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I Samuel Chapter 17

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I SAMUEL

I Samuel 17

1Now the Philistines gathering together their troops to battle, assembled at Socho of Juda: and camped between Socho and Azeca, in the borders of Dommim.
Joshua 15:35, Joshua 15:35, 1 Chronicles 11:13, 1 Samuel 13:5, 2 Chronicles 28:18
2And Saul and the children of Israel being gathered together, came to the valley of Terebinth, and they set the army in array to fight against the Philistines.
1 Samuel 21:9, 1 Samuel 21:9, 1 Samuel 17:19, 1 Samuel 17:19
3And 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.
4And there went out a man baseborn from the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Geth, whose height was six cubits and a span:
Joshua 11:22, Joshua 11:22, 1 Samuel 17:23, 2 Samuel 21:16, 2 Samuel 21:22
5And he had a helmet of brass upon his head, and he was clothed with a coat of mail with scales, and the weight of his coat of mail was five thousand sicles of brass:
6And he had greaves of brass on his legs, and a buckler of brass covered his shoulders.
1 Samuel 17:45, 1 Samuel 17:45, 2 Chronicles 9:15, 1 Kings 10:16, 2 Chronicles 9:15
7And the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam, and the head of his spear weighed six hundred sicles of iron: and his armourbearer went before him.
2 Samuel 21:19, 2 Samuel 21:19, 1 Samuel 17:41, 1 Chronicles 11:23, 1 Samuel 17:41
8And standing, he cried out to the bands of Israel, and said to them: Why are you come out prepared to fight? am not I a Philistine, and you the servants of Saul? Choose out a man of you, and let him come down and fight hand to hand.
1 Samuel 8:17, 1 Samuel 8:17, 1 Chronicles 21:3, 2 Samuel 11:11, 1 Samuel 17:26
9If he be able to fight with me, and kill me, we will be servants to you: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, you shall be servants, and shall serve us.
1 Samuel 11:1, 1 Samuel 11:1
10And the Philistine said: I have defied the bands of Israel this day: give me a man, and let him fight with me hand to hand.
1 Samuel 17:25, 1 Samuel 17:26, 1 Samuel 17:25, 1 Samuel 17:26, 1 Samuel 17:45
11And Saul and all the Israelites hearing these words of the Philistine, were dismayed, and greatly afraid.
Joshua 1:9, Deuteronomy 31:8, Joshua 1:9, Deuteronomy 31:8, Isaiah 51:12
12Now David was the son of that Ephrathite, of Bethlehem Juda, before mentioned, whose name was Isai, who had eight sons, and was an old man in the days of Saul, and of great age among men.
Genesis 35:19, 1 Samuel 16:10, 1 Samuel 16:11, Genesis 35:19, 1 Samuel 16:10
13And his three eldest sons followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle, were Eliab, the firstborn, and the second, Abinadab, and the third Samma:
1 Chronicles 2:13, 1 Chronicles 2:13, 2 Samuel 21:21, 2 Samuel 13:3, 1 Samuel 17:28
14But David was the youngest. So the three eldest having followed Saul,
1 Samuel 16:11, 1 Samuel 16:11, Genesis 25:23, Genesis 25:23
15David went, and returned from Saul, to feed his father's flock at Bethlehem.
1 Samuel 16:11, 1 Samuel 16:11, 1 Samuel 16:19, 1 Samuel 16:23, 1 Samuel 16:19
16Now the Philistine came out morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.
Matthew 4:2, Luke 4:2, Matthew 4:2, Luke 4:2
17And Isai said to David, his son: Take for thy brethren an ephi of frumenty, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy brethren,
1 Samuel 25:18, 1 Samuel 25:18, Ruth 2:14, Matthew 7:11, Luke 11:13
18And carry these ten little cheeses to the tribune: and go see thy brethren, if they are well: and learn with whom they are placed.
Genesis 37:14, Genesis 37:14, 1 Samuel 16:20, 1 Samuel 16:20, Job 10:10
19But Saul, and they, and all the children of Israel, were in the valley of Terebinth, fighting against the Philistines.
20David, therefore, arose in the morning, and gave the charge of the flock to the keeper: and went away loaded, as Isai had commanded him. And he came to the place of Magala, and to the army, which was going out to fight, and shouted for the battle.
