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1 Samuel 17:1-58

Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle; and they were gathered together at Socoh, which belongs to Judah, and encamped between Socoh and Azekah, in Ephesdammim. Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and encamped in the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines. 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. A champion out of the camp of the Philistines named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span went out. He had a helmet of bronze on his head, and he wore a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of bronze. He had bronze shin armor on his legs, and a bronze javelin between his shoulders. The staff of his spear was like a weaver’s beam; and his spear’s head weighed six hundred shekels of iron. His shield bearer went before him. He stood and cried to the armies of Israel, and said to them, “Why have you come out to set your battle in array? Am I not a Philistine, and you servants to Saul? Choose a man for yourselves, and let him come down to me. If he is able to fight with me and kill me, then will we be your servants; but if I prevail against him and kill him, then you will be our servants and serve us.” The Philistine said, “I defy the armies of Israel today! Give me a man, that we may fight together!”

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. The man was an elderly old man in the days of Saul. The three oldest 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 firstborn, and next to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah. David was the youngest; and the three oldest followed Saul. Now David went back and forth from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Bethlehem. The Philistine came near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days. Jesse said to David his son, “Now take for your brothers an ephah of this parched grain, and these ten loaves, and carry them quickly to the camp to your brothers; and bring these ten cheeses to the captain of their thousand, and see how your brothers are doing, and bring back news.” Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines. David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took and went, as Jesse had commanded him. He came to the place of the wagons, as the army which was going out to the fight shouted for the battle. Israel and the Philistines put the battle in array, army against army. David left his baggage in the hand of the keeper of the baggage, and ran to the army, and came and greeted his brothers. As he talked with them, behold, the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, came up out of the ranks of the Philistines, and said the same words; and David heard them. All the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were terrified. The men of Israel said, “Have you seen this man who has come up? He has surely come up to defy Israel. The king will give great riches to the man who kills him, and will give him his daughter, and make his father’s house free in Israel.”

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 living God?”

The people answered him in this way, saying, “So shall it be done to the man who kills him.”

Eliab his oldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab’s anger burned against David, and he said, “Why have you come down? With whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride, and the naughtiness of your heart; for you have come down that you might see the battle.”

David said, “What have I now done? Is there not a cause?” He turned away from him toward another, and spoke like that again; and the people answered him again the same way. When the words were heard which David spoke, they rehearsed them before Saul; and he sent for him. David said to Saul, “Let no man’s heart fail because of him. Your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.”

Saul said to David, “You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for you are but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.”

David said to Saul, “Your servant was keeping his father’s sheep; and when a lion or a bear came, and took a lamb out of the flock, I went out after him, and struck him, and rescued it out of his mouth. When he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and struck him, and killed him. Your servant struck both the lion and the bear. This uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, since he has defied the armies of the living God.” David said, “Yahweh 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.” Saul said to David, “Go! Yahweh will be with you.”

Saul dressed David with his clothing. He put a helmet of bronze on his head, and he clad him with a coat of mail. David strapped his sword on his clothing, and he tried to move; for he had not tested it. David said to Saul, “I can’t go with these; for I have not tested them.” Then David took them off.

He took his staff in his hand, and chose for himself five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in the pouch of his shepherd’s bag which he had. His sling was in his hand; and he came near to the Philistine. The Philistine walked and came near to David; and the man who bore the shield went before him. When the Philistine looked around, and saw David, he disdained him; for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and had a good looking face. The Philistine said to David, “Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?” The Philistine cursed David by his gods. The Philistine said to David, “Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the sky, and to the animals of the field.”

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 Yahweh of Armies, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. Today, Yahweh will deliver you into my hand. I will strike you, and take your head from off you. I will give the dead bodies of the army of the Philistines today to the birds of the sky, and to the wild animals of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel, and that all this assembly may know that Yahweh doesn’t save with sword and spear; for the battle is Yahweh’s, and he will give you into our hand.”

