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1 Samuel 17:1¹The Philistines gathered their troops for battle. They assembled at Socoh in Judah. They camped in Ephes Dammim, between Socoh and Azekah.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Josh 15:35 1 Chr 11:13 1 Sam 13:5 2 Chr 28:18 Josh 10:10-11 Judg 3:3 1 Sam 14:46 1 Sam 14:52 1 Sam 7:7 2 Chr 11:7

1 Samuel 17:2²Saul and the Israelite army assembled and camped in the valley of Elah, where they arranged their battle lines to fight against the Philistines.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Sam 21:9 1 Sam 17:19

1 Samuel 17:3³The Philistines were standing on one hill, and the Israelites on another hill, with the valley between them.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

1 Samuel 17:4⁴Then a champion came out from the camp of the Philistines. His name was Goliath; he was from Gath. He was close to seven feet tall.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Josh 11:22 1 Chr 20:4-8 1 Sam 17:23 2 Sam 21:16-22 1 Chr 11:23 1 Sam 21:9-10 1 Sam 27:4 Deut 3:11 Amos 2:9

1 Samuel 17:5⁵He had a bronze helmet on his head and was wearing scale body armor. The weight of his bronze body armor was 5,000 shekels.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

1 Samuel 17:6⁶He had bronze shin guards on his legs, and a bronze javelin was slung over his shoulders.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Sam 17:45 1 Kgs 10:16 2 Chr 9:15

1 Samuel 17:7⁷The shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s beam, and the iron point of his spear weighed 600 shekels. His shield bearer was walking before him.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Sam 21:19 1 Chr 11:23 1 Sam 17:41 1 Chr 20:5

1 Samuel 17:8⁸Goliath stood and called to Israel’s troops, “Why do you come out to prepare for battle? Am I not the Philistine, and are you not the servants of Saul? Choose for yourselves a man so he may come down to me!Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Sam 8:17 1 Chr 21:3 1 Sam 17:26 2 Sam 11:11

1 Samuel 17:9⁹If he is able to fight with me and strike me down, we will become your servants. But if I prevail against him and strike him down, you will become our servants and will serve us.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Sam 11:1

1 Samuel 17:10¹⁰Then the Philistine said, “I defy Israel’s troops this day! Give me a man so we can fight each other!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Sam 17:25-26 1 Sam 17:36 1 Sam 17:45 2 Sam 21:21 Neh 2:19 Num 23:7-8 Job 40:9-12 Ps 9:4-5 Dan 4:37 Jer 9:23

1 Samuel 17:11¹¹When Saul and all the Israelites heard these words of the Philistine, they were upset and very afraid.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Deut 31:8 Josh 1:9 Isa 51:12-13 Isa 57:11 Prov 28:1 Ps 27:1

1 Samuel 17:12¹²Now David was the son of an Ephrathite named Jesse from Bethlehem in Judah. He had eight sons, and in Saul’s days he was old and well advanced in years.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Sam 16:10-11 Gen 35:19 1 Sam 16:18 1 Chr 2:13-16 1 Sam 17:58 Ruth 4:22 1 Sam 16:1 Luke 3:31-32 Matt 1:6 Matt 2:6

1 Samuel 17:13¹³Jesse’s three oldest sons had followed Saul to war. The names of the three sons who went to war were Eliab, his firstborn, Abinadab, the second oldest; and Shammah, the third oldest.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Chr 2:13 1 Sam 16:6-9 1 Sam 17:28 2 Sam 13:3 2 Sam 13:32 2 Sam 21:21

1 Samuel 17:14¹⁴Now David was the youngest. While the three oldest sons followed Saul,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Sam 16:11 Gen 25:23

1 Samuel 17:15¹⁵David was going back and forth from Saul in order to care for his father’s sheep in Bethlehem.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Sam 16:11 1 Sam 16:19-23

1 Samuel 17:16¹⁶Meanwhile for forty days the Philistine approached every morning and evening and took his position.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 4:2 Matt 4:2

1 Samuel 17:17¹⁷Jesse said to his son David, “Take your brothers this ephah of roasted grain and these ten loaves of bread; go quickly to the camp to your brothers.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Sam 25:18 2 Sam 17:28 Luke 11:13 Matt 7:11 Ruth 2:14

1 Samuel 17:18¹⁸Also take these ten portions of cheese to their commanding officer. Find out how your brothers are doing and bring back their pledge that they received the goods.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 37:14 1 Sam 16:20 1 Thess 3:5-6 2 Sam 17:29 Acts 15:36 Job 10:10

