1 Samuel 17-18New King James Version (NKJV)
David and Goliath
17 Now the Philistines gathered their armies
together to battle, and were gathered at Sochoh, which belongs to
Judah; they encamped between Sochoh and Azekah, in Ephes Dammim. 2 And
Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and they encamped in the Valley
of Elah, and drew up in battle array against the Philistines. 3 The
Philistines stood on a mountain on one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on
the other side, with a valley between them.
4 And a champion went out from the
camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, from Gath, whose height was six
cubits and a span. 5 He had a bronze
helmet on his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail, and
the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of
bronze. 6 And he had bronze armor
on his legs and a bronze javelin between his shoulders. 7 Now
the staff of his spear was like a weaver’s beam, and his iron
spearhead weighed six hundred shekels; and a shield-bearer
went before him. 8 Then he stood and cried out to
the armies of Israel, and said to them, “Why have you come out to line up for
battle? Am I not a Philistine, and you the servants of Saul?
Choose a man for yourselves, and let him come down to me. 9 If
he is able to fight with me and kill me, then we will be your servants. But if
I prevail against him and kill him, then you shall 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 these words of the Philistine, they were dismayed and
greatly afraid.
12 Now David was the
son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem Judah, whose name was Jesse,
and who had eight sons. And the man was old, advanced in years, in
the days of Saul. 13 The three oldest sons of Jesse
had gone to follow Saul to the battle. The names of his three sons who went to
the battle were Eliab the firstborn, next to him Abinadab, and
the third Shammah. 14 David was the
youngest. And the three oldest followed Saul. 15 But
David occasionally went and returned from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at
Bethlehem.
16 And the Philistine drew near and
presented himself forty days, morning and evening.
17 Then Jesse said to his son David,
“Take now for your brothers an ephah of this dried grain and
these ten loaves, and run to your brothers at the camp. 18 And
carry these ten cheeses to the captain of their thousand, and
see how your brothers fare, and bring back news of them.” 19 Now
Saul and they and all the men of Israel were in the Valley of
Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
20 So David rose early in the
morning, left the sheep with a keeper, and took the things and
went as Jesse had commanded him. And he came to the camp as the army was going
out to the fight and shouting for the battle. 21 For
Israel and the Philistines had drawn up in battle array, army against
army. 22 And David left his supplies in the hand of
the supply keeper, ran to the army, and came and greeted his brothers. 23 Then
as he talked with them, there was the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath
by name, coming up from the armies of the Philistines; and he spoke according
to the same words. So David heard them. 24 And
all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him and were dreadfully
afraid. 25 So the men of Israel said, “Have you
seen this man who has come up? Surely he has come up to defy Israel; and it
shall be that the man who kills him the king will enrich with
great riches, will give him his daughter, and give his father’s house
exemption from taxes in Israel.”
26 Then David spoke to the men who
stood by him, saying, “What shall be done for the man who kills this Philistine
and takes 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 in this
manner, saying, “So shall it be done for the man who kills him.”
28 Now Eliab his oldest brother heard
when he spoke to the men; and Eliab’s anger was aroused against David, and he
said, “Why did you come down here? And with whom have you left those few sheep
in the wilderness? I know your pride and the insolence of your heart, for you
have come down to see the battle.”
29 And David said, “What have I done
now? Is there not a cause?” 30 Then
he turned from him toward another and said the same thing; and these people
answered him as the first ones did.
31 Now when the words which David
spoke were heard, they reported them to Saul; and he sent for
him. 32 Then David said to Saul, “Let no man’s
heart fail because of him; your servant will go and fight with this
Philistine.”
33 And Saul said to David, “You are
not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for you are a
youth, and he a man of war from his youth.”
34 But David said to Saul, “Your
servant used to keep his father’s sheep, and when a lion or a bear came and
took a lamb out of the flock, 35 I went out after
it and struck it, and delivered the lamb from its mouth; and
when it arose against me, I caught it by its beard, and struck
and killed it. 36 Your servant has killed both lion
and bear; and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, seeing he
has defied the armies of the living God.” 37 Moreover
David said, “The Lord, who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from
the paw of the bear, He will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.”
And Saul said to David, “Go, and the Lord be with
you!”
38 So Saul clothed David with his
armor, and he put a bronze helmet on his head; he also clothed him with a coat
of mail. 39 David fastened his sword to his armor
and tried to walk, for he had not tested them. And David said
to Saul, “I cannot walk with these, for I have not tested them.” So
David took them off.
40 Then he took his staff in his
hand; and he chose for himself five smooth stones from the brook, and put them
in a shepherd’s bag, in a pouch which he had, and his sling was in his hand.
And he drew near to the Philistine. 41 So the
Philistine came, and began drawing near to David, and the man who bore the
shield went before him. 42 And
when the Philistine looked about and saw David, he disdained him; for he
was only a youth, ruddy and good-looking. 43 So
the Philistine said to David, “Am I a dog, that you come to me with
sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. 44 And
the Philistine said to David, “Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the
birds of the air and the beasts of the field!”
