1 Samuel 17 - Bíblia Online

Golias desafia os israelitas
Os filisteus reuniram seu exército para a batalha e acamparam em Efes-Damim, entre Socó, em Judá, e Azeca. 2 Em resposta, Saul reuniu as tropas israelitas perto do vale de Elá. 3 Assim, os filisteus e os israelitas ficaram frente a frente, em colinas opostas, com o vale entre eles. 
Então Golias, um guerreiro filisteu de Gate, saiu das fileiras do exército filisteu. Ele tinha 2,90 metros de altura, 5 usava um capacete de bronze e vestia uma couraça de escamas de bronze que pesava sessenta quilos. 6 Também usava caneleiras de bronze e carregava no ombro um dardo de bronze. 7 A haste de sua lança era pesada e grossa, como o eixo de um tear, e a ponta de ferro da lança pesava cerca de sete quilos. Seu escudeiro caminhava à frente dele. 
Golias parou e gritou para as tropas israelitas: "Por que saíram todos para lutar? Eu sou filisteu, e vocês são servos de Saul. Escolham um homem para vir aqui e lutar comigo! 9 Se ele me matar, seremos seus escravos. Mas, se eu o matar, vocês serão nossos escravos! 10 Desafio hoje os exércitos de Israel. Mandem um homem para lutar comigo!". 11 Quando Saul e os israelitas ouviram isso, ficaram aterrorizados e muito abalados. 
Jessé envia Davi ao acampamento de Saul
Davi era filho de Jessé, efrateu de Belém, na terra de Judá. Na época do rei Saul, Jessé já era idoso e tinha oito filhos. 13 Os três filhos mais velhos de Jessé — Eliabe, Abinadabe e Simeia — haviam se alistado no exército de Saul para lutar contra os filisteus. 14 Davi era o mais novo. Seus três irmãos mais velhos seguiam o exército de Saul, 15 enquanto Davi ia e voltava para ajudar seu pai a cuidar das ovelhas em Belém. 
Durante quarenta dias, pela manhã e à tarde, o guerreiro filisteu se apresentava diante do exército israelita e o desafiava. 
Um dia, Jessé disse a Davi: "Leve depressa para seus irmãos que estão no acampamento este cesto com grãos tostados e estes dez pães. 18 Leve também estes dez queijos para o capitão deles. Veja como estão seus irmãos e traga notícias deles". 19 Os irmãos de Davi estavam com Saul e o exército israelita no vale de Elá, lutando contra os filisteus. 
Davi deixou as ovelhas com outro pastor e, na manhã seguinte, partiu bem cedo com os presentes, como Jessé havia ordenado. Chegou ao acampamento quando o exército israelita saía para o campo de batalha com gritos de guerra. 21 Logo, filisteus e israelitas estavam frente a frente, exército contra exército. 22 Davi deixou suas coisas com o responsável pelos suprimentos e correu até a frente de batalha para saudar seus irmãos. 23 Enquanto falava com eles, Golias, o guerreiro filisteu de Gate, saiu das fileiras do exército filisteu. Davi o ouviu gritar seu desafio habitual. 
Quando os israelitas viram Golias, começaram a fugir, apavorados. 25 "Vocês viram aquele homem?", perguntavam uns aos outros. "Ele sai todos os dias para desafiar Israel. O rei ofereceu uma grande recompensa para quem o matar. Dará uma de suas filhas como esposa e isentará toda a família dele de pagar impostos!" 
Então Davi perguntou aos soldados que estavam por perto: "O que receberá o homem que matar esse filisteu e acabar com suas provocações contra Israel? Afinal de contas, quem é esse filisteu incircunciso para desafiar os exércitos do Deus vivo?". 
Os soldados repetiram o que tinham dito e confirmaram: "Sim, essa será a recompensa para quem o matar". 
Quando Eliabe, irmão mais velho de Davi, o ouviu falando com os soldados, ficou furioso e perguntou: "O que você está fazendo aqui? Não devia estar tomando conta daquelas poucas ovelhas? Conheço sua arrogância e suas más intenções. Você quer apenas ver a batalha!". 
"O que eu fiz agora?", disse Davi. "Só fiz uma pergunta!" 30 Então foi até outros soldados, fez a mesma pergunta e recebeu a mesma resposta. 31 Alguém contou ao rei Saul o que Davi tinha dito, e o rei mandou chamá-lo. 
