The first book of Samuel, otherwise called the first book of the Kings. Chapter 17. Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Shokro, which belonged to Judah, and pitched between Shokro and Azika in Ithas Damien. And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together and pitched by the Valley of Ila and set the battle in array against the Philistines. 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. And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines named Goliath, a gaff whose height was six tubits in the span. And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail, and the weight of the coat was 5,000 shekels of brass. And he had grieves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders. And the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam, and his spear's head weighed 600 shekels of iron, and one bearing a shield went before him. 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, and not I, a Philistines, and ye servants to Saul? Choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me. 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. And the Philistines said, I defy the armies of Israel this day. Give me a man that we may fight together. When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistines, they were dismayed and greatly afraid. Now David was the son of that effrothite of Bethlehem Judah, whose name was Jesse, and he had eight sons, and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul. 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 a bin a dab, and the third shamma. And David was the youngest, and the three eldest followed Saul. But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father sheep at Bethlehem, and the Philistines grew near morning and evening and presented himself forty days. And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren and eifer of this parched corn and these ten loaves and run to the camp to thy brethren, and carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and look how thy brethren fair and take their pledge. Now Saul and there in all the men of Israel were in the valley of Eli, fighting with the Philistines. And David rose up early in the morning and left the sheep with a keeper, and took and went as Jesse commanded him, and he came to the trench as the host was going forth to the fight and shouted for the battle. What Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array army against army. 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. And as he talked with them, behold there came up the champion, the Philistines of Gaff, the lyre by name, out of the armies of the Philistines, and spake according to the same words. And David heard them. And all the men of Israel when they saw the man fled before him and were so afraid, and the men of Israel said, have you seen this man that has come up? Surely to defy Israel as he come up, and it shall be that the man who killed him, the king will enrich him with great riches and will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel. And David spaked to the men that stood by him, saying, what shall be done to the man that killed this Philistines, and take it away the reproach from Israel? For who is this? On circumcised Philistines that he should defy the armies of the living God? And the people answered him after this man, saying, so shall it be done to the man that killed him. And Eliyab, his eldest brother, heard when he spaker to the men, and Eliyab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, why came this thou downhiver, and with whom has thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride and the naughtiness of thy heart, for thou had come down that thou mightest see the battle. And David said, what have I now done? Is there not a cause? And he turned from him toward another, and spake after the same manner, and the people answered him again, after the former manner. And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them before Saul, and he sent for him. And David said to Saul, let no man's heart fail because of him. By servant will go and fight with this Philistine. And Saul said to David, I want 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. And David said unto Saul, by servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock. And I went out after him and smoked him, and delivered it out of his mouth. And when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smoked him and slew him. By servant slew both the lion and the bear, and this on circumcised that the Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he have defied the armies of the living God. And David said moreover, the Lord that delivered me out of the poor of the lion, and out of the poor 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 him. And Saul armed David with his armor, and he put an helmet of brass upon his head, also he armed him with a coat of mail, and David girded his sword upon his armor, and he has said to go, for he had not proved. And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with these, for I have not proved them. And David put them off him. And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five small stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag which he had, even in a script, and his sling was in his hand, and he drew near to the Philistine. And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David, and the man that bear the shield went before him. And when the Philistine looked about and saw David, he disdained him, where he was putting you, and ruddy into the fair countenance. And the Philistine said unto David, am I a dog that thou commest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his god. 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 said David to the Philistine, thou commest to me with a sword and with a spear and with a shield. But I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts. The God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied. This day will the Lord deliver thee into mine hand, and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee. And I will give the coccuses 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. And all this assembly shall know that the Lord saveeth not with sword and spear, for the battle is the Lord, and he will give you into our hands. 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 Philistines, and David put his hand in his bag and took Benzer 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. So David prevailed over the Philistines with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistines and sluied. But there was no sword in the hand of David. Therefore David ran and stood upon the Philistines and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath, thereof, and sluied him and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled, and the men of Israel and of Judah arose and shouted and pursued the Philistines until they have come to the valley and to the gates of Echron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shayoreyam, even unto Gath and unto Echron. And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they spoiled their tents. And David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem, but he put his arm up in his tent. And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistines, he said unto Abna, the captain of the host, Abna, who son is this you? And Abna said, as I so live with Oking, I cannot tell. And the king said, inquire thou whose son the stripling is. And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abna took him and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand. And Saul said to him, whose son are thou, thou young man? And David answered, I am the son of I servant Jesse the Bethlehemite. Jesse!