1 Samuel 17:8-32

1 Samuel 17:8-32

[8] 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. [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 Bethlehemjudah,  whose name  was Jesse;  and he had eight  sons:  and the man  went  for an old man  in the days  of Saul.  [13] And the three  eldest  sons  of Jesse  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.  [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  at Bethlehem.  [16] And the Philistine  drew near  morning  and evening,  and presented  himself forty  days.  [17] 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;  [18] And carry  these ten  cheeses  unto the captain  of their thousand,  and look  how thy brethren  fare,  and take  their pledge.  [19] Now Saul,  of Israel,  were in the valley  of Elah,  fighting  with the Philistines.  [20] And David  rose up early  in the morning,  and left  the sheep  with a keeper,  and took,  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.  [21] For Israel  and the Philistines  had put the battle in array,  army  [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,  of the Philistines,  and spake  according to the same  words:  and David  heard  them. [24] And all the men  of Israel,  when they saw  the man,  fled  from him,  and were sore  afraid.  [25] 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.  [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 should defy  the armies  of the living  God?  [27] And the people  answered  him after this manner,  saying,  So shall it be done  to the man  that killeth  him. [28] And Eliab  his eldest  brother  heard  when he spake  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.  [29] And David  said,  What have I now done?  Is there not a cause?  [30] 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  [32] And David  said  to Saul,  Let no man's  heart  fail  because of him; thy servant  and fight  with this Philistine.