Davi mata Golias
Davi disse a Saul: "Ninguém se preocupe por causa desse filisteu. Seu servo vai lutar contra ele". 
Saul respondeu: "Você não conseguirá lutar contra esse filisteu e vencer! É apenas um rapaz, e ele é guerreiro desde a juventude". 
Davi, porém insistiu: "Tomo conta das ovelhas de meu pai e, quando um leão ou um urso aparece para levar um cordeiro do rebanho, 35 vou atrás dele com meu cajado e tiro o cordeiro de sua boca. Se o animal me ataca, eu o seguro pela mandíbula e dou golpes nele com o cajado até ele morrer. 36 Fiz isso com o leão e o urso, e farei o mesmo com esse filisteu incircunciso, pois ele desafiou os exércitos do Deus vivo!". 37 E disse ainda: "O Senhor que me livrou das garras do leão e do urso também me livrará desse filisteu!". 
Por fim, Saul consentiu. "Está bem, então vá", disse. "E que o Senhor esteja com você!" 
Então Saul deu a Davi sua própria armadura, incluindo uma couraça e um capacete de bronze. 39 Davi prendeu a espada sobre a armadura e tentou dar alguns passos, pois nunca tinha usado essas coisas. 
"Não consigo andar com tudo isso, pois não estou acostumado", disse a Saul, e tirou a armadura. 40 Pegou cinco pedras lisas de um riacho e as colocou em sua bolsa de pastor. Armado apenas com seu cajado e sua funda, foi enfrentar o filisteu. 
Golias, com seu escudeiro à frente, caminhava em direção a Davi, 42 rindo com desprezo do belo jovem ruivo. 43 Gritou para Davi: "Por acaso sou um cão para que você venha a mim com um pedaço de pau?". E amaldiçoou Davi em nome de seus deuses. 44 "Venha cá, e darei sua carne às aves e aos animais selvagens!", berrou Golias. 
Davi respondeu ao filisteu: "Você vem a mim com uma espada, uma lança e um dardo, mas eu vou enfrentá-lo em nome do Senhor dos Exércitos, o Deus dos exércitos de Israel, que você desafiou. 46 Hoje o Senhor entregará você em minhas mãos, e eu o matarei e cortarei sua cabeça. Então darei os cadáveres de seus homens às aves e aos animais selvagens, e o mundo todo saberá que há Deus em Israel! 47 E todos que estão aqui reunidos saberão que o Senhor salva seu povo, mas não com espada nem com lança. A batalha é do Senhor, e ele entregará vocês em nossas mãos!". 
Quando o filisteu se aproximou para atacar, Davi foi correndo enfrentá-lo. 49 Enfiou a mão na bolsa, pegou uma pedra e atirou-a com sua funda. A pedra acertou o filisteu na testa e ficou encravada ali. E Golias caiu com o rosto em terra. 
Assim, Davi venceu o filisteu e o matou com apenas uma funda e uma pedra, pois não tinha espada. 51 Em seguida, correu até o filisteu, puxou da bainha a espada dele e a usou para matá-lo e cortar-lhe a cabeça. 
Israel derrota os filisteus
Quando os filisteus viram que seu melhor guerreiro estava morto, deram meia-volta e fugiram. 52 Os soldados de Israel e de Judá soltaram um forte grito de vitória e perseguiram os filisteus até Gate e até os portões de Ecrom. E os corpos dos filisteus mortos e feridos ficaram espalhados pelo caminho de Saarim até Gate e Ecrom. 53 Então o exército israelita voltou e saqueou o acampamento abandonado dos filisteus. 54 (Davi levou a cabeça do filisteu para Jerusalém, mas guardou as armas dele em sua própria tenda.) 
Quando Saul viu Davi sair para lutar contra os filisteus, perguntou a Abner, o comandante de seu exército: "Abner, quem é o pai desse rapaz?". 
"Não faço ideia, ó rei!", disse Abner. 
"Então descubra quem é o pai dele!", ordenou. 
Assim que Davi voltou, depois de matar Golias, Abner o levou a Saul. Ele ainda carregava a cabeça do filisteu em suas mãos. 58 Saul perguntou: "Quem é seu pai, meu rapaz?". 
E Davi respondeu: "Sou filho de Jessé, que vive em Belém". 

Now the Philistines gathered their armies together to battle. And they were gathered together at Socoh, which belongs to Judah, and encamped between Socoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim. 
