4.
Tested and approved in trusting God and defeating Goliath
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1 Sam. 17
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And the Philistines assembled their armies for battle, and they assembled in Socoh, which belongs to Judah. And they encamped between Socoh and Azekah in Ephes-dammim.
1 Sam. 17
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And Saul and the men of Israel were assembled, and they encamped in the valley of Elah. And they set the battle in array against the Philistines.
1 Sam. 17
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And the Philistines stood on one mountain on one side, and Israel stood on another mountain on the other side; and the valley was between them.
1 Sam. 17
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And a champion came forth from the camps of the Philistines. His name was
aGoliath, from Gath, and he was six cubits and a span tall.
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And there was a bronze helmet upon his head; and he was clothed with scaled armor, and the weight of the armor was five thousand bronze shekels.
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And he had bronze greaves upon his legs and a bronze javelin
slung between his shoulders.
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And the shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s beam, and the head of his spear weighed six hundred iron shekels; and his shield bearer went before him.
1 Sam. 17
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And he stood and called out to the ranks of Israel and said to them, Why do you come out to set the battle in array? Am I not a Philistine, and you, Saul’s servants? Choose a man for yourselves, and let him come down to me.
1 Sam. 17
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If he is able to fight with me and strike me down, we will be your servants; but if I prevail against him and strike him down, you will be our servants and serve us.
1 Sam. 17
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And the Philistine said, I defy the ranks of Israel this day. Give me a man, and let us fight together.
1 Sam. 17
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Now when Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, they were dismayed and greatly afraid.
1 Sam. 17
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17:12
Now David was the son of that Ephrathite from Bethlehem-judah, named
aJesse, who had
beight sons. And the man was an old man in the days of Saul, advanced
in years among men.
1 Sam. 17
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And the three oldest sons of Jesse had gone after Saul to the battle. And the names of his three sons who had gone into the battle were
aEliab the firstborn and the second to him Abinadab and the third Shammah;
1 Sam. 17
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And David was the
ayoungest. And the three oldest went after Saul,
1 Sam. 17
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But David went back and forth from Saul to tend his father’s
asheep at Bethlehem.
1 Sam. 17
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17:16
And the Philistine approached morning and evening, and he presented himself
aforty days.
1 Sam. 17
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And Jesse said to David his son, Take an ephah of this parched grain for your brothers and these ten loaves, and take
them quickly to your brothers’ camp.
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Also bring these ten cheeses to the captain of
their thousand; and see how your brothers are doing, and take some token from them.
1 Sam. 17
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Now Saul and they and all the men of Israel were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
1 Sam. 17
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And David rose early in the morning and left the sheep with a keeper. And he took up
the goods and went, as Jesse had commanded him. And he came to the entrenchment as the army was going forth to the battle line and shouting for the battle.
1 Sam. 17
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And Israel and the Philistines set the battle in array, array against array.
1 Sam. 17
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And David left the things he had in the hand of the keeper of the equipment, and he ran to the array and went and greeted his brothers.
1 Sam. 17
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And just as he was speaking with them, the champion, whose name was
aGoliath, the Philistine from Gath, came up out of the ranks of the Philistines, and he spoke according to the same words; and David heard.
1 Sam. 17
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And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from before him; and they were very afraid.
1 Sam. 17
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And the men of Israel said, Have you seen this man who has come up? Surely he comes up to defy Israel. But as for the man who strikes him down, the king will make him rich with great riches; and he will give him his daughter and make the house of his father
1free in Israel.
1 Sam. 17
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Then David spoke to the men who were standing with him, saying, What shall be done for the man who strikes down this Philistine and turns away reproach from Israel? For who is this
auncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the ranks of the
bliving God?
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And the people spoke to him according to these words, saying, Thus shall it be done to the man who strikes him down.
1 Sam. 17
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And Eliab his oldest brother heard him speaking to the men; and Eliab’s anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why have you come down? And with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and the evil of your heart, that you came down to see the battle.