1 Samuel 26:5, Luke 19:43, 1 Samuel 26:5, Luke 19:43, 1 Samuel 17:28
21For Israel had put themselves in array, and the Philistines who stood against them were prepared.
22And David leaving the vessels which he had brought, under the care of the keeper of the baggage, ran to the place of the battle, and asked if all things went well with his brethren.
Luke 10:5, Luke 10:6, Genesis 37:14, Matthew 10:12, Matthew 10:13
23And as he talked with them, that baseborn man, whose name was Goliath, the Philistine, of Geth, shewed himself coming up from the camp of the Philistines: and he spoke according to the same words, and David heard them,
1 Samuel 17:8, 1 Samuel 17:10, 1 Samuel 17:8, 1 Samuel 17:10
24And all the Israelites, when they saw the man, fled from his face, fearing him exceedingly.
Numbers 13:33, 1 Samuel 17:11, Deuteronomy 32:30, Leviticus 26:36, Isaiah 7:2
25And some one of Israel said: Have you seen this man that is come up, for he is come up to defy Israel. And the man that shall slay him, the king will enrich with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and will make his father's house free from tribute in Israel.
Joshua 15:16, Joshua 15:16, Revelation 3:12, Revelation 2:7, Revelation 3:12
26And David spoke to the men that stood by him, saying: What shall be given to the man that shall kill this Philistine, and shall take away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?
1 Samuel 11:2, 1 Samuel 11:2, Deuteronomy 5:26, Deuteronomy 5:26, 1 Samuel 17:10
27And the people answered him the same words, saying: These things shall be given to the man that shall slay him.
1 Samuel 17:25, 1 Samuel 17:25
28Now when Eliab his eldest brother heard this, when he was speaking with others, he was angry with David, and said: Why camest thou hither? and why didst thou leave those few sheep in the desert? I know thy pride, and the wickedness of thy heart: that thou art come down to see the battle.
Matthew 10:36, Matthew 10:36, Genesis 37:11, Genesis 37:8, Genesis 37:4
29And David said: What have I done? is there not cause to speak?
1 Peter 3:9, 1 Peter 3:9, Acts 11:2, Acts 11:4, Proverbs 15:1
30And he turned a little aside from him to another: and said the same word. And the people answered him as before.
1 Samuel 17:26, 1 Samuel 17:27, 1 Samuel 17:26, 1 Samuel 17:27
31And the words which David spoke were heard, and were rehearsed before Saul.
Proverbs 22:29, Proverbs 22:29
32And when he was brought to Saul, he said to him. Let not any man's heart be dismayed in him: I thy servant will go, and will fight against the Philistine.
1 Samuel 16:18, 1 Samuel 16:18, Deuteronomy 20:1, Deuteronomy 20:3, Deuteronomy 20:1
33And Saul said to David: Thou art not able to withstand this Philistine, nor to fight against him: for thou art but a boy, but he is a warrior from his youth.
Numbers 13:31, Numbers 13:31, Deuteronomy 9:2, Revelation 13:4, Deuteronomy 9:2
34And David said to Saul: Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, or a bear, and took a ram out of the midst of the flock:
35And I pursued after them, and struck them, and delivered it out of their mouth: and they rose up against me, and I caught them by the throat, and I strangled, and killed them.
2 Timothy 4:17, 2 Timothy 4:18, Amos 3:12, 2 Timothy 4:17, 2 Timothy 4:18
36For I thy servant have killed both a lion and a bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be also as one of them. I will go now, and take away the reproach of the people: for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, who hath dared to curse the army of the living God?
1 Samuel 17:10, 1 Samuel 17:10, Isaiah 37:22, Isaiah 37:23, Acts 12:22
37And David said: The Lord who 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 to David: Go, and the Lord be with thee.
2 Timothy 4:17, 2 Timothy 4:18, 2 Timothy 4:17, 2 Timothy 4:18, Psalms 138:7
38And Saul clothed David with his garments, and put a helmet of brass upon his head, and armed him with a coat of mail.
39And David having girded his sword upon his armour, began to try if he could walk in armour: for he was not accustomed to it. And David said to Saul: I cannot go thus, for I am not used to it. And he laid them off,
Zechariah 4:6, 2 Corinthians 10:4, 2 Corinthians 10:5, Hosea 1:7, Zechariah 4:6
40And he took his staff, which he had always in his hands: and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them into the shepherd's scrip, which he had with him, and he took a sling in his hand, and went forth against the Philistine.