When the Philistine arose, and walked and came near to meet David, David hurried, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine. David put his hand in his bag, took a stone, and slung it, and struck the Philistine in his forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the earth. So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and struck the Philistine, and killed him; but there was no sword in the hand of David. Then David ran, stood over the Philistine, took his sword, drew it out of its sheath, killed him, and cut off his head with it. When the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled. The men of Israel and of Judah arose and shouted, and pursued the Philistines as far as Gai and to the gates of Ekron. The wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even to Gath and to Ekron. The children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines and they plundered their camp. David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armor in his tent. When Saul saw David go out against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the captain of the army, “Abner, whose son is this youth?” Abner said, “As your soul lives, O king, I can’t tell.”

The king said, “Inquire whose son the young man is!”

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. Saul said to him, “Whose son are you, you young man?” David answered, “I am the son of your servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.”

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  • WEB World English Bible

    Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle; and they were gathered together at Socoh, which belongs to Judah, and encamped between Socoh and Azekah, in Ephesdammim.

    Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and encamped in the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines.

    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.

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

    He had a helmet of bronze on his head, and he wore a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of bronze.

    He had bronze shin armor on his legs, and a bronze javelin between his shoulders.

    The staff of his spear was like a weaver’s beam; and his spear’s head weighed six hundred shekels of iron. His shield bearer went before him.

    He stood and cried to the armies of Israel, and said to them, “Why have you come out to set your battle in array? Am I not a Philistine, and you servants to Saul? Choose a man for yourselves, and let him come down to me.

    If he is able to fight with me and kill me, then will we be your servants; but if I prevail against him and kill him, then you will be our servants and serve us.”

    The Philistine said, “I defy the armies of Israel today! Give me a man, that we may fight together!”

    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. The man was an elderly old man in the days of Saul.

    The three oldest 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 firstborn, and next to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.

    David was the youngest; and the three oldest followed Saul.

    Now David went back and forth from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Bethlehem.

    The Philistine came near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.

    Jesse said to David his son, “Now take for your brothers an ephah of this parched grain, and these ten loaves, and carry them quickly to the camp to your brothers;

    and bring these ten cheeses to the captain of their thousand, and see how your brothers are doing, and bring back news.”

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

    David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took and went, as Jesse had commanded him. He came to the place of the wagons, as the army which was going out to the fight shouted for the battle.

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

    David left his baggage in the hand of the keeper of the baggage, and ran to the army, and came and greeted his brothers.

    As he talked with them, behold, the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, came up out of the ranks of the Philistines, and said the same words; and David heard them.

    All the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were terrified.

    The men of Israel said, “Have you seen this man who has come up? He has surely come up to defy Israel. The king will give great riches to the man who kills him, and will give him his daughter, and make his father’s house free in Israel.”

    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 living God?”

    The people answered him in this way, saying, “So shall it be done to the man who kills him.”

    Eliab his oldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab’s anger burned against David, and he said, “Why have you come down? With whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride, and the naughtiness of your heart; for you have come down that you might see the battle.”

    David said, “What have I now done? Is there not a cause?”

    He turned away from him toward another, and spoke like that again; and the people answered him again the same way.

    When the words were heard which David spoke, they rehearsed them before Saul; and he sent for him.

    David said to Saul, “Let no man’s heart fail because of him. Your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.”

    Saul said to David, “You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for you are but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.”

    David said to Saul, “Your servant was keeping his father’s sheep; and when a lion or a bear came, and took a lamb out of the flock,

    I went out after him, and struck him, and rescued it out of his mouth. When he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and struck him, and killed him.

    Your servant struck both the lion and the bear. This uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, since he has defied the armies of the living God.”

    David said, “Yahweh 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.” Saul said to David, “Go! Yahweh will be with you.”

    Saul dressed David with his clothing. He put a helmet of bronze on his head, and he clad him with a coat of mail.

    David strapped his sword on his clothing, and he tried to move; for he had not tested it. David said to Saul, “I can’t go with these; for I have not tested them.” Then David took them off.

    He took his staff in his hand, and chose for himself five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in the pouch of his shepherd’s bag which he had. His sling was in his hand; and he came near to the Philistine.

    The Philistine walked and came near to David; and the man who bore the shield went before him.

    When the Philistine looked around, and saw David, he disdained him; for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and had a good looking face.

