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Chapter 17
Now
the
Philistines
gathered
together
their
armies
to
battell,
and
were
gathered
together
at
Shochoh,
which
belongeth
to
Iudah,
and
pitched
betweene
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
battell
in
aray
against
the
Philistines.
3
And
the
Philistines
stood
on
a
mountaine
on
the
one
side,
and
Israel
stood
on
a
mountaine
on
the
other
side:
and
there
was
a
valley
betweene
them.
4
And
there
went
out
a
champion
out
of
the
campe
of
the
Philistines,
named
Goliath
of
Gath:
whose
height
was
sixe
cubites
and
a
span.
5
And
he
had
an
helmet
of
brasse
vpon
his
head,
and
he
was
armed
with
a
coate
of
male:
and
the
weight
of
the
coat
was
fiue
thousand
shekels
of
brasse.
6
And
he
had
greaues
of
brasse
vpon
his
legs,
and
a
target
of
brasse
betweene
his
shoulders.
7
And
the
staffe
of
his
speare
was
like
a
weauers
beame,
and
his
speares
head
weighed
sixe
hundred
shekels
of
yron:
and
one
bearing
a
shield,
went
before
him.
8
And
hee
stood
and
cried
vnto
the
armies
of
Israel,
and
said
vnto
them,
Why
are
yee
come
out
to
set
your
battell
in
aray?
Am
not
I
a
Philistine,
and
you
seruants
to
Saul?
Chuse
you
a
man
for
you,
and
let
him
come
downe
to
me.
9
If
he
be
able
to
fight
with
mee,
and
to
kill
me,
then
will
we
be
your
seruants:
but
if
I
preuaile
against
him,
and
kill
him,
then
shall
yee
be
our
seruants,
and
serue
vs.
10
And
the
Philistine
said,
I
defie
the
armies
of
Israel
this
day;
giue
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
Dauid
was
the
sonne
of
that
Ephrathite
of
Bethlehem
Iudah,
whose
name
was
Iesse,
and
hee
had
eight
sonnes:
and
the
man
went
among
men
for
an
old
man
in
the
dayes
of
Saul.
13
And
the
three
eldest
sonnes
of
Iesse
went,
and
followed
Saul
to
the
battell:
and
the
names
of
his
three
sonnes
that
went
to
the
battell,
were,
Eliab
the
first
borne,
and
next
vnto
him,
Abinadab,
and
the
third,
Shammah.
14
And
Dauid
was
the
yongest:
and
the
three
eldest
followed
Saul.
15
But
Dauid
went,
and
returned
from
Saul,
to
feed
his
fathers
sheepe
at
Bethlehem.
16
And
the
Philistine
drewe
neere,
morning
and
euening,
and
presented
himselfe
forty
dayes.
17
And
Iesse
said
vnto
Dauid
his
sonne,
Take
now
for
thy
brethren
an
ephah
of
this
parched
corne,
and
these
ten
loaues,
and
run
to
the
campe
to
thy
brethren.
18
And
carie
these
ten
cheeses
vnto
the
Captaine
of
their
thousand,
and
looke
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.
20
And
Dauid
rose
vp
earely
in
the
morning,
and
left
the
sheepe
with
a
keeper,
and
tooke,
and
went,
as
Iesse
had
commanded
him;
and
he
came
to
the
trench,
as
the
host
was
going
forth
to
the
fight,
and
shouted
for
the
battell.
21
For
Israel
and
the
Philistines
had
put
the
battel
in
aray,
army
against
armie.
22
And
Dauid
left
his
cariage
in
the
hand
of
the
keeper
of
the
cariage,
and
ranne
into
the
armie,
and
came
and
saluted
his
brethren.
23
And
as
he
talked
with
them,
behold,
there
came
vp
the
champion
(the
Philistine
of
Gath,
Goliath
by
name)
out
of
the
armies
of
the
Philistines,
and
spake
according
to
the
same
words:
and
Dauid
heard
them.
24
And
all
the
men
of
Israel,
when
they
saw
the
man,
fled
from
him,
and
were
sore
afraid.
