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Chapter 17 Now the Philistines gathered
together their armies to battle,

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and were gathered together at Shoko,
which belongeth to Judah, and pitched

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between Shoko and Ezekiah, in Ephah's
damim.

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And Saul and the men of Israel were
gathered together, and pitched by the

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valley of Elah, and set the battle in
array against the Philistines.

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And the Philistines stood on a mountain on
the one side, and Israel stood on a

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mountain on the other side, and there was
a valley between them.

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And there went out a champion out of the
camp of the Philistines, named Goliath of

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Gath, whose height was six cubits at a
span.

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And he had an helmet of brass upon his
head, and he was armed with a coat of

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mail, and the weight of the coat was five
thousand shekels of brass.

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And he had greaves of brass upon his legs,
and a target of brass between his

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shoulders.

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And the staff of his spear was like a
weaver's beam, and his spear's head

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weighed six hundred shekels of iron,
and one bearing a shield went before him.

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And he stood and cried unto the armies of
Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye

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come out to set your battle in array?

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Am not I a Philistine, and ye servants to
Saul?

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Choose you a man for you, and let him come
down to me.

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If he be able to fight with me,
and to kill me, then will we be your

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servants.

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But if I prevail against him, and kill
him, then shall ye be our servants,

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and serve us.

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And the Philistines said, I defy the
armies of Israel this day.

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Give me a man that we may fight together.

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When Saul and all Israel heard those words
of the Philistine, they were dismayed and

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greatly afraid.

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Now David was the son of that Ephrathite
of Bethlehem Judah, whose name was Jesse.

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And he had eight sons.

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And the man went among men for an old man
in the days of Saul.

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And the three eldest sons of Jesse went
and followed Saul to the battle.

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And the names of his three sons that went
to the battle were Eliab the firstborn,

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and next unto him Abinadab, and the third
Shammah.

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

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But David went and returned from Saul to
feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem.

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

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And Jesse said unto David his son,
Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this

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parched corn, and these ten loaves,
and run to the camp to thy brethren.

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And carry these ten cheeses unto the
captain of their thousand.

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And look how thy brethren fare,
and take their pledge.

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

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with the Philistines.

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And David rose up early in the morning,
and left the sheep with the keeper,

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and took and went as Jesse had commanded
him.

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And he came to the trench, as the host was
going forth to the fight, and shouted for

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the battle.

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

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And David left his carriage in the hand of
the keeper of the carriage, and ran into

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the army, and came and saluted his
brethren.

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And as he talked with them, behold,
there came up the champion, the Philistine

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of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the
armies of the Philistines, and spake

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according to the same words.

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And David heard them.

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

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afraid.

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And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen
this man that is come up?

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Surely to defy Israel is he come up.

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And it shall be that the man who killeth
him, the king, will enrich him with great

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riches, and will give him his daughter,
and make his father's house free in

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Israel.

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And David spake to the men that stood by
him, saying, What shall be done to the man

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that killeth this Philistine, and taketh
away the reproach from Israel?

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For who is this uncircumcised Philistine,
that he should defy the armies of the

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living God?

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

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man that killeth him.

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And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he
spake unto the men.

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And Eliab's anger was kindled against
David, and he said, Why camest thou down

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hither?

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And with whom hast thou left those few
sheep in the wilderness?

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I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of
thine heart.

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For thou art come down, that thou mightest
see the battle.

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And David said, What have I now done?

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Is there not a cause?

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And he turned from him toward another,
and spake after the same manner.

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And the people answered him again after
the former manner.

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And when the words were heard which David
spake, they rehearsed them before Saul,

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and he sent for him.

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And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart
fail because of him.

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Thy servant will go and fight with this
Philistine.

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And Saul said to David, Thou art not able
to go against this Philistine to fight

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with him.

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For thou art but a youth, and he a man of
war from his youth.

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And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept
his father's sheep.

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And there came a lion and a bear,
and took a lamb out of the flock.

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And I went out after him, and smote him,
and delivered it out of his mouth.

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And when he rose against me, I caught him
by his beard, and smote him, and slew him.

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Thy servant slew both the lion and the
bear.

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And this uncircumcised Philistine shall be
as one of them, seeing he hath defied the

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armies of the living God.

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David said moreover, The Lord that
delivered me out of the paw of the lion,

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and out of the paw of the bear,
he will deliver me out of the hand of this

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Philistine.

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And Saul said unto David, Go, and the Lord
be with thee.

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And Saul armed David with his armor,
and he put an helmet of brass upon his

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head.

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Also he armed him with a coat of mail.

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And David girded his sword upon his armor,
and he assayed to go, for he had not

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proved it.

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And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with
these, for I have not proved them.

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And David put them off him.

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And he took a staff in his hand,
and chose him five smooth stones out of

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the brook, and put them in a shepherd's
bag which he had, even in a scrip.

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And his sling was in his hand.

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And he drew near to the Philistine.

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And the Philistine came on, and drew near
unto David.

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And the man that bared the shield went
before him.

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And when the Philistine looked about,
and saw David, he disdained him.

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For he was but a youth, and ruddy,
and of a fair countenance.

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And the Philistine said unto David,
Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with

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staves?

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And the Philistine cursed David by his
gods.

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And the Philistine said to David,
Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto

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the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of
the field.

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Then said David to the Philistine,
Thou comest to me with a sword,

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and with a spear, and with a shield.

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But I come to thee in the name of the Lord
of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel,

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whom thou hast defied.

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This day will the Lord deliver thee into
mine hand, and I will smite thee,

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and take thine head from thee.

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And I will give the carcasses of the host
of the Philistines this day unto the fowls

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of the air, and to the wild beasts of the
earth.

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That all the earth may know that there is
a God in Israel.

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And all this assembly shall know that the
Lord saveth not with sword and spear.

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For the battle is the Lord's, and he will
give you into our hands.

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And it came to pass, when the Philistine
arose, and came and drew nigh to meet

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David, that David hasted and ran toward
the army to meet the Philistine.

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And David put his hand in his bag,
and took thence a stone, and slang it,

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and smote the Philistine in his forehead,
that the stone sunk into his forehead,

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and he fell upon his face to the earth.

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So David prevailed over the Philistine
with a sling and with a stone,

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and smote the Philistine, and slew him.

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But there was no sword in the hand of
David.

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Therefore David ran, and stood upon the
Philistine, and took his sword,

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and drew it out of the sheath thereof,
and slew him, and cut off his head

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therewith.

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And when the Philistine saw their champion
was dead, they fled.

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And the men of Israel and of Judah arose,
and shouted, and pursued the Philistines,

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until thou come to the valley,
and to the gates of Ekron.

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And the wounded of the Philistines fell
down by the way to Sheareim, even unto

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Gath, and unto Ekron.

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And the children of Israel returned from
chasing after the Philistines,

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and they spoiled their tents.

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And David took the head of the Philistine,
and brought it to Jerusalem.

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But he put his armor in his tent.

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And when Saul saw David go forth against
the Philistine, he said unto Abner the

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captain of the host, Abner, whose son is
this youth?

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And Abner said, As thy soul liveth,
O king, I cannot tell.

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And the king said, Inquire thou whose son
the stripling is.

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And as David returned from the slaughter
of the Philistine, Abner took him,

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and brought him before Saul with the head
of the Philistine in his hand.

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And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou,
thou young man?

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And David answered, I am the son of thy
servant, Jesse the Bethlehemite.

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This concludes Disc Number 16.