    The Philistine said to David, “Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?” The Philistine cursed David by his gods.

    The Philistine said to David, “Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the sky, and to the animals of the field.”

    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 Yahweh of Armies, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.

    Today, Yahweh will deliver you into my hand. I will strike you, and take your head from off you. I will give the dead bodies of the army of the Philistines today to the birds of the sky, and to the wild animals of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel,

    and that all this assembly may know that Yahweh doesn’t save with sword and spear; for the battle is Yahweh’s, and he will give you into our hand.”

    When the Philistine arose, and walked and came near to meet David, David hurried, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine.

    David put his hand in his bag, took a stone, and slung it, and struck the Philistine in his forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the earth.

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

    Then David ran, stood over the Philistine, took his sword, drew it out of its sheath, killed him, and cut off his head with it. When the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled.

    The men of Israel and of Judah arose and shouted, and pursued the Philistines as far as Gai and to the gates of Ekron. The wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even to Gath and to Ekron.

    The children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines and they plundered their camp.

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

    When Saul saw David go out against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the captain of the army, “Abner, whose son is this youth?” Abner said, “As your soul lives, O king, I can’t tell.”

    The king said, “Inquire whose son the young man is!”

    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.

    Saul said to him, “Whose son are you, you young man?” David answered, “I am the son of your servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.”

  • KJV King James Version

    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 Ephes-dammim.

    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.

    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.

    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 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.

    And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target 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 one bearing a shield went before him.

    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.

    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.

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

    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 Beth-lehem-judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.

    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.

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

    But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Beth-lehem.

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

    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 to thy brethren;

    And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and look how thy brethren 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 trench, as the host was going forth to the fight, and shouted for the battle.

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

    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.

    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.

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

    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.

    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?

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

    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.

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

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

    And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed 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 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.

    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:

    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.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and the man that bare 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 unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    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.

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

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

    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.

    And the king said, Enquire 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 art thou, thou young man? And David answered, I am the son of thy servant Jesse the Beth-lehemite.

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  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and they were gathered together at Socoh, which belongeth to Judah, and pitched between Socoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim.

    And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched 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 from 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 shaft 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 unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them: 'Why do 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.

    If he be able to fight with me, and 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.'

    And the Philistine said: 'I do taunt 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 Beth-lehem in 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 that went to the battle were Eliab the first-born, and next unto 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 Beth-lehem. —

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

    And Jesse said unto David his son: 'Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and carry them quickly to the camp to thy brethren.

    And bring these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and to thy brethren shalt thou bring greetings, and take their pledge;

    now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, are in the vale 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 barricade, as the host 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 greeted his brethren.

    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 sore afraid.

    And the men of Israel said: 'Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to taunt 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.'

    And David spoke to the men that stood by him, saying: 'What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the taunt from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should have taunted the armies of the living God?'

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

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

    And David said: 'What have I now done? Was it not but a word?'

    And he turned away from him toward another, and spoke after the same manner; and the people answered him after the former manner.

    And when the words were heard which David spoke, they rehearsed them before Saul; and he was taken to him.

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

    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.'

    And David said unto Saul: 'Thy servant kept 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 slew him.

    Thy servant smote both the lion and the bear; and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath taunted the armies of the living God.'

    And David said: '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 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 essayed to go, but could not; for he had not tried it. And David said unto Saul: 'I cannot go with these; for I have not tried them.' And David put them off him.

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

    And the Philistine came nearer and nearer unto David; and the man that 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 withal of a fair countenance.

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

    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.'

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

    This day will the LORD deliver thee into my hand; and I will smite thee, and take thy head from off thee; and I will give the carcasses 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;

    and that all this assembly may know that the LORD saveth not with sword and spear; for the battle is the LORD'S, and He will give you into our hand.'

    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.

    And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence 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 slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David.

    And David ran, and stood over 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 that their mighty man was dead, they fled.

    And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines, until thou comest to Gai, 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.

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

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

    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.'

    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 art thou, thou young man?' And David answered: 'I am the son of thy servant Jesse the Beth-lehemite.'

