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1 Samuel 17:38 (NLT)

Then Saul gave David his own armor—a bronze helmet and a coat of mail.

David put it on, strapped the sword over it, and took a step or two to see what it was like, for he had never worn such things before. “I can’t go in these,” he protested to Saul. “I’m not used to them.” So David took them off again.

1 Samuel 17:45 (NLT)

David replied to the Philistine, “You come to me with sword, spear, and javelin, but I come to you in the name of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies—the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.

1 Samuel 17:46 (NLT)

Today the Lord will conquer you, and I will kill you and cut off your head. And then I will give the dead bodies of your men to the birds and wild animals, and the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel!

1 Samuel 17:48 (NLT)

As Goliath moved closer to attack, David quickly ran out to meet him.

1 Samuel 17:49 (NLT)

Reaching into his shepherd’s bag and taking out a stone, he hurled it with his sling and hit the Philistine in the forehead. The stone sank in, and Goliath stumbled and fell face down on the ground.

1 Samuel 17:50 (NLT)

So David triumphed over the Philistine with only a sling and a stone, for he had no sword.

1 Samuel 17:51 (NLT)

Then David ran over and pulled Goliath’s sword from its sheath. David used it to kill him and cut off his head. When the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they turned and ran.

1 Samuel 17:52 (NLT)

Then the men of Israel and Judah gave a great shout of triumph and rushed after the Philistines, chasing them as far as Gath and the gates of Ekron. The bodies of the dead and wounded Philistines were strewn all along the road from Shaaraim, as far as Gath and Ekron.

1 Samuel 17:53 (NLT)

Then the Israelite army returned and plundered the deserted Philistine camp.

1 Samuel 17:54 (NLT)

(David took the Philistine’s head to Jerusalem, but he stored the man’s armor in his own tent.)

1 Samuel 17:55 (NLT)

As Saul watched David go out to fight the Philistine, he asked Abner, the commander of his army, “Abner, whose son is this young man?” “I really don’t know,” Abner declared.

1 Samuel 17:56 (NLT)

“Well, find out who he is!” the king told him.

1 Samuel 17:57 (NLT)

As soon as David returned from killing Goliath, Abner brought him to Saul with the Philistine’s head still in his hand.

1 Samuel 17:58 (NLT)

“Tell me about your father, young man,” Saul said. And David replied, “His name is Jesse, and we live in Bethlehem.”

1 Kings 17:1 (NLT)

Now Elijah, who was from Tishbe in Gilead, told King Ahab, “As surely as the Lord , the God of Israel, lives—the God I serve—there will be no dew or rain during the next few years until I give the word!”

1 Kings 17:2 (NLT)

Then the Lord said to Elijah,

1 Kings 17:3 (NLT)

“Go to the east and hide by Kerith Brook, near where it enters the Jordan River.

1 Kings 17:4 (NLT)

Drink from the brook and eat what the ravens bring you, for I have commanded them to bring you food.”

1 Kings 17:5 (NLT)

So Elijah did as the Lord told him and camped beside Kerith Brook, east of the Jordan.

1 Kings 17:6 (NLT)

The ravens brought him bread and meat each morning and evening, and he drank from the brook.

1 Kings 17:7 (NLT)

But after a while the brook dried up, for there was no rainfall anywhere in the land.

1 Kings 17:8 (NLT)

Then the Lord said to Elijah,

1 Kings 17:9 (NLT)

“Go and live in the village of Zarephath, near the city of Sidon. I have instructed a widow there to feed you.”

1 Kings 17:10 (NLT)

So he went to Zarephath. As he arrived at the gates of the village, he saw a widow gathering sticks, and he asked her, “Would you please bring me a little water in a cup?”