25
And
the
men
of
Israel
said,
Haue
yee
seene
this
man
that
is
come
vp?
Surely
to
defie
Israel
is
he
come
vp:
and
it
shall
be
that
the
man
who
killeth
him,
the
king
wil
enrich
him
with
great
riches,
and
will
giue
him
his
daughter,
and
make
his
fathers
house
free
in
Israel.
26
And
Dauid
spake
to
the
men
that
stood
by
him,
saying;
What
shall
bee
done
to
the
man
that
killeth
this
Philistine;
and
taketh
away
the
reproch
from
Israel?
For
who
is
this
vncircumcised
Philistine,
that
he
should
defie
the
armies
of
the
liuing
God?
27
And
the
people
answered
him
after
this
maner,
saying,
So
shall
it
be
done
to
the
man
that
killeth
him.
28
And
Eliab
his
eldest
brother
heard
when
he
spake
vnto
the
men,
and
Eliabs
anger
was
kindled
against
Dauid,
and
he
said,
Why
camest
thou
down
hither?
And
with
whom
hast
thou
left
those
few
sheepe
in
the
wildernesse?
I
know
thy
pride,
and
the
naughtinesse
of
thine
heart;
for
thou
art
come
downe,
that
thou
mightest
see
the
battell.
29
And
Dauid
saide,
What
haue
I
now
done?
Is
there
not
a
cause?
30
And
hee
turned
from
him
towards
another,
and
spake
after
the
same
maner:
and
the
people
answered
him
againe
after
the
former
maner.
31
And
when
the
words
were
heard
which
Dauid
spake,
they
rehearsed
them
before
Saul:
and
he
sent
for
him.
32
And
Dauid
said
to
Saul,
Let
no
mans
heart
faile,
because
of
him:
thy
seruant
will
goe
and
fight
with
this
Philistine.
33
And
Saul
said
to
Dauid,
Thou
art
not
able
to
goe
against
this
Philistine,
to
fight
with
him:
for
thou
art
but
a
youth,
and
he
a
man
of
warre
from
his
youth.
34
And
Dauid
said
vnto
Saul,
Thy
seruant
kept
his
fathers
sheepe,
and
there
came
a
Lyon,
and
a
Beare,
and
tooke
a
lambe
out
of
the
flocke:
35
And
I
went
out
after
him,
and
smote
him,
and
deliuered
it
out
of
his
mouth:
and
when
he
arose
against
me,
I
caught
him
by
his
beard,
and
smote
him,
and
slew
him.
36
Thy
seruant
slew
both
the
Lyon
and
the
Beare:
and
this
vncircumcised
Philistine
shall
be
as
one
of
them,
seeing
he
hath
defied
the
armies
of
the
liuing
God.
37
Dauid
saide
moreouer,
The
Lord
that
deliuered
me
out
of
the
paw
of
the
Lyon,
and
out
of
the
pawe
of
the
Beare,
he
will
deliuer
me
out
of
the
hand
of
this
Philistine.
And
Saul
said
vnto
Dauid,
Goe,
and
the
Lord
be
with
thee.
38
And
Saul
armed
Dauid
with
his
armour,
and
hee
put
an
helmet
of
brasse
vpon
his
head,
also
he
armed
him
with
a
coat
of
male.
39
And
Dauid
girded
his
sword
vpon
his
armour,
and
he
assayed
to
goe,
for
he
had
not
proued
it:
and
Dauid
said
vnto
Saul,
I
cannot
goe
with
these:
for
I
haue
not
proued
them.
And
Dauid
put
them
off
him.
40
And
hee
tooke
his
staffe
in
his
hand,
and
chose
him
fiue
smoothe
stones
out
of
the
brooke,
and
put
them
in
a
shepheards
bag
which
he
had,
euen
in
a
scrip,
and
his
sling
was
in
his
hande,
and
he
drew
neere
to
the
Philistine.
41
And
the
Philistine
came
on
and
drew
neere
vnto
Dauid,
and
the
man
that
bare
the
shield,
went
before
him.