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  • 2 Corinthians 10:4 (v45) for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the throwing down of strongholds,
  • 2 Chronicles 32:8 (v45) An arm of flesh is with him, but Yahweh our God is with us to help us and to fight our battles.” The people rested themselves on the words…
  • 2 Corinthians 3:5 (v45) not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God,
  • Philippians 4:13 (v45) I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.
  • Psalms 18:2 (v45) Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high…
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  • Psalms 44:6-7 (v47) For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me. But you have saved us from our adversaries, and have shamed those who hate…
  • 2 Timothy 4:17-18 (vv35, 37) But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, that through me the message might be fully proclaimed, and that all the Gentiles might hear.…
  • Psalms 124:8–125:1 (v45) Our help is in Yahweh’s name, who made heaven and earth. Those who trust in Yahweh are as Mount Zion, which can’t be moved, but remains…
  • Isaiah 52:10 (v46) Yahweh has made his holy arm bare in the eyes of all the nations. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
  • Zechariah 4:6 (vv39, 47) Then he answered and spoke to me, saying, “This is Yahweh’s word to Zerubbabel, saying, ‘Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit,’…
  • 2 Samuel 22:33-35 (v45) God is my strong fortress. He makes my way perfect. He makes his feet like hinds’ feet, and sets me on my high places. He teaches my hands…
  • 1 Samuel 17:36 (vv10, 26, 45) Your servant struck both the lion and the bear. This uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, since he has defied the armies of…
  • Psalms 20:5-7 (v45) We will triumph in your salvation. In the name of our God, we will set up our banners. May Yahweh grant all your requests. Now I know that…
  • Psalms 138:7-8 (v37) Though I walk in the middle of trouble, you will revive me. You will stretch out your hand against the wrath of my enemies. Your right hand…
  • Joshua 4:24 (v46) that all the peoples of the earth may know that Yahweh’s hand is mighty, and that you may fear Yahweh your God forever.’ ”
  • Isaiah 37:23 (v45) Whom have you defied and blasphemed? Against whom have you exalted your voice and lifted up your eyes on high? Against the Holy One of…
  • 1 Samuel 17:10 (vv26, 36, 45) The Philistine said, “I defy the armies of Israel today! Give me a man, that we may fight together!”
  • Hosea 1:7 (vv39, 47) But I will have mercy on the house of Judah, and will save them by Yahweh their God, and will not save them by bow, sword, battle, horses,…
  • 2 Kings 19:19 (v46) Now therefore, Yahweh our God, save us, I beg you, out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you, Yahweh, are God…
  • Psalms 118:10-11 (v45) All the nations surrounded me, but in Yahweh’s name, I cut them off. They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me. In Yahweh’s name I indeed…
  • Psalms 3:8 (v45) Salvation belongs to Yahweh. May your blessing be on your people.
  • Hebrews 11:32-34 (v45) What more shall I say? For the time would fail me if I told of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets, who…
  • 1 Samuel 16:18 (vv12, 32) Then one of the young men answered, and said, “Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite who is skillful in playing, a mighty man…
  • Deuteronomy 20:1-3 (v32) When you go out to battle against your enemies, and see horses, chariots, and a people more numerous than you, you shall not be afraid of…
  • 1 Kings 8:43 (v46) hear in heaven, your dwelling place, and do according to all that the foreigner calls to you for; that all the peoples of the earth may…
  • Psalms 44:6 (v45) For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
  • Proverbs 18:10 (v45) Yahweh’s name is a strong tower: the righteous run to him, and are safe.
  • Proverbs 21:30-31 (v47) There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against Yahweh. The horse is prepared for the day of battle; but victory is with Yahweh.
  • 1 Samuel 14:6 (vv26, 32, 47) Jonathan said to the young man who bore his armor, “Come! Let’s go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised. It may be that Yahweh will…
  • 1 Samuel 17:26 (vv8, 36, 45) 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…
  • Deuteronomy 28:26 (v46) Your dead bodies will be food to all birds of the sky, and to the animals of the earth; and there will be no one to frighten them away.
  • 2 Corinthians 1:9-10 (v37) Yes, we ourselves have had the sentence of death within ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead,…
  • Deuteronomy 5:26 (v26) For who is there of all flesh, that has heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the middle of the fire, as we have, and lived?
