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The First Book of Samuel 17

17 Now the Philistines gathered their camps for battle, and they were gathered at Sokoh, which is to Judah. And they camped between Sokoh and between Azekah, in Ephes Dammim. 2 And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered, and they camped by the Valley of Elah. And they arrayed for battle to meet the Philistines. 3 Now the Philistines were standing on the mountain from this, and Israel were standing on the mountain from that, and the valley was between them. 4 And a man of the betweens came out from the camp of the Philistines, Goliath was his name, from Gath. His height was six cubits and a span. 5 And a helmet of bronze was on his head, and he was clothed with a coat of scales. And the weight of the coat was 5,000 shekels of bronze. 6 And greaves of bronze were on his legs, and a curved sword of bronze was between his shoulders. 7 And the wood of his spear was like a beam of weavers, and the flame of his spear was 600 iron shekels. And the carrier of his shield was going to his face. 8 And he stood and called out to the arrays of Israel, and he said to them, “Why have you come out to array for battle? Am I not the Philistine, and you, servants of Saul? Choose for yourselves a man, and let him come down to me. 9 If he is able to fight with me and he strikes me, then we will become servants to you. But if I am able against him and I strike him, then you will become servants to us, and you will serve us.” 10 And the Philistine said, “I myself taunt the arrays of Israel this day! Give to me a man, and let us fight together!” 11 And Saul and all of Israel heard these words of the Philistine, and they were dismayed and feared greatly. 12 Now David was the son of this Ephrathite man from Bethlehem in Judah, and his name was Jesse. And eight sons were to him. And in the days of Saul the man had aged, having come among men. 13 And the oldest three of the sons of Jesse went, they went after Saul to the battle. And the names of the three of his sons who went into the battle were Eliab, the firstborn, and his second, Abinadab, and the third, Shammah. 14 And David, he was the youngest. And the three oldest went after Saul. 15 But David was going and returning from with Saul to tend the flock of his father at Bethlehem. 16 And the Philistine approached when it was early and when it was getting dark. And he stationed himself 40 days. 17 Now Jesse said to David his son, “Please take to your brothers an ephah of this roasted grain and ten loaves of this bread, and rush them to the camp, to your brothers. 18 And bring these ten cuts of cheese to the commander of the thousand. And observe your brothers about peace, and take their pledge. 19 Now Saul and they and all of the men of Israel are in the Valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.” 20 So David arose early in the morning and left the flock with a keeper. And he carried and went, just as Jesse had commanded him. And he came to the wagon-track, and the army was going out to the array, and they shouted for the battle. 21 And Israel and the Philistines arrayed, array to meet array. 22 And David left the vessels from upon him in the hand of the keeper of the vessels, and he ran to the array. And he came and asked his brothers about peace. 23 And he was speaking with them, and behold, the man of the betweens was coming up, Goliath the Philistine was his name, from Gath, from the array of the Philistines, and he spoke like these words. And David heard. 24 And all of the men of Israel, when they saw the man, then they fled from his face and feared greatly. 25 And the men of Israel said, “Have you seen this man coming up? Indeed he is coming up to taunt Israel! And it will be, the man who strikes him, the king will make him wealthy with great wealth, and he will give his daughter to him, and he will make the house of his father free in Israel.” 26 And David spoke to the men standing with him, saying, “What will be done for the man who strikes this Philistine and turns away the disgrace from upon Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should taunt the arrays of the living God?” 27 And the people spoke to him like this word, saying, “Thus it will be done for the man who strikes him.” 28 Now Eliab his oldest brother heard when he spoke to the men. And the nose of Eliab burned against David, and he said, “Why is this, you have come down? And with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I myself know your presumption and the evil of your heart, for you have come down in order to see the battle!” 29 And David said, “What have I done now? Was it not a word?” 30 And he turned from beside him toward the front of another, and he spoke like this word. And the people returned to him a word like the first word. 31 And they heard the words that David spoke. And they declared to the face of Saul, and he got him. 32 And David said to Saul, “Do not let the heart of a man fall because of him. Your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.” 33 But Saul said to David, “You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him. For you are a youth, but he, a man of war from his youth.” 34 And David said to Saul, “Your servant has been tending the flock for his father. And a lion or a bear has come and carried away a sheep from the flock, 35 but I have gone out after it and struck it and delivered from its mouth. If it arose against me, then I would seize its beard and strike it and kill it. 36 Your servant has struck both the lion and the bear, and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, for he has taunted the arrays of the living God.” 37 And David said, “Yahweh who delivered me from the hand of the lion and from the hand of the bear, he will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.” And Saul said to David, “Go, and may Yahweh be with you.” 38 Then Saul clothed David with his garments and put a helmet of bronze on his head, and he clothed him with a coat. 39 And David strapped on his sword over his garments, and he tried to walk, for he had not tested them. And David said to Saul, “I am not able to walk with these, for I have not tested them.” And David removed them from on him. 40 And he took his staff in his hand, and he chose for himself five smooth stones from the wadi, and he put them in the bag of shepherds that was to him, even in the pouch, and his sling was in his hand. And he approached toward the Philistine. 41 And the Philistine came, coming and near to David. And the man carrying the shield was to his face. 42 And the Philistine looked and saw David, and he despised him, for he was a youth, and ruddy with a beautiful appearance. 43 And the Philistine said to David, “Am I a dog, that you are coming to me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. 44 And the Philistine said to David, “Come to me, and let me give your flesh to the bird of the heavens and to the beast of the field.” 45 And David said to the Philistine, “You are coming to me with a sword and with a spear and with a curved sword. But I am coming to you in the name of Yahweh of Armies, the God of the arrays of Israel, which you have taunted. 46 This day Yahweh will enclose you in my hand, and I will strike you and remove your head from upon you. And this day I will give the corpse of the camp of the Philistines to the bird of the heavens and to the animal of the earth. And all of the earth will know that there is a God to Israel. 47 And all of this assembly will know that Yahweh does not save by sword or by spear. For the battle is to Yahweh, and he will give you into our hand.” 48 And it happened, when the Philistine arose and went and approached to meet David, that David hurried and ran toward the array to meet the Philistine. 49 And David put his hand into the bag and took a stone from there, and he slung it. And it struck the Philistine on his forehead. And the stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the ground. 50 So David was stronger than the Philistine with the sling and with the stone. And he struck the Philistine and killed him. Now no sword was in the hand of David. 51 But David ran and stood over the Philistine and took his sword and drew it from its sheath and killed him and cut off his head with it. And the Philistines saw that their warrior had died, and they fled. 52 And the men of Israel and Judah arose, and they shouted and pursued the Philistines unto your coming to the valley and to the gates of Ekron. And the pierced of the Philistines fell on the way of Shaaraim and unto Gath and unto Ekron. 53 And the sons of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they plundered their camp. 54 And David took the head of the Philistine, and he brought it to Jerusalem, and he put his equipment in his tent. 55 Now as Saul saw David going out to meet the Philistine, he said to Abner, the commander of the army, “Of whom is this youth the son, Abner?” And Abner said, “The life of your soul, O king, if I know!” 56 And the king said, “You ask of whom this youth is the son.” 57 So as David returned from striking the Philistine, then Abner took him and brought him to the face of Saul. And the head of the Philistine was in his hand. 58 And Saul said to him, “Of whom are you the son, O young man?” And David said, “The son of your servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.”

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