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1 Samuel 17:1
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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. |
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| 1 Samuel 17:2 |
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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. |
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| 1 Samuel 17:3 |
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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. |
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| 1 Samuel 17:4 |
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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. |
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| 1 Samuel 17:5 |
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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. |
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| 1 Samuel 17:6 |
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And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and
a target of brass between his shoulders. |
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| 1 Samuel 17:7 |
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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. |
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| 1 Samuel 17:8 |
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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. |
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| 1 Samuel 17:9 |
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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. |
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| 1 Samuel 17:10 |
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And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of
Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together. |
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| 1 Samuel 17:11 |
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When Saul and all Israel heard those words of
the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid. |
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| 1 Samuel 17:12 |
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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. |
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| 1 Samuel 17:13 |
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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. |
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| 1 Samuel 17:14 |
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And David was the youngest: and the three eldest
followed Saul. |
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| 1 Samuel 17:15 |
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But David went and returned from Saul to feed
his father's sheep at Bethlehem. |
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| 1 Samuel 17:16 |
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And the Philistine drew near morning and evening,
and presented himself forty days. |
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| 1 Samuel 17:17 |
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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; |
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| 1 Samuel 17:18 |
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And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain
of their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge. |
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| 1 Samuel 17:19 |
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Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel,
were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines. |
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| 1 Samuel 17:20 |
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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. |
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| 1 Samuel 17:21 |
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For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle
in array, army against army. |
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| 1 Samuel 17:22 |
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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. |
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| 1 Samuel 17:23 |
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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. |
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| 1 Samuel 17:24 |
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And all the men of Israel, when they saw the
man, fled from him, and were sore afraid. |
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| 1 Samuel 17:25 |
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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. |
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| 1 Samuel 17:26 |
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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? |
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| 1 Samuel 17:27 |
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And the people answered him after this manner,
saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him. |
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| 1 Samuel 17:28 |
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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. |
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| 1 Samuel 17:29 |
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And David said, What have I now done? Is there
not a cause? |
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| 1 Samuel 17:30 |
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And he turned from him toward another, and spake
after the same manner: and the people answered him again after the former manner. |
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| 1 Samuel 17:31 |
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And when the words were heard which David spake,
they rehearsed them before Saul: and he sent for him. |
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| 1 Samuel 17:32 |
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And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail
because of him; thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine. |
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| 1 Samuel 17:33 |
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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. |
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| 1 Samuel 17:34 |
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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: |
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| 1 Samuel 17:35 |
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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. |
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| 1 Samuel 17:36 |
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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. |
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| 1 Samuel 17:37 |
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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. |
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| 1 Samuel 17:38 |
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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. |
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| 1 Samuel 17:39 |
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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. |
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| 1 Samuel 17:40 |
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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. |
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| 1 Samuel 17:41 |
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And the Philistine came on and drew near unto
David; and the man that bare the shield went before him. |
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| 1 Samuel 17:42 |
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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. |
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| 1 Samuel 17:43 |
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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. |
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| 1 Samuel 17:44 |
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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. |
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| 1 Samuel 17:45 |
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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. |
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| 1 Samuel 17:46 |
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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. |
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| 1 Samuel 17:47 |
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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. |
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| 1 Samuel 17:48 |
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And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose,
and came, and drew nigh to meet David, that David hastened, and ran toward the
army to meet the Philistine. |
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| 1 Samuel 17:49 |
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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. |
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| 1 Samuel 17:50 |
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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. |
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| 1 Samuel 17:51 |
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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. |
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| 1 Samuel 17:52 |
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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. |
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| 1 Samuel 17:53 |
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And the children of Israel returned from chasing
after the Philistines, and they spoiled their tents. |
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| 1 Samuel 17:54 |
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And David took the head of the Philistine, and
brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armour in his tent. |
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| 1 Samuel 17:55 |
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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. |
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| 1 Samuel 17:56 |
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And the king said, Enquire thou whose son the
stripling is. |
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| 1 Samuel 17:57 |
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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. |
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| 1 Samuel 17:58 |
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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. |
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