  • 1 Samuel 11:2 (v26) Nahash the Ammonite said to them, “On this condition I will make it with you, that all your right eyes be gouged out. I will make this…
  • 1 Samuel 17:25-26 (v10) The men of Israel said, “Have you seen this man who has come up? He has surely come up to defy Israel. The king will give great riches to…
  • 2 Chronicles 14:11 (v47) Asa cried to Yahweh his God, and said, “Yahweh, there is no one besides you to help, between the mighty and him who has no strength. Help…
  • 2 Chronicles 20:15-17 (v47) and he said, “Listen, all Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem, and you, king Jehoshaphat. Yahweh says to you, ‘Don’t be afraid, and…
  • Psalms 18:16-17 (v37) He sent from on high. He took me. He drew me out of many waters. He delivered me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me; for they…
  • Psalms 63:7 (v37) For you have been my help. I will rejoice in the shadow of your wings.
  • Isaiah 37:28 (v45) But I know your sitting down, your going out, your coming in, and your raging against me.
  • Daniel 6:26-27 (v46) “I make a decree that in all the dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel; “for he is the living God, and…
  • Matthew 10:36 (v28) A man’s foes will be those of his own household.
  • Romans 8:31 (v47) What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
  • 1 Corinthians 1:27-29 (v40) but God chose the foolish things of the world that he might put to shame those who are wise. God chose the weak things of the world that he…
  • 1 Samuel 21:9 (vv2, 50, 51, 54) The priest said, “Behold, the sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the valley of Elah, is here wrapped in a cloth behind the…
  • 1 Samuel 17:45 (vv6, 10) 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 Yahweh…
  • Genesis 35:19 (v12) Rachel died, and was buried on the way to Ephrath (also called Bethlehem).
  • Genesis 37:4 (v28) His brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, and they hated him, and couldn’t speak peaceably to him.
  • Genesis 37:8 (v28) His brothers asked him, “Will you indeed reign over us? Will you indeed have dominion over us?” They hated him all the more for his dreams…
  • Genesis 37:11 (v28) His brothers envied him, but his father kept this saying in mind.
  • Exodus 9:16 (v46) but indeed for this cause I have made you stand: to show you my power, and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth,
  • Joshua 11:22 (v4) There were none of the Anakim left in the land of the children of Israel. Only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, did some remain.
  • 1 Samuel 16:10-11 (v12) Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. Samuel said to Jesse, “Yahweh has not chosen these.” Samuel said to Jesse, “Are all…
  • Psalms 3:6 (v32) I will not be afraid of tens of thousands of people who have set themselves against me on every side.
  • Proverbs 18:19 (v28) A brother offended is more difficult than a fortified city. Disputes are like the bars of a fortress.
  • Daniel 2:47 (v46) The king answered to Daniel, and said, “Of a truth your God is the God of gods, and the Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, since you…
  • Romans 8:37 (v47) No, in all these things, we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
  • Hebrews 11:34 (v51) quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, from weakness were made strong, grew mighty in war, and caused foreign armies to…
  • Revelation 19:17-18 (v46) I saw an angel standing in the sun. He cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in the sky, “Come! Be gathered together to…
  • Genesis 37:14 (vv18, 22) He said to him, “Go now, see whether it is well with your brothers, and well with the flock; and bring me word again.” So he sent him out…
  • Numbers 13:31 (v33) But the men who went up with him said, “We aren’t able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we.”
  • Joshua 15:35 (v1) Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah,
  • 1 Samuel 7:12 (v37) Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpah and Shen, and called its name Ebenezer, saying, “Yahweh helped us until now.”
  • 1 Samuel 8:17 (v8) He will take one tenth of your flocks; and you will be his servants.
  • 1 Samuel 16:12 (v42) He sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, with a handsome face and good appearance. Yahweh said, “Arise! Anoint him, for this is he.”
  • 1 Samuel 17:12 (v58) Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem Judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons. The man was an elderly old man in…
  • 1 Samuel 20:13 (v37) Yahweh do so to Jonathan, and more also, should it please my father to do you evil, if I don’t disclose it to you, and send you away, that…
