Reformation Directory

1 The Philistíms make warre against Israél. 10 Goliáth defieth Israél. 17 David is sent to his brethren. 34 The strength & boldenes of David. 47 The Lord saveth not by sworde nor speare. 50 David killeth Goliáth & the Philistíms flee.

1.Now the Philistíms gathered their armies to battel, and came together to Shochóh, which is in Judáh, and pitched betwene Shochóh and Azekáh, ^in the coast of Dammím.

2.And Saúl, and the men of Israél assembled, and pitched in the valley ^of Eláh, & put them selves in battel array to mete the Philistíms.

3.And the Philistíms stode on a mountaine on one side, and Israél stode on the mountaine on the other side: so a valley was betwene them.

4.¶ Then came a man betwene them ^abothe out of the tentes of the Philistíms, named Goliáth of Gath: his height was six cubits and an hand breath,

5.And had an helmet of brasse upon his head, & a ^brigandine upon him: and the weight of his brigandine was five thousand ^bshekels of brasse.

6.And he had ^bootes of brasse upon his legges, and a shilde of brasse upon his shoulders.

7.And the shafte of his speare was like a weavers beame: and his speare head weyed six hundreth shekels of yron: and one bearing a shilde went before him.

8.And he stode, and cryed against the hoste of Israél, and said unto them, Why are ye come to set your battel in array? am not I a Philistím, and you servants to Saúl? chose you a man for you, and let him come down to me.

9.If he be able to fight with me, and ^kil me, then wil we be your servants: but if I overcome him, and kil him, then shal ye be our servants, and serve us.

10.Also the Philistím said, I defie the hoste of Israél this day: give me a man, that we may fight ^together.

11.When Saúl and all Israél heard those wordes of the Philistím, they were discouraged, and greatly afrayed.

12.¶ Now this David was the *sonne of an Ephrathite of Beth-léhem Judáh, named Jshái, which had eight sonnes: & ^this man was taken for an olde man in the dayes of Saúl.

13.And the thre eldest sonnes of Jshái went and followed Saúl to the battel: and the names of his thre sonnes that went to battel, were Eliáb the eldest, and the next Abinadáb, and the third Shammáh.

14.So David was the least: & the thre eldest went after Saúl.

15.David also ^cwent, but he returned from Saúl to fede his fathers shepe in Beth-léhem.

16.And the Philistíms drewe nere in the morning, & evening, and continued fourtie dayes.

17.And Jshái said unto David his sonne, ^dTake now for thy brethren an Epháh of this parched corne, & these ten cakes, and runne to the hoste to thy brethren.

18.Also cary these ten fresh cheses unto the captaine, and loke how thy brethren fare, and receive their ^epledge.

19.(Then Saúl and they, and all the men of Israél were in the valley of Eláh, fighting with the Philistíms)

20.¶ So David rose up early in the morning, and left the shepe with a keper, & toke & went as Jshái had commanded him, and came within the compasse of the hoste: and the hoste went out in array, and showted in the battel.

21.For Israél and the Philistíms had put them selves in array, armie against armie.

22.And David left the things, which he bare, under the hands of the keper of the ^cariage, and ran into the hoste, and came, and asked his brethren ^how they did.

23.And as he talked with them, beholde, the man that was betwene the two armies, came up, (whose name was Goliáth the Philistím of Gath) out of the ^armie of the Philistíms, and spake ^fsuche words, and Davie heard them. David’s faith.

24.And all the men of Israél, when they sawe the man, ran away from him, and were sore afrayed.

25.For every man of Israél said, Sawe ye not this man that cometh up? even to revile Israél is he come up: & to him that killeth him, wil the King give great riches, and wil give him his *daughter, yea, & make his fathers house ^gfree in Israél.

26.¶ Then David spake to the men that stode with him, and said, What shalbe done to the man that killeth this Philistím, and taketh away the ^hshame from Israél? for who is this uncircumcised Philistím, that he shulde revile the hoste of the living God?

27.And the people answered him after this maner, saying, Thus shal it be done to the man that killeth him.

28.And Eliáb his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men, and Eliáb was very angry with David, and said, Why camest thou downe hether? and with whome hast thou left those fewe shepe in the wildernes? I knowe thy pride and the malice of thine heart, that thou art come downe to se the battel.

