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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.
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And David said, What have I now done?
Is there
not a
cause?
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And he turned from him toward another, and spake after the same manner: and the people
answered him again after the former manner.
31
And when the words were heard which David
spake, they rehearsed
them
before Saul: and he sent for him.
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.
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:
35
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.
36
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.
37
David said moreover, The L
ORD
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 L
ORD
be with thee.
38
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.
39
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.
40
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.
42
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.
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.
45
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 L
ORD
of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
46
This day will the L
ORD
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.
47
And all this assembly shall know that the L
ORD
saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle
is
the L
ORD
’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
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