1Now the Philistines gathered their forces for war…
2Saul and the men of Israel assembled and…
3The Philistines stood on one hill and the…
4Then a champion named Goliath, who was from…
5and he had a bronze helmet on his…
6and he had armor of bronze on his…
7The shaft of his spear was like a…
8And Goliath stood and shouted to the ranks…
9If he is able to fight me and…
10Then the Philistine said, “I defy the ranks…
11On hearing the words of the Philistine, Saul…
12Now David was the son of a man…
13The three older sons of Jesse had followed…
14And David was the youngest. The three oldest…
15but David went back and forth from Saul…
16For forty days the Philistine came forward every…
17One day Jesse said to his son David,…
18Take also these ten portions of cheese to…
19They are with Saul and all the men…
20So David got up early in the morning,…
21And Israel and the Philistines arrayed in formation…
22Then David left his supplies in the care…
23And as he was speaking with them, suddenly…
24When all the men of Israel saw Goliath,…
25Now the men of Israel had been saying,…
26David asked the men who were standing with…
27The people told him about the offer, saying,…
28Now when David’s oldest brother Eliab heard him…
29“What have I done now?” said David. “Was…
30Then he turned from him toward another and…
31Now David’s words were overheard and reported to…
32And David said to Saul, “Let no man’s…
33But Saul replied, “You cannot go out against…
34David replied, “Your servant has been tending his…
35I went after it, struck it down, and…
36Your servant has killed lions and bears; this…
37David added, “The LORD, who delivered me from…
38Then Saul clothed David in his own tunic,…
39David strapped his sword over the tunic and…
40And David took his staff in his hand,…
41Now the Philistine came closer and closer to…
42When the Philistine looked and saw David, he…
43“Am I a dog,” he said to David,…
44“Come here,” he called to David, “and I…
45But David said to the Philistine, “You come…
46This day the LORD will deliver you into…
47And all those assembled here will know that…
48As the Philistine started forward to attack him,…
49Then David reached into his bag, took out…
50Thus David prevailed over the Philistine with a…
51David ran and stood over him. He grabbed…
52Then the men of Israel and Judah charged…
53When the Israelites returned from their pursuit of…
54David took the head of the Philistine and…
55As Saul had watched David going out to…
56“Find out whose son this young man is!”…
57So when David returned from killing the Philistine,…
58“Whose son are you, young man?” asked Saul.…
