GOLIATH

1SA 17:1  Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and 
were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and pitched 
between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephesdammim.

2  And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched by 
the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines.

3  And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel 
stood on a mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.

4  And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named 
Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.

5  And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed with a 
coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of 
brass.

6  And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between 
his shoulders.

7  And the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's 
head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went 
before him.

8  And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, 
Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a Philistine, and 
ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me.

9  If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your 
servants: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our 
servants, and serve us.

10  And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me 
a man, that we may fight together.

11  When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were 
dismayed, and greatly afraid.

12  Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehemjudah, whose name 
was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man 
in the days of Saul.

13  And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the 
battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab 
the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.

14  And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul.

15  But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep at 
Bethlehem.

16  And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself 
forty days.

17  And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren an ephah 
of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp of thy 
brethren;

18  And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and 
look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.

19  Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of 
Elah, fighting with the Philistines.

20  And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a 
keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the 
trench, as the host was going forth to the fight, and shouted for the 
battle.

21  For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army 
against army.

22  And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage, 
and ran into the army, and came and saluted his brethren.

23  And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the 
Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the Philistines, 
and spake according to the same words: and David heard them.

24  And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and 
were sore afraid.

25  And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? 
surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who 
killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him 
his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel.

26  And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be 
done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach 
from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy 
the armies of the living God?

27  And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be 
done to the man that killeth him.

28  And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and 
Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down 
hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I 
know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down 
that thou mightest see the battle.

29  And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause?

30  And he turned from him toward another, and spake after the same manner: 
and the people answered him again after the former manner.

31  And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them 
before Saul: and he sent for him.

32  And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him; thy 
servant will go and fight with this Philistine.

33  And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine 
to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his 
youth.

34  And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and 
there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:

35  And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his 
mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote 
him, and slew him.

36  Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised 
Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the 
living God.

37  David said moreover, The LORD that delivered me out of the paw of the 
lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of 
this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and the LORD be with thee.

38  And Saul armed David with his armour, and he put an helmet of brass 
upon his head; also he armed him with a coat of mail.

39  And David girded his sword upon his armour, and he assayed to go; for 
he had not proved it. And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with these; for 
I have not proved them. And David put them off him.

40  And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out 
of the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag which he had, even in a 
scrip; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine.

41  And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and the man that 
bare the shield went before him.

42  And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him: 
for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance.

43  And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me 
with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.

44  And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh 
unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field.

45  Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and 
with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD 
of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.

46  This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite 
thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the 
host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild 
beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in 
Israel.

47  And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword 
and spear: for the battle is the LORD'S, and he will give you into our 
hands.

48  And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came, and drew nigh 
to meet David, that David hasted, and ran toward the army to meet the 
Philistine.

49  And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang 
it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his 
forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth.

50  So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, 
and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand 
of David.

51  Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, 
and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head 
therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled.

52  And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued the 
Philistines, until thou come to the valley, and to the gates of Ekron. And 
the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even unto 
Gath, and unto Ekron.

53  And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, 
and they spoiled their tents.

54  And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; 
but he put his armour in his tent.

55  And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto 
Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? And Abner 
said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell.

56  And the king said, Enquire thou whose son the stripling is.

57  And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took 
him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his 
hand.

58  And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, thou young man? And David 
answered, I am the son of thy servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.

21:9  And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou 
slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind 
the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take it: for there is no other save that 
here. And David said, There is none like that; give it me.

22:10  And he enquired of the LORD for him, and gave him victuals, and gave 
him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.

2SA 21:15  Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and 
David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the 
Philistines: and David waxed faint.

16  And Ishbibenob, which was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose 
spear weighed three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being girded 
with a new sword, thought to have slain David.

17  But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, 
and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go 
no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the light of Israel.

18  And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with the 
Philistines at Gob: then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph, which was of 
the sons of the giant.

19  And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan 
the son of Jaareoregim, a Bethlehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the 
Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.

20  And there was yet a battle in Gath, where was a man of great stature, 
that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and 
twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant.

21  And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimeah the brother of 
David slew him.

22  These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of 
David, and by the hand of his servants.

1CH 20:4  And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezer 
with the Philistines; at which time Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Sippai, 
that was of the children of the giant: and they were subdued.

5  And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of 
Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff was 
like a weaver's beam.

6  And yet again there was war at Gath, where was a man of great stature, 
whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on each hand, and six on 
each foot and he also was the son of the giant.

7  But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother 
slew him.

8  These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of 
David, and by the hand of his servants.

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