45 Then David said to the Philistine,
“You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin. But I come to
you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of
Israel, whom you have defied. 46 This day
the Lord will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you and
take your head from you. And this day I will give the carcasses of the camp of
the Philistines to the birds of the air and the wild beasts of the earth, that
all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel. 47 Then
all this assembly shall know that the Lord does not save with sword
and spear; for the battle is the Lord’s, and He will give
you into our hands.”
48 So it was, when the Philistine
arose and came and drew near to meet David, that David hurried and ran toward
the army to meet the Philistine. 49 Then David put
his hand in his bag and took out a stone; and he slung it and
struck the Philistine in his forehead, so that the stone sank into his
forehead, and he fell on his face to the earth. 50 So
David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone, and struck the
Philistine and killed him. But there was no sword in the hand
of David. 51 Therefore David ran and stood over the
Philistine, took his sword and drew it out of its sheath and killed him, and
cut off his head with it.
And when the Philistines saw that their champion was dead,
they fled. 52 Now the men of Israel and Judah arose
and shouted, and pursued the Philistines as far as the entrance of the valley[a] and to the gates of
Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell along the road to Shaaraim, even
as far as Gath and Ekron. 53 Then the children of
Israel returned from chasing the Philistines, and they plundered their
tents. 54 And David took the head of the Philistine
and brought it to Jerusalem, but he put his armor in his tent.
55 When Saul saw David going out
against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the commander of the army, “Abner,
whose son is this youth?”
And Abner said, “As your soul lives, O king, I do not know.”
56 So the king said, “Inquire whose
son this young man is.”
57 Then, 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 are you, young man?”
So David answered, “I am the son of your servant
Jesse the Bethlehemite.”
Saul Resents David
18 Now when he had finished speaking to Saul,
the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as
his own soul. 2 Saul took him that day, and would
not let him go home to his father’s house anymore. 3 Then
Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul. 4 And
Jonathan took off the robe that was on him and gave it to
David, with his armor, even to his sword and his bow and his belt.
5 So David went out wherever Saul
sent him, and behaved wisely. And Saul set him over the men of
war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people and also in the sight
of Saul’s servants. 6 Now it had happened as they
were coming home, when David was returning from the slaughter
of the Philistine, that the women had come out of all the cities of Israel,
singing and dancing, to meet King Saul, with tambourines, with joy, and with
musical instruments. 7 So the women sang as they
danced, and said:
“Saul has slain his thousands,
And David his ten thousands.”
And David his ten thousands.”
8 Then Saul was very angry, and the
saying displeased him; and he said, “They have ascribed to David ten thousands,
and to me they have ascribed only thousands. Now what more
can he have but the kingdom?” 9 So Saul eyed David
from that day forward.
10 And it happened on the next day
that the distressing spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied inside
the house. So David played music with his hand, as at other
times; but there was a spear in Saul’s hand. 11 And
Saul cast the spear, for he said, “I will pin David to the wall!” But David
escaped his presence twice.
12 Now Saul was afraid of David,
because the Lord was with him, but had departed from Saul. 13 Therefore
Saul removed him from his presence, and made him his captain over a thousand;
and he went out and came in before the people. 14 And
David behaved wisely in all his ways, and the Lord was with
him. 15 Therefore, when Saul saw that he behaved
very wisely, he was afraid of him. 16 But all
Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came in before them.
David Marries Michal
17 Then Saul said to David, “Here is
my older daughter Merab; I will give her to you as a wife. Only be valiant for
me, and fight the Lord’s battles.” For Saul thought, “Let my hand not be
against him, but let the hand of the Philistines be against him.”
18 So David said to Saul, “Who am I,
and what is my life or my father’s family in
Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king?” 19 But
it happened at the time when Merab, Saul’s daughter, should have been given to
David, that she was given to Adriel the Meholathite as a wife.
20 Now Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved
David. And they told Saul, and the thing pleased him. 21 So
Saul said, “I will give her to him, that she may be a snare to him, and that
the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” Therefore Saul said to David a
second time, “You shall be my son-in-law today.”
22 And Saul commanded his servants,
“Communicate with David secretly, and say, ‘Look, the king has delight in you,
and all his servants love you. Now therefore, become the king’s son-in-law.’”
23 So Saul’s servants spoke those
words in the hearing of David. And David said, “Does it seem to you a light thing to
be a king’s son-in-law, seeing I am a poor and lightly
esteemed man?” 24 And the servants of Saul told
him, saying, “In this manner David spoke.”
25 Then Saul said, “Thus you shall
say to David: ‘The king does not desire any dowry but one hundred foreskins of
the Philistines, to take vengeance on the king’s enemies.’” But Saul thought to
make David fall by the hand of the Philistines. 26 So
when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to become the
king’s son-in-law. Now the days had not expired; 27 therefore
David arose and went, he and his men, and killed two hundred men of the
Philistines. And David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full
count to the king, that he might become the king’s son-in-law. Then Saul gave
him Michal his daughter as a wife.
28 Thus Saul saw and knew that
the Lord was with David, and that Michal,
Saul’s daughter, loved him; 29 and Saul was still
more afraid of David. So Saul became David’s enemy continually. 30 Then
the princes of the Philistines went out to war. And so it was,
whenever they went out, that David behaved more wisely than
all the servants of Saul, so that his name became highly esteemed.
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