1 Sam. 17
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And David said, What have I done now? Is there no cause?
1 Sam. 17
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And he turned around from him to another and spoke according to the same words, and the people responded to him according to the first words.
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And when the words that David spoke were heard, they were reported to Saul; and he had him brought.
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And David said to Saul, Let no man’s heart fail because of him; your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.
1 Sam. 17
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But Saul said to David, You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him, for you are
but a youth and he has been a man of war since his youth.
1 Sam. 17
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And David said to Saul, Your servant has been tending his father’s sheep; and when a lion or a bear came and took a lamb from the flock,
1 Sam. 17
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I would go out after it and strike it and deliver
the lamb from its mouth. And when it rose up against me, I would seize
it by its beard and strike it and kill it.
1 Sam. 17
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Both the lion and the bear did your servant strike; and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, for he has defied the ranks of the living God.
1 Sam. 17
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And David said, Jehovah, who
adelivered 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 may Jehovah be with you.
1 Sam. 17
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And Saul put his own garment on David, and he placed a bronze helmet on his head and put
his armor on him.
1 Sam. 17
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And David girded his sword over his garment and tried to go, for he had not tried
the armor. Then David said to Saul, I cannot go in these because I have not tried
them. And David took them off.
1 Sam. 17
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Then he took his staff in his hand, and he chose for himself five smooth stones from the brook and put them into the shepherd’s bag that he had, that is, in his pouch; and his sling was in his hand. And he drew near to the Philistine.
1 Sam. 17
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And the Philistine came on and approached David, and the man who bore the shield was before him.
1 Sam. 17
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And when the Philistine looked and saw David, he scorned him; for he was
but a
ayouth and ruddy and handsome in appearance.
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And the Philistine said to David, Am I a dog, that you come to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
1 Sam. 17
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And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of heaven and to the beasts of the field.
1 Sam. 17
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Then David said to the Philistine, You come to me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come to you in the
aname of Jehovah of hosts, the God of the ranks of Israel, whom you have defied.
1 Sam. 17
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On this day Jehovah will deliver you up into my hand, and I will strike you and remove your head from you. And I will give the corpses of the camp of the Philistines to the birds of heaven and to the animals of the earth on this day. And all the earth will
aknow that there is a God in Israel;
1 Sam. 17
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And all this congregation will know that it is not by sword or spear that Jehovah
asaves, for the battle is Jehovah’s and He will deliver you into our hand.
1 Sam. 17
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17:48
And when the Philistine rose up and came and drew near to meet David, David hurried and ran toward the battle line to meet the Philistine.
1 Sam. 17
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And David put forth his hand into his bag and took a stone from there. And he slung
it and struck the Philistine in his forehead. And the stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the ground.
1 Sam. 17
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Thus David
aprevailed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone, and struck the Philistine and killed him; but there was no sword in David’s hand.
1 Sam. 17
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Then David ran and stood beside the Philistine, and he took
1the Philistine’s
asword and drew it out of its sheath and made certain he was dead by striking off his head with it. And when the Philistines saw that their mighty man was dead, they fled.
1 Sam. 17
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And the men of Israel and Judah rose up and shouted and pursued the Philistines until you come to Gai and to the gates of Ekron. And the Philistines lay slain along the way to Shaaraim as far as Gath and Ekron.
1 Sam. 17
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And the children of Israel returned from chasing the Philistines, and they plundered their camps.
1 Sam. 17
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And David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem, but he put his armor in his tent.
1 Sam. 17
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Now when Saul saw David going forth to meet the Philistine, he said to Abner the captain of the army, Whose son is this youth, Abner? And Abner said, As your soul lives, O king, I do not know.
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And the king said, Inquire whose son this young man is.
1 Sam. 17
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So when David returned from striking down the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul; and the Philistine’s head was in his hand.
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And Saul said to him, Whose son are you, young man? And David said, The son of your servant
aJesse the Bethlehemite.
