I Samuel
Chapter
17 David and Goliath (continued)
31~~When
the words which David spoke were heard,
they
told them to Saul, and he sent for him.
32~~
And David said to Saul,
"Let
no man's heart fail on account of him.
Your
servant will go and fight with this Philistine."
33~~
Then Saul said to David,
"You
are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him.
For
you are but a youth,
while
he has been a man of war from his youth."
34-35~~
But David said to Saul,
"Your
servant was tending his father's sheep,
when
came a lion (or a bear)
and
took a lamb from the flock. 35~~
I
went out after him and attacked him,
and
rescued it from his mouth.
And
when he rose up against me,
I
seized him by his beard and struck him and killed him."
36~~"Your
servant has killed both the lion and the bear.
And
this uncircumcised Philistine shall be like one of them,
since
he has taunted the armies
of
the living {chay} 'Elohiym/Godhead."
37~~
And David said,
"Jehovah/God
. . . Who delivered me from the paw of the lion,
and
from the paw of the bear,
He
will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine."
And
Saul said to David,
"Go,
and may Jehovah/God be with you."
38~~Then
Saul clothed David with his garments
and
put a bronze helmet on his head and he clothed him with armor.
39~~And
David girded his sword over his armor and tried to walk,
for
he had not tested them.
So
David said to Saul, "I cannot go with these.
For
I have not tested them."
And
David took them off.
40~~And
he took his staff in his hand,
and
chose for himself five smooth stones from the brook,
and
put them in the shepherd's bag which he had, even in his pouch,
and
his sling was in his hand;
and
he approached the Philistine.
{Verses
41-58 SuperGrace Victory}
41~~Then
the Philistine came on and approached David,
with
the shield-bearer in front of him.
42~~When
the Philistine looked and saw David,
he
disdained him; for he was but a youth, and ruddy,
with
a handsome appearance.
43~~
And the Philistine said to David,
"Am
I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?"
And
the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
44~~
The Philistine also said to David,
"Come
to me, and I will give your flesh
to
the birds of the sky and to the beasts of the field."
45~~
Then David said to the Philistine,
"You
come to me with a sword, a spear, and and a javelin,
but
I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts/armies,
the
God of the armies of Israel, whom you have taunted."
46-47~~
"This day the Lord will deliver you into my hands,
and
I will strike you down and remove your head from you.
And
I will give the dead bodies of the army of the Philistines
this
day to the birds of the sky and to the wild beasts of the earth,
that
all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel, 47~~
and
that all this assembly may know
that
the Lord does not deliver by sword or by spear;
for
the battle is the Lord's and He will give you into our hands."
48~~Then
it happened when the Philistine rose
and
came near to meet David,
that
David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet the Philistine.
49~~And
David put his hand into his bag,
and
took from it a stone, and slung it,
and
struck the Philistine on his forehead.
And
the stone sank into his forehead,
so
that he fell on his face to the ground.
50~~Thus
David prevailed over the Philistine
with
a sling and a stone,
and
he struck the Philistine, and killed him;
but
there was no sword in the David's hand.
51~~Then
David ran and stood over the Philistine
and
took his sword and drew it out of its sheath
and
killed him, and cut off his head with it.
When
the Philistines saw
that
their champion was dead, they fled.
52~~And
the men of Israel and Judah arose
and
shouted and pursued the Philistines as far as the valley,
and
to the gates of Ekron.
And
the slain Philistines lay along the way to Shaaraim,
even
to Gath, and to Ekron.
53~~
And the sons of Israel returned from chasing the Philistines
and
plundered their camps.
54~~Then
David took the Philistine's head
and
brought it to Jerusalem,
but
he put his weapons in his tent.
55~~
Now when Saul saw David going out against the Philistine,
he
said to Abner, the commander of the army,
"Abner,
whose son is this young man?"
And
Abner said, "By your life, O king, I do not know."
56~~ And the king said, "You inquire whose son the youth is."
57~~
So when David returned from killing the Philistine,
Abner
took him and brought him before Saul
with
the head of the Philistine in his hand.
58~~
And Saul said to him,
"Whose
son are you, young man?"
And
David answered,
"I
am the son of your servant Jesse the Bethlehemite."
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