1Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle; and they were gathered together at Socoh, which belongs to Judah, and encamped between Socoh and Azekah, in Ephesdammim.stylusJoshua 15:35, Joshua 15:35, 1 Chronicles 11:13, 1 Samuel 13:5, 2 Chronicles 28:182Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and encamped in the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines.stylus1 Samuel 21:9, 1 Samuel 21:9, 1 Samuel 17:19, 1 Samuel 17:193The Philistines stood on the mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on the mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.stylus4There went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.stylusJoshua 11:22, Joshua 11:22, 1 Samuel 17:23, 2 Samuel 21:16, 2 Samuel 21:225He had a helmet of brass on his head, and he was clad with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.stylus6He had brass shin armor on his legs, and a javelin of brass between his shoulders.stylus1 Samuel 17:45, 1 Samuel 17:45, 2 Chronicles 9:15, 1 Kings 10:16, 2 Chronicles 9:157The staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and his shield bearer went before him.stylus2 Samuel 21:19, 2 Samuel 21:19, 1 Samuel 17:41, 1 Chronicles 11:23, 1 Samuel 17:418He stood and cried to the armies of Israel, and said to them, "Why have you come out to set your battle in array? Am I not a Philistine, and you servants to Saul? Choose a man for yourselves, and let him come down to me.stylus1 Samuel 8:17, 1 Samuel 8:17, 1 Chronicles 21:3, 2 Samuel 11:11, 1 Samuel 17:269If he be able to fight with me, and kill me, then will we be your servants; but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then you will be our servants, and serve us."stylus1 Samuel 11:1, 1 Samuel 11:110The Philistine said, "I defy the armies of Israel this day! Give me a man, that we may fight together!"stylus1 Samuel 17:25, 1 Samuel 17:26, 1 Samuel 17:25, 1 Samuel 17:26, 1 Samuel 17:4511When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.stylusJoshua 1:9, Deuteronomy 31:8, Joshua 1:9, Deuteronomy 31:8, Isaiah 51:1212Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem Judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man was an old man in the days of Saul, stricken among men.stylusGenesis 35:19, 1 Samuel 16:10, 1 Samuel 16:11, Genesis 35:19, 1 Samuel 16:1013The three eldest sons of Jesse had gone after Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons who went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.stylus1 Chronicles 2:13, 1 Chronicles 2:13, 2 Samuel 21:21, 2 Samuel 13:3, 1 Samuel 17:2814David was the youngest; and the three eldest followed Saul.stylus1 Samuel 16:11, 1 Samuel 16:11, Genesis 25:23, Genesis 25:2315Now David went back and forth from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem.stylus1 Samuel 16:11, 1 Samuel 16:11, 1 Samuel 16:19, 1 Samuel 16:23, 1 Samuel 16:1916The Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.stylusMatthew 4:2, Luke 4:2, Matthew 4:2, Luke 4:217Jesse said to David his son, "Now take for your brothers an ephah of this parched grain, and these ten loaves, and carry them quickly to the camp to your brothers;stylus1 Samuel 25:18, 1 Samuel 25:18, Ruth 2:14, Matthew 7:11, Luke 11:1318and bring these ten cheeses to the captain of their thousand, and see how your brothers are doing, and bring back news."stylusGenesis 37:14, Genesis 37:14, 1 Samuel 16:20, 1 Samuel 16:20, Job 10:1019Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.stylus20David 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 place of the wagons, as the army which was going forth to the fight shouted for the battle.stylus1 Samuel 26:5, Luke 19:43, 1 Samuel 26:5, Luke 19:43, 1 Samuel 17:2821Israel and the Philistines put the battle in array, army against army.stylus22David left his baggage in the hand of the keeper of the baggage, and ran to the army, and came and greeted his brothers.stylusLuke 10:5, Luke 10:6, Genesis 37:14, Matthew 10:12, Matthew 10:1323As he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the ranks of the Philistines, and spoke according to the same words: and David heard them.stylus1 Samuel 17:8, 1 Samuel 17:10, 1 Samuel 17:8, 1 Samuel 17:1024All the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were terrified.stylusNumbers 13:33, 1 Samuel 17:11, Deuteronomy 32:30, Leviticus 26:36, Isaiah 7:225The men of Israel said, "Have you seen this man who has come up? He has surely come up to defy Israel. It shall be, that the man who kills him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's house exempt in Israel."stylusJoshua 15:16, Joshua 15:16, Revelation 3:12, Revelation 2:7, Revelation 3:1226David spoke to the men who stood by him, saying, "What shall be done to the man who kills this Philistine, and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?"stylus1 Samuel 11:2, 1 Samuel 11:2, Deuteronomy 5:26, Deuteronomy 5:26, 1 Samuel 17:1027The people answered him in this way, saying, "So shall it be done to the man who kills him."stylus1 Samuel 17:25, 1 Samuel 17:2528Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, "Why have you come down? With whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride, and the naughtiness of your heart; for you have come down that you might see the battle."stylusMatthew 10:36, Matthew 10:36, Genesis 37:11, Genesis 37:8, Genesis 37:429David said, "What have I now done? Is there not a cause?"stylus1 Peter 3:9, 1 Peter 3:9, Acts 11:2, Acts 11:4, Proverbs 15:130He turned away from him toward another, and spoke like that again; and the people answered him again the same way.stylus1 Samuel 17:26, 1 Samuel 17:27, 1 Samuel 17:26, 1 Samuel 17:2731When the words were heard which David spoke, they rehearsed them before Saul; and he sent for him.stylusProverbs 22:29, Proverbs 