1 Corinthians 1:27, 1 Corinthians 1:29, 1 Corinthians 1:27, 1 Corinthians 1:29, Judges 20:16
41And the Philistine came on, and drew nigh against David, and his armourbearer went before him.
42And when the Philistine looked, and beheld David, he despised him. For he was a young man, ruddy, and of a comely countenance.
1 Samuel 16:12, 1 Samuel 16:12, 1 Samuel 17:33, Psalms 123:3, Psalms 123:4
43And the Philistine said to David: Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with a staff? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
2 Samuel 3:8, 2 Samuel 9:8, 1 Samuel 24:14, 2 Samuel 3:8, 2 Samuel 9:8
44And he said to David: Come to me, and I will give thy flesh to the birds of the air, and to the beasts of the earth.
Ezekiel 28:9, Ezekiel 28:10, Proverbs 18:12, 1 Kings 20:10, 1 Kings 20:11
45And David said 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 Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, which thou hast defied
2 Corinthians 10:4, 2 Corinthians 10:4, 2 Chronicles 32:8, 2 Chronicles 32:8, 2 Corinthians 3:5
46This day, and the Lord will deliver thee into my hand, and I will slay thee, and take away thy head from thee: and I will give the carcasses of the army of the Philistines this day to the birds of the air, and to the beasts of the earth: that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.
Isaiah 52:10, Isaiah 52:10, Joshua 4:24, Joshua 4:24, 2 Kings 19:19
47And all this assembly shall know that the Lord saveth not with sword and spear: for it is his battle, and he will deliver you into our hands.
Psalms 44:6, Psalms 44:7, Psalms 44:6, Psalms 44:7, Zechariah 4:6
48And when the Philistine arose, and was coming, and drew nigh to meet David, David made haste, and ran to the fight to meet the Philistine.
Proverbs 28:1, Psalms 27:1, Proverbs 28:1, Psalms 27:1
49And he put his hand into his scrip, and took a stone, and cast it with the sling, and fetching it about, struck the Philistine in the forehead, and he fell on his face upon the earth.
1 Corinthians 1:27, 1 Corinthians 1:28, 1 Corinthians 1:27, 1 Corinthians 1:28, 1 Kings 22:34
50And David prevailed over the Philistine, with a sling and a stone, and he struck, and slew the Philistine. And as David had no sword in his hand,
Judges 15:15, Judges 15:15, 1 Samuel 21:9, 1 Samuel 23:21, 1 Samuel 17:39
51He ran, and stood over the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath, and slew him, and cut off his head. And the Philistines seeing that their champion was dead, fled away.
Hebrews 11:34, 1 Samuel 21:9, Hebrews 11:34, 1 Samuel 21:9, 2 Samuel 23:21
52And the men of Israel and Juda rising up shouted, and pursued after the Philistines till they came to the valley and to the gates of Accaron, and there fell many wounded of the Philistines in the way of Saraim, and as far as Geth, and as far as Accaron.
Joshua 15:11, Joshua 15:11, 2 Samuel 23:10, 1 Samuel 14:21, 1 Samuel 14:22
53And the children of Israel returning, after they had pursued the Philistines, fell upon their camp.
Jeremiah 4:20, Jeremiah 30:16, 2 Kings 7:7, 2 Kings 7:16, Jeremiah 4:20
54And David taking the head of the Philistine, brought it to Jerusalem: but his armour he put in his tent.
Joshua 4:7, Joshua 4:8, Exodus 16:33, Joshua 4:7, Joshua 4:8
55Now at the time that Saul saw David going out against the Philistines, he said to Abner, the captain of the army: Of what family is this young man descended, Abner? And Abner said: As thy soul liveth, O king, I know not.
1 Samuel 16:21, 1 Samuel 16:22, 1 Samuel 16:21, 1 Samuel 16:22, 1 Samuel 17:58
56And the king said: Inquire thou, whose son this young man is.
57And when David was returned, after the Philistine was slain, Abner took him, and brought him in before Saul, with the head of the Philistine in his hand.
1 Samuel 17:54, 1 Samuel 17:54
58And Saul said to him: Young man, of what family art thou? And David said: I am the son of thy servant Isai the Bethlehemite.
1 Samuel 17:12, 1 Samuel 17:12, 1 Samuel 16:18, 1 Samuel 16:19, 1 Samuel 16:18

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