And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and encamped in the vale of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines. 
And the Philistines stood on the mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on the mountain on the other side, and there was a valley between them. 
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. 
And he had a helmet of brass upon his head, and he was clad with a coat of mail. And the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass. 
And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a javelin of brass between his shoulders. 
And the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam, and his spear's head [weighed] six hundred shekels of iron. And his shield-bearer went before him. 
And he stood and cried out to the armies of Israel, and said to them, Why have ye come out to set your battle in array? Am I not a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? Choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me. 
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 ye shall be our servants, and serve us. 
And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day. Give me a man, that we may fight together. 
And when Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid. 
Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem-judah, whose name was Jesse. And he had eight sons, and the man was an old man in the days of Saul, stricken [in years] among men. 
And the three eldest sons of Jesse had gone after Saul to the battle. And the names of his three sons who went to the battle were Eliab the first-born, and next to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah. 
And David was the youngest, and the three eldest followed Saul. 
Now David went to and fro from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem. 
And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days. 
And Jesse said to David his son, Take now for thy brothers an ephah of this parched grain, and these ten loaves, and carry [them] quickly to the camp to thy brothers. 
And bring these ten cheeses to the captain of their thousand. And look how thy brothers fare, and take their pledge. 
Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines. 
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 place of the wagons as the army which was going forth to the fight shouted for the battle. 
And Israel and the Philistines put the battle in array, army against army. 
And David left his baggage in the hand of the keeper of the baggage, and ran to the army, and came and saluted his brothers. 
And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the ranks of the Philistines, and spoke according to the same words, and David heard them. 
And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were greatly afraid. 
And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man who has come up? Surely to defy Israel he has come up. And it shall be, that the man who kills him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and m 
And David spoke to the men who stood by him, saying, What shall be done to 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 l 
And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that kills him. 
And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spoke to the men. And Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why have thou come down? And with whom have thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and t 
And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause? 
And he turned away from him toward another, and spoke after the same manner, and the people answered him again after the former manner. 
And when the words were heard which David spoke, they repeated them before Saul, and he sent for him. 
And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him. Thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine. 
And Saul said to David, Thou are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him, for thou are but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth. 
And David said to Saul, Thy servant was keeping his father's sheep, and when there came a lion, or a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock, 
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 killed him. 
Thy servant smote both the lion and the bear, and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he has defied the armies of the living God. 
And David said, LORD who 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 to David, Go, and LORD shall be with thee. 
And Saul clad David with his apparel, and he put a helmet of brass upon his head, and he clad him with a coat of mail. 
And David girded his sword upon his apparel, and he attempted to go, for he had not tested them. And David said to Saul, I cannot go with these, for I have not tested them. And David put them off of him. 
And he took his staff in his hand, and chose for him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in the shepherd's bag which he had, even in his wallet. And his sling was in his hand, and he drew near to the Philistine. 
And the Philistine came on and drew near to David, and the man who bore the shield went before him. 
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. 
And the Philistine said to David, Am I a dog, that thou come to me with sticks? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. 
And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh to the birds of the heavens, and to the beasts of the field. 
Then David said to the Philistine, Thou come to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a javelin, but I come to thee in the name of LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou have defied. 
This day LORD will deliver thee into my hand, and I will smite thee, and take thy head from off thee. And I will give the dead bodies of the armies of the Philistines this day to the birds of the heavens, and to the wild beasts of 
and that all this assembly may know that LORD saves not with sword and spear. For the battle is LORD's, and he will give you into our hand. 
And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came and drew near to meet David, that David hastened, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine. 
And David put his hand in his bag, and took from there a stone, and slung it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead. And the stone sank into his forehead, and he fell upon his face to the earth. 
So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. But there was no sword in the hand of David. 
Then David ran, and stood over the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath of it, and killed him, and cut off his head with it. And when the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled. 
And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines until thou come to Gai, and to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even to Gath, and to Ekron. 
And the sons of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they plundered their camp. 
And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem, but he put his armor in his tent. 
And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the captain of the army, Abner, whose son is this youth? And Abner said, As thy soul lives, O king, I cannot tell. 
And the king said, Inquire thou whose son the stripling is. 
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. 
And Saul said to him, Whose son are thou, young man? And David answered, I am the son of thy servant Jesse the Bethlehemite. 

