1 Samuel 17
17:1And the Philistines gathered together their camps for war, and they gathered together at Shochoh of Judea, and they camped in between Shochoh and between Azekah in Ephes-dammin.
17:2And Saul and the men of Israel gathered together, and they camped in the valley of the terebinth tree, these and these. And they deployed for war right opposite the Philistines.
17:3And the Philistines stood upon the mountain here on that side. And Israel stood upon the mountain here on this side, and the canyon was between them.
17:4And there came forth a mighty man from out of the battle array of the Philistines, Goliath was the name to him, from Gath. His height was four cubits and a span.
17:5And a bronze helmet was upon his head, and he put on a chest plate of chain-work. And the weight of his chest plate was five thousand shekels of brass and iron.
17:6And his leg coverings were of brass upon his legs, and a shield of brass in between his shoulders.
17:7And the shaft of his spear was as the weaver's beam of one weaving; and his lance was six hundred shekels of iron. And the one lifting his weapons went before him.
17:8And he stood and yelled out to the battle array of Israel, and said to them, Why are you come forth to deploy for battle right opposite us? Am not I a Philistine, and you are Hebrews of Saul? Choose for yourselves a man, and let him come down to me!
17:9And if he should be able to battle against me, and strike me, then we will be to you for servants. But if I shall overpower him, and shall strike him, you will be to us for servants, and you shall serve us.
17:10And the Philistine said, Behold, I berate the battle array of Israel today in this day. Give to me a man, and we will fight both one on one!
17:11And Saul heard, and all Israel, these sayings of the Philistine, and they were startled, and feared exceedingly.
17:12And David was a son of an Ephrathite man; this one was from Beth-lehem Judah, and the name to him was Jesse, and to him were eight sons. And the man was old in days of Saul arriving in the year.
17:13And the three elder sons of Jesse went after Saul unto the war. And the name of his sons, of the ones having gone unto the war -- Eliab his first-born, and the second Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
17:14And David himself was the younger, and the three, the elder went after Saul.
17:15And David departed and returned from Saul to tend the sheep of his father in Beth-lehem.
17:16And the Philistines came forward rising early and arriving late, and set up before Israel forty days.
17:17And Jesse said to David his son, Take indeed to your brothers the ephah of this toasted grain, and these ten bread loaves, and run unto the camp to your brothers.
17:18And these ten cheeses of the milk you shall bring to the commander of a thousand, and you shall visit your brothers concerning their peace; and as much as they need you shall know.
17:19And Saul, and they, and every man of Israel in the valley of the oak were warring with the Philistines.
17:20And David rose early in the morning, and he left the sheep for guard, and he took the things and departed as commanded to him by Jesse. And he came unto the battleline and the army, the one going forth unto the battle array.
17:21And they shouted for the war, and Israel deployed, and the Philistines deployed at the opposite of the battle array.
17:22And David relieved his items from himself unto the hand of the provisions officer, and he ran to the battle array, and he came and asked his brothers the things for peace.
17:23And with his speaking with them, and behold, a man in the middle ascended (the name given to him was Goliath the Philistine from Gath) from the battle array of the Philistines, and he spoke according to these words, and David heard.
17:24And every man of Israel in their seeing the man feared greatly, and fled from his face.
17:25And a man from Israel said, Did you see the man, this one ascending? He ascended so as to berate Israel. And it will be a man who ever should strike him, the king shall enrich him in great riches, and he will give his daughter to him, and the house of his father he will make free in Israel.
17:26And David said to the men, the ones standing with him, saying, What shall be done to the man who ever should strike that Philistine, and should remove scorn from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine who berates the battle array of the living God?
17:27And the people said to him according to this word, saying, Thus it shall be done to the man who ever should strike him.
17:28And Eliab his older brother heard in his speaking to the men, and Eliab became angry with rage with David, and said, Why is this you came down, and for why did you leave those small sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride, and the evil of your heart; that because of seeing the war you came down.
17:29And David said, What did I do now? Is it not a word?
17:30And he turned from him unto another rank, and he said thus. And they answered to him according to the word formerly.
