1 Samuel 17:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58
1 Samuel 17:2 ESV
And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered, and encamped in the Valley of Elah, and drew up in line of battle against the Philistines.
1 Samuel 17:3 ESV
And the Philistines stood on the mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on the mountain on the other side, with a valley between them.
1 Samuel 17:4 ESV
And there came out from the camp of the Philistines a champion named Goliath of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.
1 Samuel 17:5 ESV
He had a helmet of bronze on his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail, and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of bronze.
1 Samuel 17:6 ESV
And he had bronze armor on his legs, and a javelin of bronze slung between his shoulders.
1 Samuel 17:7 ESV
The shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s beam, and his spear’s head weighed six hundred shekels of iron. And his shield-bearer went before him.
1 Samuel 17:10 ESV
And the Philistine said, “I defy the ranks of Israel this day. Give me a man, that we may fight together.”
1 Samuel 17:11 ESV
When Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, they were dismayed and greatly afraid.
1 Samuel 17:12 ESV
Now David was the son of an Ephrathite of Bethlehem in Judah, named Jesse, who had eight sons. In the days of Saul the man was already old and advanced in years.
1 Samuel 17:16 ESV
For forty days the Philistine came forward and took his stand, morning and evening.
1 Samuel 17:18 ESV
Also take these ten cheeses to the commander of their thousand. See if your brothers are well, and bring some token from them.”
1 Samuel 17:19 ESV
Now Saul and they and all the men of Israel were in the Valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
1 Samuel 17:22 ESV
And David left the things in charge of the keeper of the baggage and ran to the ranks and went and greeted his brothers.
1 Samuel 17:27 ESV
And the people answered him in the same way, “So shall it be done to the man who kills him.”
1 Samuel 17:30 ESV
And he turned away from him toward another, and spoke in the same way, and the people answered him again as before.
1 Samuel 17:31 ESV
When the words that David spoke were heard, they repeated them before Saul, and he sent for him.
1 Samuel 17:32 ESV
And David said to Saul, “Let no man’s heart fail because of him. Your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.”
1 Samuel 17:33 ESV
And 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 from his youth.”
1 Samuel 17:34 ESV
But David said to Saul, “Your servant used to keep sheep for his father. And when there came a lion, or a bear, and took a lamb from the flock
1 Samuel 17:35 ESV
I went after him and struck him and delivered it out of his mouth. And if he arose against me, I caught him by his beard and struck him and killed him.
1 Samuel 17:36 ESV
Your servant has struck down both lions and bears, and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be like one of them, for he has defied the armies of the living God.”
1 Samuel 17:38 ESV
Then Saul clothed David with his armor. He put a helmet of bronze on his head and clothed him with a coat of mail
1 Samuel 17:41 ESV
And the Philistine moved forward and came near to David, with his shield-bearer in front of him.
1 Samuel 17:42 ESV
And when the Philistine looked and saw David, he disdained him, for he was but a youth, ruddy and handsome in appearance.
1 Samuel 17:43 ESV
And the Philistine said to David, “Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
1 Samuel 17:44 ESV
The Philistine said to David, “Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and to the beasts of the field.”
1 Samuel 17:47 ESV
and that all this assembly may know that the LORD saves not with sword and spear. For the battle is the LORD’s, and he will give you into our hand.”
1 Samuel 17:48 ESV
When the Philistine arose and came and drew near to meet David, David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet the Philistine.
1 Samuel 17:50 ESV
So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and struck the Philistine and killed him. There was no sword in the hand of David.
1 Samuel 17:53 ESV
And the people of Israel came back from chasing the Philistines, and they plundered their camp.
1 Samuel 17:54 ESV
And David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem, but he put his armor in his tent.
1 Samuel 17:57 ESV
And as soon as David returned from the striking down of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.
1 Samuel 17:58 ESV
And Saul said to him, “Whose son are you, young man?” And David answered, “I am the son of your servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.”