1 Samuel 18

Golias desafia os israelitas
Os filisteus reuniram seu exército para a batalha e acamparam em Efes-Damim, entre Socó, em Judá, e Azeca. 2 Em resposta, Saul reuniu as tropas israelitas perto do vale de Elá. 3 Assim, os filisteus e os israelitas ficaram frente a frente, em colinas opostas, com o vale entre eles. 
Então Golias, um guerreiro filisteu de Gate, saiu das fileiras do exército filisteu. Ele tinha 2,90 metros de altura, 5 usava um capacete de bronze e vestia uma couraça de escamas de bronze que pesava sessenta quilos. 6 Também usava caneleiras de bronze e carregava no ombro um dardo de bronze. 7 A haste de sua lança era pesada e grossa, como o eixo de um tear, e a ponta de ferro da lança pesava cerca de sete quilos. Seu escudeiro caminhava à frente dele. 
Golias parou e gritou para as tropas israelitas: "Por que saíram todos para lutar? Eu sou filisteu, e vocês são servos de Saul. Escolham um homem para vir aqui e lutar comigo! 9 Se ele me matar, seremos seus escravos. Mas, se eu o matar, vocês serão nossos escravos! 10 Desafio hoje os exércitos de Israel. Mandem um homem para lutar comigo!". 11 Quando Saul e os israelitas ouviram isso, ficaram aterrorizados e muito abalados. 
Jessé envia Davi ao acampamento de Saul
Davi era filho de Jessé, efrateu de Belém, na terra de Judá. Na época do rei Saul, Jessé já era idoso e tinha oito filhos. 13 Os três filhos mais velhos de Jessé — Eliabe, Abinadabe e Simeia — haviam se alistado no exército de Saul para lutar contra os filisteus. 14 Davi era o mais novo. Seus três irmãos mais velhos seguiam o exército de Saul, 15 enquanto Davi ia e voltava para ajudar seu pai a cuidar das ovelhas em Belém. 
Durante quarenta dias, pela manhã e à tarde, o guerreiro filisteu se apresentava diante do exército israelita e o desafiava. 
Um dia, Jessé disse a Davi: "Leve depressa para seus irmãos que estão no acampamento este cesto com grãos tostados e estes dez pães. 18 Leve também estes dez queijos para o capitão deles. Veja como estão seus irmãos e traga notícias deles". 19 Os irmãos de Davi estavam com Saul e o exército israelita no vale de Elá, lutando contra os filisteus. 
Davi deixou as ovelhas com outro pastor e, na manhã seguinte, partiu bem cedo com os presentes, como Jessé havia ordenado. Chegou ao acampamento quando o exército israelita saía para o campo de batalha com gritos de guerra. 21 Logo, filisteus e israelitas estavam frente a frente, exército contra exército. 22 Davi deixou suas coisas com o responsável pelos suprimentos e correu até a frente de batalha para saudar seus irmãos. 23 Enquanto falava com eles, Golias, o guerreiro filisteu de Gate, saiu das fileiras do exército filisteu. Davi o ouviu gritar seu desafio habitual. 
Quando os israelitas viram Golias, começaram a fugir, apavorados. 25 "Vocês viram aquele homem?", perguntavam uns aos outros. "Ele sai todos os dias para desafiar Israel. O rei ofereceu uma grande recompensa para quem o matar. Dará uma de suas filhas como esposa e isentará toda a família dele de pagar impostos!" 
Então Davi perguntou aos soldados que estavam por perto: "O que receberá o homem que matar esse filisteu e acabar com suas provocações contra Israel? Afinal de contas, quem é esse filisteu incircunciso para desafiar os exércitos do Deus vivo?". 
Os soldados repetiram o que tinham dito e confirmaram: "Sim, essa será a recompensa para quem o matar". 
Quando Eliabe, irmão mais velho de Davi, o ouviu falando com os soldados, ficou furioso e perguntou: "O que você está fazendo aqui? Não devia estar tomando conta daquelas poucas ovelhas? Conheço sua arrogância e suas más intenções. Você quer apenas ver a batalha!". 
"O que eu fiz agora?", disse Davi. "Só fiz uma pergunta!" 30 Então foi até outros soldados, fez a mesma pergunta e recebeu a mesma resposta. 31 Alguém contou ao rei Saul o que Davi tinha dito, e o rei mandou chamá-lo. 