  • 1 Samuel 24:14 (v43) Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom do you pursue? A dead dog? A flea?
  • 2 Samuel 3:8 (v43) Then Abner was very angry about Ishbosheth’s words, and said, “Am I a dog’s head that belongs to Judah? Today I show kindness to Saul’s…
  • 2 Samuel 9:8 (v43) He bowed down, and said, “What is your servant, that you should look at such a dead dog as I am?”
  • 1 Chronicles 22:11 (v37) Now, my son, may Yahweh be with you and prosper you, and build the house of Yahweh your God, as he has spoken concerning you.
  • Isaiah 35:4 (v32) Tell those who have a fearful heart, “Be strong! Don’t be afraid! Behold, your God will come with vengeance, God’s retribution. He will…
  • Daniel 3:29 (v46) Therefore I make a decree, that every people, nation, and language, which speak anything evil against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and…
  • Amos 3:12 (v35) Yahweh says: “As the shepherd rescues out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear, so shall the children of Israel be…
  • Mark 3:21 (v28) When his friends heard it, they went out to seize him; for they said, “He is insane.”
  • 1 Corinthians 1:27-28 (v49) but God chose the foolish things of the world that he might put to shame those who are wise. God chose the weak things of the world that he…
  • 2 Corinthians 10:4-5 (v39) for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the throwing down of strongholds, throwing down imaginations…
  • 1 Samuel 16:11 (vv14–15) Samuel said to Jesse, “Are all your children here?” He said, “There remains yet the youngest. Behold, he is keeping the sheep.” Samuel said…
  • 1 Samuel 17:58 (vv12, 55) Saul said to him, “Whose son are you, you young man?” David answered, “I am the son of your servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.”
  • 2 Samuel 21:21 (vv10, 13) When he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimei, David’s brother, killed him.
  • Genesis 27:29 (v43) Let peoples serve you, and nations bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers. Let your mother’s sons bow down to you. Cursed be everyone…
  • Numbers 14:9 (v32) Only don’t rebel against Yahweh, neither fear the people of the land; for they are bread for us. Their defense is removed from over them,…
  • Numbers 23:7-8 (v10) He took up his parable, and said, “From Aram has Balak brought me, the king of Moab from the mountains of the East. Come, curse Jacob for…
  • Deuteronomy 7:2 (v46) and when Yahweh your God delivers them up before you, and you strike them, then you shall utterly destroy them. You shall make no covenant…
  • Deuteronomy 7:23 (v46) But Yahweh your God will deliver them up before you, and will confuse them with a great confusion, until they are destroyed.
  • Deuteronomy 9:2-3 (v46) a people great and tall, the sons of the Anakim, whom you know, and of whom you have heard say, “Who can stand before the sons of Anak?”…
  • Deuteronomy 31:8 (v11) Yahweh himself is who goes before you. He will be with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be discouraged.”
  • Joshua 1:9 (v11) Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be dismayed, for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go.”
  • Joshua 15:16 (v25) Caleb said, “He who strikes Kiriath Sepher, and takes it, to him I will give Achsah my daughter as wife.”
  • Judges 15:15 (v50) He found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, put out his hand, took it, and struck a thousand men with it.
  • Ruth 4:22 (v12) and Obed became the father of Jesse, and Jesse became the father of David.
  • 1 Samuel 13:5 (v1) The Philistines assembled themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the…
  • 1 Samuel 16:20 (v18) Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread, and a container of wine, and a young goat, and sent them by David his son to Saul.
  • 1 Samuel 16:21-22 (v55) David came to Saul, and stood before him. He loved him greatly; and he became his armor bearer. Saul sent to Jesse, saying, “Please let…
  • 1 Samuel 17:23 (v4) As he talked with them, behold, the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, came up out of the ranks of the Philistines, and…
  • 1 Samuel 17:26-27 (v30) 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…
  • 1 Samuel 17:44 (v46) The Philistine said to David, “Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the sky, and to the animals of the field.”
  • 1 Samuel 25:18 (v17) Then Abigail hurried and took two hundred loaves of bread, two containers of wine, five sheep ready dressed, five seahs of parched grain,…
  • 1 Samuel 26:5 (v20) Then David arose, and came to the place where Saul had encamped; and David saw the place where Saul lay, with Abner the son of Ner, the…
  • 2 Samuel 10:12 (v37) Be courageous, and let’s be strong for our people, and for the cities of our God; and may Yahweh do what seems good to him.”

