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1 Samuel 17:19 (NLT)

David’s brothers were with Saul and the Israelite army at the valley of Elah, fighting against the Philistines.

So David left the sheep with another shepherd and set out early the next morning with the gifts, as Jesse had directed him. He arrived at the camp just as the Israelite army was leaving for the battlefield with shouts and battle cries.

1 Samuel 17:21 (NLT)

Soon the Israelite and Philistine forces stood facing each other, army against army.

1 Samuel 17:22 (NLT)

David left his things with the keeper of supplies and hurried out to the ranks to greet his brothers.

1 Samuel 17:23 (NLT)

As he was talking with them, Goliath, the Philistine champion from Gath, came out from the Philistine ranks. Then David heard him shout his usual taunt to the army of Israel.

1 Samuel 17:24 (NLT)

As soon as the Israelite army saw him, they began to run away in fright.

1 Samuel 17:25 (NLT)

“Have you seen the giant?” the men asked. “He comes out each day to defy Israel. The king has offered a huge reward to anyone who kills him. He will give that man one of his daughters for a wife, and the man’s entire family will be exempted from paying taxes!”

1 Samuel 17:26 (NLT)

David asked the soldiers standing nearby, “What will a man get for killing this Philistine and ending his defiance of Israel? Who is this pagan Philistine anyway, that he is allowed to defy the armies of the living God?”

1 Samuel 17:27 (NLT)

And these men gave David the same reply. They said, “Yes, that is the reward for killing him.”

1 Samuel 17:28 (NLT)

But when David’s oldest brother, Eliab, heard David talking to the men, he was angry. “What are you doing around here anyway?” he demanded. “What about those few sheep you’re supposed to be taking care of? I know about your pride and deceit. You just want to see the battle!”

1 Samuel 17:29 (NLT)

“What have I done now?” David replied. “I was only asking a question!”

1 Samuel 17:30 (NLT)

He walked over to some others and asked them the same thing and received the same answer.

1 Samuel 17:31 (NLT)

Then David’s question was reported to King Saul, and the king sent for him.

1 Samuel 17:32 (NLT)

“Don’t worry about this Philistine,” David told Saul. “I’ll go fight him!”

1 Samuel 17:33 (NLT)

“Don’t be ridiculous!” Saul replied. “There’s no way you can fight this Philistine and possibly win! You’re only a boy, and he’s been a man of war since his youth.”

1 Samuel 17:34 (NLT)

But David persisted. “I have been taking care of my father’s sheep and goats,” he said. “When a lion or a bear comes to steal a lamb from the flock,

1 Samuel 17:35 (NLT)

I go after it with a club and rescue the lamb from its mouth. If the animal turns on me, I catch it by the jaw and club it to death.

1 Samuel 17:36 (NLT)

I have done this to both lions and bears, and I’ll do it to this pagan Philistine, too, for he has defied the armies of the living God!

1 Samuel 17:37 (NLT)

The Lord who rescued me from the claws of the lion and the bear will rescue me from this Philistine!” Saul finally consented. “All right, go ahead,” he said. “And may the Lord be with you!”

1 Samuel 17:38 (NLT)

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

1 Samuel 17:39 (NLT)

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 17:40 (NLT)

He picked up five smooth stones from a stream and put them into his shepherd’s bag. Then, armed only with his shepherd’s staff and sling, he started across the valley to fight the Philistine.

1 Samuel 17:41 (NLT)

Goliath walked out toward David with his shield bearer ahead of him,

1 Samuel 17:42 (NLT)

sneering in contempt at this ruddy-faced boy.

1 Samuel 17:43 (NLT)

“Am I a dog,” he roared at David, “that you come at me with a stick?” And he cursed David by the names of his gods.