Davi mata Golias
Davi disse a Saul: "Ninguém se preocupe por causa desse filisteu. Seu servo vai lutar contra ele". 
Saul respondeu: "Você não conseguirá lutar contra esse filisteu e vencer! É apenas um rapaz, e ele é guerreiro desde a juventude". 
Davi, porém insistiu: "Tomo conta das ovelhas de meu pai e, quando um leão ou um urso aparece para levar um cordeiro do rebanho, 35 vou atrás dele com meu cajado e tiro o cordeiro de sua boca. Se o animal me ataca, eu o seguro pela mandíbula e dou golpes nele com o cajado até ele morrer. 36 Fiz isso com o leão e o urso, e farei o mesmo com esse filisteu incircunciso, pois ele desafiou os exércitos do Deus vivo!". 37 E disse ainda: "O Senhor que me livrou das garras do leão e do urso também me livrará desse filisteu!". 
Por fim, Saul consentiu. "Está bem, então vá", disse. "E que o Senhor esteja com você!" 
Então Saul deu a Davi sua própria armadura, incluindo uma couraça e um capacete de bronze. 39 Davi prendeu a espada sobre a armadura e tentou dar alguns passos, pois nunca tinha usado essas coisas. 
"Não consigo andar com tudo isso, pois não estou acostumado", disse a Saul, e tirou a armadura. 40 Pegou cinco pedras lisas de um riacho e as colocou em sua bolsa de pastor. Armado apenas com seu cajado e sua funda, foi enfrentar o filisteu. 
Golias, com seu escudeiro à frente, caminhava em direção a Davi, 42 rindo com desprezo do belo jovem ruivo. 43 Gritou para Davi: "Por acaso sou um cão para que você venha a mim com um pedaço de pau?". E amaldiçoou Davi em nome de seus deuses. 44 "Venha cá, e darei sua carne às aves e aos animais selvagens!", berrou Golias. 
Davi respondeu ao filisteu: "Você vem a mim com uma espada, uma lança e um dardo, mas eu vou enfrentá-lo em nome do Senhor dos Exércitos, o Deus dos exércitos de Israel, que você desafiou. 46 Hoje o Senhor entregará você em minhas mãos, e eu o matarei e cortarei sua cabeça. Então darei os cadáveres de seus homens às aves e aos animais selvagens, e o mundo todo saberá que há Deus em Israel! 47 E todos que estão aqui reunidos saberão que o Senhor salva seu povo, mas não com espada nem com lança. A batalha é do Senhor, e ele entregará vocês em nossas mãos!". 
Quando o filisteu se aproximou para atacar, Davi foi correndo enfrentá-lo. 49 Enfiou a mão na bolsa, pegou uma pedra e atirou-a com sua funda. A pedra acertou o filisteu na testa e ficou encravada ali. E Golias caiu com o rosto em terra. 
Assim, Davi venceu o filisteu e o matou com apenas uma funda e uma pedra, pois não tinha espada. 51 Em seguida, correu até o filisteu, puxou da bainha a espada dele e a usou para matá-lo e cortar-lhe a cabeça. 
Israel derrota os filisteus
Quando os filisteus viram que seu melhor guerreiro estava morto, deram meia-volta e fugiram. 52 Os soldados de Israel e de Judá soltaram um forte grito de vitória e perseguiram os filisteus até Gate e até os portões de Ecrom. E os corpos dos filisteus mortos e feridos ficaram espalhados pelo caminho de Saarim até Gate e Ecrom. 53 Então o exército israelita voltou e saqueou o acampamento abandonado dos filisteus. 54 (Davi levou a cabeça do filisteu para Jerusalém, mas guardou as armas dele em sua própria tenda.) 
Quando Saul viu Davi sair para lutar contra os filisteus, perguntou a Abner, o comandante de seu exército: "Abner, quem é o pai desse rapaz?". 
"Não faço ideia, ó rei!", disse Abner. 
"Então descubra quem é o pai dele!", ordenou. 
Assim que Davi voltou, depois de matar Golias, Abner o levou a Saul. Ele ainda carregava a cabeça do filisteu em suas mãos. 58 Saul perguntou: "Quem é seu pai, meu rapaz?". 
E Davi respondeu: "Sou filho de Jessé, que vive em Belém". 

Now the Philistines gathered their armies together to battle. And they were gathered together at Socoh, which belongs to Judah, and encamped between Socoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim. 