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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On vv1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 12, 15, 17, 18, 22, 23, 25, 26, 29, 33, 34, 37, 39, 40, 43, 46, 48, 52, 54, 55 Or, in Ephes Dammim.

Or, in Ephes Dammim.

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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv1–57 1Sa 17:1 Now the Philistines gathered together their armies…
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 42, 43, 45, 46, 47, 49, 51, 53, 54, 55 To revenge their former great and shameful defeat, 1Sa…
Matthew Henry 1710 · Public Domain On vv1, 12, 31, 40, 48 It was not long ago that the Philistines were…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv1–57 Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle,....…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On vv1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 18, 19, 20, 24, 25, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 46, 47, 48, 49, 51, 55 Goliath challenges the armies of Israel, ver. 1-11. David…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On vv1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 18, 19, 29, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 51, 54, 58 The Philistines gather together against Israel at Ephes-dammim,
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On vv1, 4, 5, 8, 12, 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 28, 29, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 39, 40, 42, 44, 46, 47, 48, 51, 54, 55 1Sa 17:1. The Philistines gathered together their armies —…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain On vv1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 12, 15, 18, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 34, 35, 45, 47, 51, 52, 54, 55 The narrative reverts to the Philistine wars 1Sa 14:52;…
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On vv1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 28, 29, 32, 33, 35, 36, 39, 40, 43, 44, 47, 48, 49, 54 Battle. They perhaps had heard of Saul’s malady, (Salien)…
Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures 1864 · Public Domain On v1 Saul’s New War with the Philistines and David’s Exploit…
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain On vv2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 17, 18, 20, 22, 25, 34, 37, 38, 40, 42, 49, 51, 52, 54, 55 valley of Elah--that is, "the Terebinth," now Wady Er-Sumt…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On vv1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 28, 29, 34, 40, 43, 49, 52, 54, 55 1. Socoh — One of the cities of Judah.…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 28, 29, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 50, 51, 52, 54, 55, 56 Ch. 1Sa_17:1-3. The Philistine invasion
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv1, 3, 5, 8, 9, 11, 12, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 31, 33, 34, 36, 37, 38, 40, 43, 44, 46, 47, 49, 50, 51, 52, 54, 55 (1) Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv1, 2, 4, 8, 12, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 34, 37, 38, 41, 45, 47, 48, 50, 52, 54, 55 GOLIATH"S DEFIANCE OF ISRAEL (vers. 1-11).
The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain On vv1, 7, 11, 28, 29, 32, 36, 37, 39, 40, 41, 45, 47, 49, 50, 52, 58 Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle.
The Expositor's Bible 1887 · Public Domain On v1
The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary 1892 · Public Domain On vv1, 12, 30 1Sa_17:1. “The Philistines gathered together their armies.” Jamieson considers…
The Sermon Bible 1900 · Public Domain On v1 1 Samuel 17
Alexander MacLaren 1905 · Public Domain On v32 1 Samuel
J. R. Dummelow 1909 · Public Domain On v1 David slays Goliath
C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain On v56 Cf. (See Scofield "1Sa 16:21").
Arno C. Gaebelein 1922 · Public Domain On v1 2. David and Goliath
Paul E. Kretzmann 1924 · Public Domain On vv1, 12, 32 Goliath’s Defiance of Israel
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 17, 19, 22, 25, 26, 28, 31, 34, 36, 37, 39, 41, 44, 46, 48, 50, 52, 55, 57
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv1, 2, 4, 5, 12, 15, 26, 28, 32, 40, 42, 43, 44, 45, 49, 52, 53, 54, 55 17:1 The Philistines presented an ongoing threat throughout Saul’s…
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