22:2932David said to Saul, "Let no man's heart fail because of him. Your servant will go and fight with this Philistine."stylus1 Samuel 16:18, 1 Samuel 16:18, Deuteronomy 20:1, Deuteronomy 20:3, Deuteronomy 20:133Saul said to David, "You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for you are but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth."stylusNumbers 13:31, Numbers 13:31, Deuteronomy 9:2, Revelation 13:4, Deuteronomy 9:234David said to Saul, "Your servant was keeping his father's sheep; and when a lion or a bear came, and took a lamb out of the flock,stylus35I went out after him, and struck him, and rescued it out of his mouth. When he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and struck him, and killed him.stylus2 Timothy 4:17, 2 Timothy 4:18, Amos 3:12, 2 Timothy 4:17, 2 Timothy 4:1836Your servant struck both the lion and the bear. This uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, since he has defied the armies of the living God."stylus1 Samuel 17:10, 1 Samuel 17:10, Isaiah 37:22, Isaiah 37:23, Acts 12:2237David 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." Saul said to David, "Go; and the Lord shall be with you."stylus2 Timothy 4:17, 2 Timothy 4:18, 2 Timothy 4:17, 2 Timothy 4:18, Psalms 138:738Saul dressed David with his clothing. He put a helmet of brass on his head, and he clad him with a coat of mail.stylus39David strapped his sword on his clothing, and he tried to move; for he had not tested it. David said to Saul, "I can't go with these; for I have not tested them." David took them off.stylusZechariah 4:6, 2 Corinthians 10:4, 2 Corinthians 10:5, Hosea 1:7, Zechariah 4:640He took his staff in his hand, and chose for himself five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in the shepherd's bag which he had, even in his wallet. His sling was in his hand; and he drew near to the Philistine.stylus1 Corinthians 1:27, 1 Corinthians 1:29, 1 Corinthians 1:27, 1 Corinthians 1:29, Judges 20:1641The Philistine came on and drew near to David; and the man who bore the shield went before him.stylus42When the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him; for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and withal of a fair face.stylus1 Samuel 16:12, 1 Samuel 16:12, 1 Samuel 17:33, Psalms 123:3, Psalms 123:443The Philistine said to David, "Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?" The Philistine cursed David by his gods.stylus2 Samuel 3:8, 2 Samuel 9:8, 1 Samuel 24:14, 2 Samuel 3:8, 2 Samuel 9:844The Philistine said to David, "Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the sky, and to the animals of the field."stylusEzekiel 28:9, Ezekiel 28:10, Proverbs 18:12, 1 Kings 20:10, 1 Kings 20:1145Then David said to the Philistine, "You come to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a javelin: but I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.stylus2 Corinthians 10:4, 2 Corinthians 10:4, 2 Chronicles 32:8, 2 Chronicles 32:8, 2 Corinthians 3:546Today, the Lord will deliver you into my hand. I will strike you, and take your head from off you. I will give the dead bodies of the army of the Philistines this day to the birds of the sky, and to the wild animals of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel,stylusIsaiah 52:10, Isaiah 52:10, Joshua 4:24, Joshua 4:24, 2 Kings 19:1947and that all this assembly may know that the Lord doesn't save with sword and spear: for the battle is the Lord's, and he will give you into our hand."stylusPsalms 44:6, Psalms 44:7, Psalms 44:6, Psalms 44:7, Zechariah 4:648It happened, when the Philistine arose, and came and drew near to meet David, that David hurried, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine.stylusProverbs 28:1, Psalms 27:1, Proverbs 28:1, Psalms 27:149David put his hand in his bag, took a stone, and slung it, and struck the Philistine in his forehead; and the stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the earth.stylus1 Corinthians 1:27, 1 Corinthians 1:28, 1 Corinthians 1:27, 1 Corinthians 1:28, 1 Kings 22:3450So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and struck the Philistine, and killed him; but there was no sword in the hand of David.stylusJudges 15:15, Judges 15:15, 1 Samuel 21:9, 1 Samuel 23:21, 1 Samuel 17:3951Then David ran, and stood over the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of its sheath, and killed him, and cut off his head therewith. When the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled.stylusHebrews 11:34, 1 Samuel 21:9, Hebrews 11:34, 1 Samuel 21:9, 2 Samuel 23:2152The men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines, until you come to Gai, and to the gates of Ekron. The wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even to Gath, and to Ekron.stylusJoshua 15:11, Joshua 15:11, 2 Samuel 23:10, 1 Samuel 14:21, 1 Samuel 14:2253The children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they plundered their camp.stylusJeremiah 4:20, Jeremiah 30:16, 2 Kings 7:7, 2 Kings 7:16, Jeremiah 4:2054David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armor in his tent.stylusJoshua 4:7, Joshua 4:8, Exodus 16:33, Joshua 4:7, Joshua 4:855When Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the captain of the army, "Abner, whose son is this youth?" Abner said, "As your soul lives, O king, I can't tell."stylus1 Samuel 16:21, 1 Samuel 16:22, 1 Samuel 16:21, 1 Samuel 16:22, 1 Samuel 17:5856The king said, "Inquire whose son the young man is!"stylus57As David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.stylus1 Samuel 17:54, 1 Samuel 17:5458Saul said to him, "Whose son are you, you young man?" David answered, "I am the son of your servant Jesse the Bethlehemite."stylus1 Samuel 17:12, 1 Samuel 17:12, 1 Samuel 16:18, 1 Samuel 16:19, 1 Samuel 16:18