And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and encamped in the vale of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines. 
And the Philistines stood on the mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on the mountain on the other side, and there was a valley between them. 
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. 
And he had a helmet of brass upon his head, and he was clad with a coat of mail. And the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass. 
And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a javelin of brass between his shoulders. 
And the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam, and his spear's head [weighed] six hundred shekels of iron. And his shield-bearer went before him. 
And he stood and cried out to the armies of Israel, and said to them, Why have ye come out to set your battle in array? Am I not a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? Choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me. 
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 ye shall be our servants, and serve us. 
And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day. Give me a man, that we may fight together. 
And when Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid. 
Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem-judah, whose name was Jesse. And he had eight sons, and the man was an old man in the days of Saul, stricken [in years] among men. 
And the three eldest sons of Jesse had gone after Saul to the battle. And the names of his three sons who went to the battle were Eliab the first-born, and next to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah. 
And David was the youngest, and the three eldest followed Saul. 
Now David went to and fro from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem. 
And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days. 
And Jesse said to David his son, Take now for thy brothers an ephah of this parched grain, and these ten loaves, and carry [them] quickly to the camp to thy brothers. 
And bring these ten cheeses to the captain of their thousand. And look how thy brothers fare, and take their pledge. 
Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines. 
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 place of the wagons as the army which was going forth to the fight shouted for the battle. 
And Israel and the Philistines put the battle in array, army against army. 
And David left his baggage in the hand of the keeper of the baggage, and ran to the army, and came and saluted his brothers. 
And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the ranks of the Philistines, and spoke according to the same words, and David heard them. 
And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were greatly afraid. 
And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man who has come up? Surely to defy Israel he has come up. And it shall be, that the man who kills him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and m 
And David spoke to the men who stood by him, saying, What shall be done to 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 l 
And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that kills him. 
And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spoke to the men. And Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why have thou come down? And with whom have thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and t 
And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause? 
And he turned away from him toward another, and spoke after the same manner, and the people answered him again after the former manner. 
And when the words were heard which David spoke, they repeated them before Saul, and he sent for him. 
And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him. Thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine. 
And Saul said to David, Thou are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him, for thou are but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth. 
And David said to Saul, Thy servant was keeping his father's sheep, and when there came a lion, or a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock, 
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 killed him. 
Thy servant smote both the lion and the bear, and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he has defied the armies of the living God. 
And David said, LORD who 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 to David, Go, and LORD shall be with thee. 
And Saul clad David with his apparel, and he put a helmet of brass upon his head, and he clad him with a coat of mail. 
And David girded his sword upon his apparel, and he attempted to go, for he had not tested them. And David said to Saul, I cannot go with these, for I have not tested them. And David put them off of him. 
And he took his staff in his hand, and chose for him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in the shepherd's bag which he had, even in his wallet. And his sling was in his hand, and he drew near to the Philistine. 
And the Philistine came on and drew near to David, and the man who bore the shield went before him. 
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. 
And the Philistine said to David, Am I a dog, that thou come to me with sticks? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. 
And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh to the birds of the heavens, and to the beasts of the field. 
Then David said to the Philistine, Thou come to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a javelin, but I come to thee in the name of LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou have defied. 
This day LORD will deliver thee into my hand, and I will smite thee, and take thy head from off thee. And I will give the dead bodies of the armies of the Philistines this day to the birds of the heavens, and to the wild beasts of 
and that all this assembly may know that LORD saves not with sword and spear. For the battle is LORD's, and he will give you into our hand. 
And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came and drew near to meet David, that David hastened, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine. 
And David put his hand in his bag, and took from there a stone, and slung it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead. And the stone sank into his forehead, and he fell upon his face to the earth. 
So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. But there was no sword in the hand of David. 
Then David ran, and stood over the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath of it, and killed him, and cut off his head with it. And when the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled. 
And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines until thou come to Gai, and to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even to Gath, and to Ekron. 
And the sons of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they plundered their camp. 
And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem, but he put his armor in his tent. 
And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the captain of the army, Abner, whose son is this youth? And Abner said, As thy soul lives, O king, I cannot tell. 
And the king said, Inquire thou whose son the stripling is. 
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. 
And Saul said to him, Whose son are thou, young man? And David answered, I am the son of thy servant Jesse the Bethlehemite. 

1 Samuel 18