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. 1 Jos 15:351Ch 11:131Sa 13:52Ch 28:18Jdg 3:3Jos 10:10-111Sa 14:461Sa 14:52 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. 2 1Sa 21:91Sa 17:19 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. Jos 11:221Ch 20:4-81Sa 17:232Sa 21:16-221Ch 11:231Sa 21:9-101Sa 27:4Deu 3:11 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. 3 And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders. 4 1Sa 17:451Ki 10:162Ch 9:15 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. 2Sa 21:191Ch 11:231Sa 17:411Ch 20:5 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. 1Sa 8:171Ch 21:31Sa 17:262Sa 11:11 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. 1Sa 11:1 And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together. 1Sa 17:25-261Sa 17:361Sa 17:452Sa 21:21Neh 2:19Num 23:7-8Job 40:9-12Psa 9:4-5 When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid. Deu 31:8Jos 1:9Isa 51:12-13Isa 57:11Pro 28:1Psa 27:1
¶ 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. 1Sa 16:10-11Gen 35:191Sa 16:181Ch 2:13-161Sa 17:58Rut 4:221Sa 16:1Luk 3:31-32 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. 1Ch 2:131Sa 16:6-91Sa 17:282Sa 13:32Sa 13:322Sa 21:21 And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul. 1Sa 16:11Gen 25:23 But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Beth-lehem. 1Sa 16:111Sa 16:19-23 And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days. Luk 4:2Mat 4:2 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; 1Sa 25:182Sa 17:28Luk 11:13Mat 7:11Rut 2:14 And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge. 5 6 Gen 37:141Sa 16:201Th 3:5-62Sa 17:29Act 15:36Job 10:10 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. 7 8 1Sa 26:5Luk 19:431Sa 17:281Sa 26:7Eph 6:1-2 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. 9 10 Gen 37:14Isa 10:28Jdg 18:15Luk 10:5-6Mat 10:12-13 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. 1Sa 17:8-10 And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid. 11 1Sa 13:6-71Sa 17:11Deu 32:30Isa 30:17Isa 7:2Lev 26:36Num 13:33 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. Jos 15:16Rev 2:7Rev 3:121Sa 18:17-27Ezr 7:24Mat 17:26Rev 2:17Rev 3:21 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? 1Sa 11:2Deu 5:261Sa 14:61Sa 17:101Sa 17:362Ki 19:4Dan 9:16Jer 10:10 And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him. 1Sa 17:25
¶ 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. Mat 10:36Gen 37:11Gen 37:4Gen 37:8Pro 18:19Mrk 3:211Sa 16:131Sa 16:7 And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause? 1Pe 3:91Co 2:15Act 11:2-4Pro 15:1
¶ And he turned from him toward another, and spake after the same manner: and the people answered him again after the former manner. 12 1Sa 17:26-27
And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them before Saul: and he sent for him. 13 Pro 22:29
¶ And David said to Saul, Let no man’s heart fail because of him; thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine. 1Sa 16:18Deu 20:1-3Psa 3:6Isa 35:4Num 14:9Psa 27:1-31Sa 14:6Heb 12:12 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. Num 13:31Deu 9:2Rev 13:41Sa 17:421Sa 17:56Psa 11:1 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: 14 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. Amo 3:122Ti 4:17-18Dan 6:22Jdg 14:5-6Psa 91:13Act 28:4-62Sa 23:20 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. 1Sa 17:101Sa 17:26Act 12:1-2Act 12:22-23Act 5:38-39Ezk 32:19Ezk 32:27-32Isa 10:15 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. 2Ti 4:17-18Psa 138:7-82Co 1:9-10Psa 18:16-17Psa 63:71Ch 22:111Sa 20:131Sa 7:12
¶ 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. 15 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. 2Co 10:4-5Hos 1:7Zec 4:6
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. 16 17 1Co 1:27-29Jdg 15:15-16Jdg 20:16Mat 10:10Jdg 3:31Jdg 7:16-20 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. 1Sa 16:121Sa 17:33Psa 123:3-42Co 11:27-29Pro 16:181Ki 20:182Ki 18:23-24Neh 4:2-4 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. 1Sa 24:142Sa 3:82Sa 9:82Ki 8:132Sa 16:9Gen 27:29Pro 26:2Num 22:6 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. 1Ki 20:10-11Ezk 28:9-10Pro 18:121Sa 17:46Ecc 9:11-12Ezk 28:2Ezk 39:17-20Jer 9:23 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. 2Co 10:42Ch 32:82Co 3:5Php 4:13Psa 18:2Psa 124:82Sa 22:33-351Sa 17:36 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. 18 Isa 52:10Jos 4:242Ki 19:191Ki 8:43Deu 28:26Dan 6:26-27Dan 2:47Exo 9:16 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. Psa 44:6-7Zec 4:6Hos 1:7Pro 21:30-311Sa 14:6Rom 8:312Ch 14:112Ch 20:15-17
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. Pro 28:1Psa 27:1 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. 1Co 1:27-281Ki 22:342Ki 9:24 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. Jdg 15:151Sa 17:391Sa 21:91Sa 23:211Sa 13:22Jdg 3:31 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. 1Sa 21:9Heb 11:342Sa 23:21Est 7:10Heb 2:14Psa 7:15-16 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. Jos 15:111Sa 14:21-222Sa 23:10Jdg 7:23Jos 15:33-36Jos 15:45-46 And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they spoiled their tents. 2Ki 7:7-16Jer 30:16Jer 4:20 And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armour in his tent. Exo 16:331Sa 21:9Jos 4:7-8
¶ 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. 1Sa 16:21-221Sa 17:58 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. 1Sa 17:54 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. 1Sa 17:121Sa 16:18-19