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God is upon thee, that he shall play | pion out of the camp of the Philis with his hand, and thou shalt be tines, named Goliath, of Gath, well. whose height was six cubits and a span.

f17 And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring him to me. 18 Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Beth-lehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD is with him.

19 ¶ Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, which is with the sheep.

20 And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son unto Saul.

f 21 And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armourbearer.

22 And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray thee, stand before me; for he hath found favour in my sight.

m 23 And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took a harp, and played with his hand so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.

CHAP. XVII.

& 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.

g 2 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.

f3 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.

5 And he had a 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.

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

7 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.

3 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.

9 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. c 10 And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.

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

afraid.

12 Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth-lehem-judab, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.

13 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 first-born, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.

14 And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul. 15 But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep

g 4 ¶ And there went out a cham-l at Beth-lel.cm.

f16 And the Philistine drew near should defy the armies of the living morning and evening, and presented God?

himself forty days.

o 18 And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.

27 And the people answered him 17 And Jesse said unto David his after this manner, saying, So shall son, Take now for thy brethren an it be done to the man that killeth ephah of this parched corn, and him. these ten loaves, and run to the c 28 ¶ And Eliab his eldest brocamp to thy brethren: ther 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 thy heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle. c 29 And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause? f 30 T And he turned from him toward another, and spake after the same manner: and the people an swered him again after the former

g 19 Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.

f 20 ¶ 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,

manner.

21 For Israel and the Philistines 31 And when the words were had put the battle in array, army heard which David spake, they reagainst army. hearsed them before Saul: and he sent for him.

22 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.

23 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.

c 24 And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid.

c 32 ¶ And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him; thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine.

33 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.

f 34 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:

f 25 And the men of Israel said, 35 And I went out after him and Have ye seen this man that is come smote him, and delivered it out of up? surely to defy Israel is he come his mouth: and when he arose up: and it shall be, that the man against me, I caught him by his who killeth him, the king will enrich beard, and smote him, and slew him with great riches, and will give him.

him his daughter, and make his fa- c 36 Thy servant slew both the lion ther's house free in Israel.

c 26 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

and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.

37 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.

f 38 ¶ And Saul armed David with his armour, and he put a helmet of brass upon his head; also he armed him with a coat of mail.

33 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. f40 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.

41 And the Philistine came on, and drew near unto David; and the man that bare the shield went before him.

47 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.

48 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.

49 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.

50 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.

f 51 Therefore David ran and
stood upon the Philistine, and took
his sword, and drew it out of the
sheath thereof, and slew him, and

e 42 And when the Philistine look-cut off his head therewith.
ed about, and saw David, he dis-
dained him: for he was but a youth,
and ruddy, and of a fair counte-

nance.

43 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.

44 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.

And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled. g 52 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.

53 And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philisc 45 Then said David to the Philistines, and they spoiled their tents. tine, Thou comest to me with ag 54 And David took the head of sword, and with a spear, and with a the Philistine, and brought it to Jeshield but I come to thee in the rusalem; but he put his armour in name of the LORD of hosts, the his tent. God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.

e 46 This day will the LORD deliver thee into my hand; and I will smite thee, and take thy head from 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,

ƒ 55 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.

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

57 And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him be

fore Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

58 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. CHAP. XVIII.

God came upon Saul, and he pro phesied in the midst of the house: and David played with his hand, as at other times: and there was a jave. lin in Saul's hand.

11 And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I will smite David even to

AND it came to pass, when the wall with it. And David avoid

had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.

2 And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father's house.

ed out of his presence twice.

12 ¶ And Saul was afraid of Da vid, because the LORD was with him, and was departed from Saul.

13 Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.

3 Then Jonathan and Davidf 14 And David behaved himself made a covenant, because he loved wisely in all his ways; and the him as his own soul. LORD was with him.

4 And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.

15 Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he was afraid of him.

16 But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and f5¶ And David went out whither-came in before them. soever Saul sent him, and behaved 17 ¶ And Saul said to David, himself wisely and Saul get him Behold, my elder daughter Merab, over the men of war, and he was her will I give thee to wife: only be accepted in the sight of all the peo-thou valiant for me, and fight the ple, and also in the sight of Saul's

servants.

o 6 And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of music.

7 And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.

8 And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom?

9 And Saul eyed David from that day and forward

10 And it came to pass on the morrow that the evil spirit from

LORD's battles. For Saul said, Let not my hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.

18 And David said unto Saul, Who am I? and what is my life, or my father's family in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king?

19 But it came to pass at the time when Merab, Saul's daughter, should have been given to David, that she was given unto Adriel the Meholathite to wife.

20 And Michal, Saul's daughter, loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.

21 And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son-in-law, in the one of the twain.

ƒ 22 ¶ And Saul commanded his servants, saying, Commune with

thyself until the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide thyself:

David secretly, and say, Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all his servants love thec: now therefore be the king's son-in-law.

e 23 And Saul's servants spake those words in the ears of David, And David said, Seemeth it to you a light thing to be a king's son-in-law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?

24 And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spake David.

c 25 And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.

3 And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where thou art, and I will commune with my father of thee; and what I see, that I will tell thee. je 4 ¶ And Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David: because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works have been to thee-ward very good:

5 For he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the LORD wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou sawest it, and didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?

slain.

7 And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan shewed him all those things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as in times past.

f26 And when his servants told David these words, it pleased Da-f6 And Saul hearkened unto the vid well to be the king's son-in-law: voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, and the days were not expired. As the LORD liveth, he shall not be 27 Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the king's son-in-law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife. f28 ¶ And Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David, and that Michal, Saul's daughter, loved him.

8 And there was war again: and David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and slew them with a great slaughter; and they fled from him.

9 And the evil spirit from the 29 And Saul was yet the more LORD was upon Saul, as he sat in afraid of David; and Saul became his house with his javelin in his hand : David's enemy continually. and David played with his hand. 30 Then the princes of the Phi-c 10 And Saul sought to smite Dalistines went forth and it came vid even to the wall with the javelin; to pass, after they went forth, that but he slipped away out of Saul's David behaved himself more wisely presence, and he smote the javelin than all the servants of Saul: so that into the wall: and David fled, and his name was much set by. escaped that night.

CHAP. XIX.

f 11 Saul also sent messengers unto

AND Saul spake to Jonathan David's house, to watch him, and to

son, and to all his ser

vants, that they should kill David.
2 But Jonathan, Saul's son, de-

slay him in the morning and Michal, David's wife, told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to-night, to

lighted much in David and Jona-morrow thou shalt be slain.

than told David, saying, Saul myf 12 So Michal let David down father seeketh to kill thee: now through a window: and he went, therefore, I pray thee, take heed to and fled, and escaped.

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