42
And
when
the
Philistine
looked
about,
and
saw
Dauid,
hee
disdained
him:
for
he
was
but
a
youth,
and
ruddy,
and
of
a
faire
countenance.
43
And
the
Philistine
said
vnto
Dauid,
Am
I
a
dog,
that
thou
commest
to
me
with
staues?
And
the
Philistine
cursed
Dauid
by
his
gods.
44
And
the
Philistine
said
to
Dauid,
Come
to
me,
and
I
will
giue
thy
flesh
vnto
the
foules
of
the
aire,
and
to
the
beasts
of
the
field.
45
Then
said
Dauid
to
the
Philistine,
Thou
commest
to
mee
with
a
sword,
and
with
a
speare,
and
with
a
shield:
but
I
come
to
thee
in
the
Name
of
the
Lord
of
hostes,
the
God
of
the
armies
of
Israel,
whom
thou
hast
defied.
46
This
day
wil
the
Lord
deliuer
thee
into
mine
hand,
and
I
will
smite
thee,
and
take
thine
head
from
thee,
and
I
wil
giue
the
carkeises
of
the
host
of
the
Philistines
this
day
vnto
the
foules
of
the
aire,
and
to
the
wild
beasts
of
the
earth,
that
all
the
earth
may
know
that
there
is
a
God
in
Israel.
47
And
all
this
assembly
shal
know
that
the
Lord
saueth
not
with
sword
&
speare
(for
the
battell
is
the
Lords)
and
he
will
giue
you
into
our
hands.
48
And
it
came
to
passe
when
the
Philistine
arose,
and
came,
and
drewe
nigh
to
meet
Dauid,
that
Dauid
hasted,
and
ran
toward
the
armie
to
meete
the
Philistine.
49
And
Dauid
put
his
hande
in
his
bag,
and
tooke
thence
a
stone,
and
slang
it,
&
smote
the
Philistine
in
his
forehead,
that
the
stone
sunke
into
his
forehead,
and
he
fell
vpon
his
face
to
the
earth.
50
So
Dauid
preuailed
ouer
the
Philistine
with
a
sling
and
with
a
stone,
and
smote
the
Philistine,
and
slew
him,
but
there
was
no
sword
in
the
hande
of
Dauid.
51
Therefore
Dauid
ran
and
stood
vpon
the
Philistine,
and
tooke
his
sword,
and
drewe
it
out
of
the
sheath
thereof,
and
slew
him,
and
cut
off
his
head
therewith.
And
when
the
Philistines
sawe
their
champion
was
dead,
they
fled.
52
And
the
men
of
Israel,
and
of
Iudah
arose,
and
shouted,
and
pursued
the
Philistines,
vntill
thou
come
to
the
valley,
and
to
the
gates
of
Ekron:
and
the
wounded
of
the
Philistines
fell
downe
by
the
way
to
Shaaraim,
euen
vnto
Gath,
and
vnto
Ekron.
53
And
the
children
of
Israel
returned
from
chasing
after
the
Philistines,
and
they
spoiled
their
tents.
54
And
Dauid
tooke
the
head
of
the
Philistine,
and
brought
it
to
Ierusalem,
but
he
put
his
armour
in
his
tent.
55
And
when
Saul
sawe
Dauid
goe
forth
against
the
Philistine,
he
sayd
vnto
Abner
the
captaine
of
the
hoste,
Abner,
whose
sonne
is
this
youth?
And
Abner
said,
As
thy
soule
liueth,
O
king,
I
cannot
tell.
56
And
the
king
said,
Enquire
thou
whose
sonne
the
stripling
is.
57
And
as
Dauid
returned
from
the
slaughter
of
the
Philistine,
Abner
tooke
him,
&
brought
him
before
Saul,
with
the
head
of
the
Philistine
in
his
hand.
58
And
Saul
saide
to
him,
Whose
sonne
art
thou,
thou
yong
man?
And
Dauid
answered,
I
am
the
sonne
of
thy
seruant
Iesse,
the
Bethlehemite.
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