2778].
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This day[H3117] will the LORD[H3068]deliver[H5462] thee into mine hand[H3027]; and I will smite[H5221] thee, and take[H5493] thine head[H7218] from thee; and I will give[H5414] the carcases[H6297] of the host[H4264] of the Philistines[H6430] this day[H3117] unto the fowls[H5775] of the air[H8064], and to the wild beasts[H2416] of the earth[H776]; that all the earth[H776] may know[H3045] that there is[H3426] a God[H430] in Israel[H3478].
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And all this assembly[H6951] shall know[H3045] that the LORD[H3068]saveth[H3467] not with sword[H2719] and spear[H2595]: for the battle[H4421] is the LORD[H3068]'S, and he will give[H5414] you into our hands[H3027].
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And it came[H3212] to pass, when the Philistine[H6430]arose[H6965], and came[H3212] and drew nigh[H7126] to meet[H7125]David[H1732], that David[H1732]hasted[H4116], and ran[H7323] toward the army[H4634] to meet[H7125] the Philistine[H6430].
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And David[H1732]put[H7971] his hand[H3027] in his bag[H3627], and took[H3947] thence a stone[H68], and slang[H7049] it, and smote[H5221] the Philistine[H6430] in his forehead[H4696], that the stone[H68]sunk[H2883] into his forehead[H4696]; and he fell[H5307] upon his face[H6440] to the earth[H776].
50
So David[H1732]prevailed[H2388]over[H4480] the Philistine[H6430] with a sling[H7050] and with a stone[H68], and smote[H5221] the Philistine[H6430], and slew[H4191] him; but there was no sword[H2719] in the hand[H3027] of David[H1732].
51
Therefore David[H1732]ran[H7323], and stood[H5975] upon the Philistine[H6430], and took[H3947] his sword[H2719], and drew[H8025] it out of the sheath[H8593] thereof, and slew[H4191] him, and cut off[H3772] his head[H7218] therewith. And when the Philistines[H6430]saw[H7200] their champion[H1368] was dead[H4191], they fled[H5127].
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And the men[H582] of Israel[H3478] and of Judah[H3063]arose[H6965], and shouted[H7321], and pursued[H7291] the Philistines[H6430], until thou come[H935] to the valley[H1516], and to the gates[H8179] of Ekron[H6138]. And the wounded[H2491] of the Philistines[H6430] fell down[H5307] by the way[H1870] to Shaaraim[H8189], even unto Gath[H1661], and unto Ekron[H6138].
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And the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478]returned[H7725] from chasing[H1814]after[H310] the Philistines[H6430], and they spoiled[H8155] their tents[H4264].
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And David[H1732]took[H3947] the head[H7218] of the Philistine[H6430], and brought[H935] it to Jerusalem[H3389]; but he put[H7760] his armour[H3627] in his tent[H168].
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And when Saul[H7586]saw[H7200]David[H1732] go forth[H3318]against[H7125] the Philistine[H6430], he said[H559] unto Abner[H74], the captain[H8269] of the host[H6635], Abner[H74], whose son[H1121] is this youth?[H5288] And Abner[H74]said[H559], As thy soul[H5315]liveth[H2416], O king[H4428], I cannot[H518]tell[H3045].
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And the king[H4428]said[H559], Enquire[H7592] thou whose son[H1121] the stripling[H5958] is.
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And as David[H1732]returned[H7725] from the slaughter[H5221] of the Philistine[H6430], Abner[H74]took[H3947] him, and brought[H935] him before[H6440]Saul[H7586] with the head[H7218] of the Philistine[H6430] in his hand[H3027].
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And Saul[H7586]said[H559] to him, Whose son[H1121] art thou, thou young man?[H5288] And David[H1732]answered[H559], I am the son[H1121] of thy servant[H5650]Jesse[H3448] the Bethlehemite[H1022].