17:31And they heard the words of David which he spoke, and they were announced before Saul.
17:32And David said to Saul, Let not the heart of my master be downcast over him! Your servant will go and do battle with this Philistine.
17:33And Saul said to David, In no way shall you be able to go against this Philistine to battle against him, for you are a boy, and he is a man of war from his youth.
17:34And David said to Saul, Your servant was tending for his father among the flock. And whenever the lion came and the bear, and it took a sheep from out of the herd,
17:35that I went forth after him, and struck him, and pulled it out of his mouth; and if he rose up against me, I held his throat and struck him, and I put him to death.
17:36And your servant beat the lion and the bear, and this uncircumcised Philistine will be as one of these who berates the battle array of the living God.
17:37And David said, The lord who rescued me from out of the hand of the lion, and from out of the hand of the bear, he will rescue me from out of the hand of this uncircumcised Philistine. And Saul said to David, Go and the lord will be with you!
17:38And Saul clothed David with his uniform, and put a brass helmet upon his head, and clothed him with a chest plate.
17:39And David tied on his sword upon himself. And David tired walking in the proceeding with them, for he was inexperienced. And David said to Saul, In no way shall I be able to go in these, for I have not tested them; and they removed them from him.
17:40And he took his rod in his hand, and chose for himself five smooth stones from out of the rushing stream. And he put them in the canteen of the shepherd, the one being his, for a collection. And his sling was in his hand; and he went forward to the man, the Philistine.
17:41And the Philistine went, going and approaching to David. And the man, the one caring the oblong shield was before him. And the Philistine looked.
17:42And Goliath beheld David, and he treated him with contempt, for he was a boy, and he was ruddy with beauty of eyes.
17:43And the Philistine said to David, Am I As a dog that you come with a rod and stones? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
17:44And the Philistine said to David, Come here to me! and I will give your flesh to the birds of heaven, and to the wild beasts of the earth.
17:45And David said to the Philistine, You come to me with a broadsword, and with a spear, and with a shield. But I come to you in the name of the lord God of hosts, the God of the battle array of Israel, whom you berate today.
17:46And the lord shall shut you up today by my hand, and I will kill you, and I will remove your head from you, and I will give your carcass and the carcasses of the camp of the Philistines in this day to the birds of the heaven, and to the wild beasts of the earth; and all the earth shall know that God is in Israel.
17:47And all this assembly shall know that it is not by the broadsword, and spear the lord delivers; for the war is of the lord, and the lord shall deliver you into our hands.
17:48And the Philistine rose up, and went and approached to meet with David. And David hastened, and came forth even himself for the battle array for meeting the Philistine.
17:49And David stretched out his hand into the canteen, and he took from there one stone, and he slung it, and he struck the Philistine in his forehead; and the stone penetrated unto his forehead; and he fell upon his face upon the ground.
17:50And David powered over the Philistine with the sling, and with the stone in that day. And he struck the Philistine, and he killed him; and a broadsword was not in the hand of David.
17:51And David ran and stood over him, and he took his broadsword, and pulled it out of its sheath, and he put him to death, and he removed his head. And the Philistines beheld that their mighty one has died, and they fled.
17:52And the men of Israel and Judah rose up, and shouted, and pursued after the Philistines unto the entrance of Gath, and unto the gate of Ekron. And the slain of the Philistines fell in the way of the gates, and unto Gath, and unto Ekron.
17:53And the men of Israel returned turning aside going after the Philistines, and they plundered their camps.
17:54And David took the head of the Philistine, and he brought it unto Jerusalem. And his weapons he put in his tent.
17:55And as Saul saw David going forth for meeting the Philistine, he said to Abner the ruler of the force, Whose son is this young man, Abner? And Abner responded and said, your soul should live, O my lord king, I do not know.
17:56And the king said, You ask whose son this young man is?
17:57And as David returned having struck the Philistine, Abner received him and brought him in before Saul. And the head of the Philistine was in his hand.
17:58And Saul said to him, Whose son are you young man? And David said, A son of your servant Jesse of Beth-lehem.