29.Then David said, What have I now done? Is there not a ⁱcause?

30.And he departed from him into the presence of another, and spake of the same maner, and the people answered him according to the former wordes.

31.¶ And thei that heard the wordes which David spake, rehearsed them before Saúl, which caused him to be broght.

32.So David said to Saúl, Let no mans heart faile him, because of him: thy servant wil go, & fight with this Philistím.

33.And Saúl said to David, Thou art not ^kable to go against this Philistím to fight with him: for thou art a boye, and he is a man of warre from his youth.

34.And David answered unto Saúl, Thy servant kept his fathers shepe, and there came a ^llyon and likewise a beare, and toke a shepe out of the flocke,

35.And I went out after him and smote him, and toke it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by the bearde, and smote him, and slewe him.

36.So thy servant slewe bothe the lyon, and the beare: therefore this uncircumcised Philistím shalbe as one of them, seing he hath railed on the hoste of the living God.

37.¶ Moreover David said, The Lord that delivered me out of the pawe of the lyon, and out of the pawe of the beare, he wil deliver me out of the hand of this Philistím. Then Saúl said unto David, ^mGo, and the Lord be with thee.

38.And Saúl put his rayment upon David, and put an helmet of brasse upon his head, and put a brigandine upon him.

39.Then girded David his sworde upon his rayment, and ^began to go: for he never proved it: & David said unto Saúl, I can not go with these: for I am not accustomed, wherefore David put them of him.

40.Then toke he his ⁿstaffe in his hand, and chose him five smothe stones out of a brooke, & put them in his shepherdes bag or skrippe, and his sling was in his hand, and he drewe nere to the Philistím. :24 58 Goliáth slayne.

41.¶ And the Philistím came and drewe nere unto David, and the man that bare the shield went before him.

42.Now when the Philistím loked about and sawe David, he disdeined him: for he was but yong, ruddy and of a comely face.

43.And the Philistím said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou commest to me with staves? And the Philistím ^ocursed David to his gods.

44.And the Philistím said to David, Come to me, and I wil give thy flesh unto the foules of the heaven, and to the beastes of the field.

45.¶ Then said David to the Philistím, Thou commest to me with a sworde, 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 hoste of Israél, whome thou hast railed upon.

46.This ^pday shal the Lord close thee in mine hand, and I shal smite thee, and take thine head from thee, and I wil give the carkeises of the hoste of the Philistíms this day unto the foules of the heaven, and to the beastes of the earth, that all the worlde may knowe that Israél hathe a God.

47.And that all this assemblie may knowe, that the Lord saveth not with sworde nor with speare (for the battel is the Lords) and he wil give you into our hands.

48.And when the Philistím arose to come and drawe nere unto David, David ^qhasted & ran to fight against the Philistím.

49.And David put his hand in his bag, and toke out a stone, and slang it and smote the Philistím in his forehead, that the stone sticked in his forehead, & he fel groveling to the earth.

50.So David *overcame the Philistím with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistím, and slewe him, and David had no sworde in his hand.

51.Then David ran, and stode upon the Philistím, and toke his sworde and drewe it out of his sheath, and slewe him, and cut of his head therewith. So when the Philistíms sawe, that their champion was dead, they fled.

52.All the men of Israél and Judáh arose, and showted, and followed after the Philistíms, until thei came to the ^valley, & unto the gates of Ekrón: & the Philistíms fel downe wounded by the way of Shaaráim, even to Gath and to Ekrón.

53.And the children of Israél returned from pursuing the Philistíms, and spoiled their tents.

54.And David toke the head of the Philistím, and broght it to Jerusalém, and put his armour in his ^tent.

55.¶ When Saúl sawe David go forthe against the Philistím, he said unto Abnér the captaine of his hoste, Abnér, ^rwhose sonne is this yong man? and Abnér answered, As thy soule liveth, ô King, I can not tel.

56.Then the King said, Enquire thou whose sonne this yong man is.

57.And when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistím, then Abnér toke him, and broght him before Saúl with the head of the Philistím in his hand.

58.And Saúl said to him, Whose sonne art thou, thou yong man? And David answered, I am the sonne of thy servant Jshái the Bethlehemite.

1 Samuel 17

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