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1 Samuel 17
Now
the
Philistines
gathered
together
their
armies
to
battle,
and
were
gathered
together
at
Shochoh,
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
Goliath,
of
a
Gath,
whose
height
was
six
b
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
a
greaves
of
brass
upon
his
legs,
and
b
a
target
of
brass
between
his
shoulders.
7 And
the
a
staff
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
servants
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
serve
us.
10 And
the
Philistine
said,
I
defy
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
a
David
was
the
son
of
that
Ephrathite
of
Beth-lehem-judah,
whose
name
was
Jesse;
and
he
had
eight
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
names
of
his
three
sons
that
went
to
the
battle
were
a
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
Beth-lehem.
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
look
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.
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