1 Samuel 17:19¹⁹They are with Saul and the whole Israelite army in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

1 Samuel 17:20²⁰So David got up early in the morning and entrusted the flock to someone else who would watch over it. After loading up, he went just as Jesse had instructed him. He arrived at the camp as the army was going out to the battle lines shouting its battle cry.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Sam 26:5 Luke 19:43 1 Sam 17:28 1 Sam 26:7 Eph 6:1-2

1 Samuel 17:21²¹Israel and the Philistines drew up their battle lines opposite one another.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

1 Samuel 17:22²²After David had entrusted his cargo to the care of the supply officer, he ran to the battlefront. When he arrived, he asked his brothers how they were doing.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 37:14 Isa 10:28 Judg 18:15 Luke 10:5-6 Matt 10:12-13

1 Samuel 17:23²³As he was speaking with them, the champion named Goliath, the Philistine from Gath, was coming up from the battle lines of the Philistines. He spoke the way he usually did, and David heard it.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Sam 17:8-10

1 Samuel 17:24²⁴When all the men of Israel saw this man, they retreated from his presence and were very afraid.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Sam 13:6-7 1 Sam 17:11 Deut 32:30 Isa 30:17 Isa 7:2 Lev 26:36 Num 13:33

1 Samuel 17:25²⁵The men of Israel said, “Have you seen this man who is coming up? He does so to defy Israel. But the king will make the man who can strike him down very wealthy! He will give him his daughter in marriage, and he will make his father’s house exempt from tax obligations in Israel.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Josh 15:16 Rev 2:7 Rev 3:12 1 Sam 18:17-27 Ezra 7:24 Matt 17:26 Rev 2:17 Rev 3:21 Rev 3:5

1 Samuel 17:26²⁶David asked the men who were standing near him, “What will be done for the man who strikes down this Philistine and frees Israel from this humiliation? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he defies the armies of the living God?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Sam 11:2 Deut 5:26 1 Sam 14:6 1 Sam 17:10 1 Sam 17:36 2 Kgs 19:4 Dan 9:16 Jer 10:10 Josh 7:8-9 Neh 5:9

1 Samuel 17:27²⁷The soldiers told him what had been promised, saying, “This is what will be done for the man who can strike him down.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Sam 17:25

1 Samuel 17:28²⁸When David’s oldest brother Eliab heard him speaking to the men, he became angry with David and said, “Why have you come down here? To whom did you entrust those few sheep in the wilderness? I am familiar with your pride and deceit! You have come down here to watch the battle.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 10:36 Gen 37:11 Gen 37:4 Gen 37:8 Prov 18:19 Mark 3:21 1 Sam 16:13 1 Sam 16:7 Eccl 4:4 Jude 1:10

1 Samuel 17:29²⁹David replied, “What have I done now? Can’t I say anything?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Pet 3:9 1 Cor 2:15 Acts 11:2-4 Prov 15:1

1 Samuel 17:30³⁰Then he turned from those who were nearby to someone else and asked the same question, but they gave him the same answer as before.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Sam 17:26-27

1 Samuel 17:31³¹When David’s words were overheard and reported to Saul, he called for him.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Prov 22:29

1 Samuel 17:32³²David said to Saul, “Don’t let anyone be discouraged. Your servant will go and fight this Philistine!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Sam 16:18 Deut 20:1-3 Ps 3:6 Isa 35:4 Num 14:9 Ps 27:1-3 1 Sam 14:6 Heb 12:12 Josh 14:12 Num 13:30

1 Samuel 17:33³³But Saul replied to David, “You aren’t able to go against this Philistine and fight him. You’re just a boy! He has been a warrior from his youth.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Num 13:31 Deut 9:2 Rev 13:4 1 Sam 17:42 1 Sam 17:56 Ps 11:1

1 Samuel 17:34³⁴David replied to Saul, “Your servant has been a shepherd for his father’s flock. Whenever a lion or bear would come and carry off a sheep from the flock,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

1 Samuel 17:35³⁵I would go out after it, strike it down, and rescue the sheep from its mouth. If it rose up against me, I would grab it by its jaw, strike it, and kill it.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Tim 4:17-18 Amos 3:12 Dan 6:22 Judg 14:5-6 Ps 91:13 Acts 28:4-6 2 Sam 23:20

1 Samuel 17:36³⁶Your servant has struck down both the lion and the bear. This uncircumcised Philistine will be just like one of them, for he has defied the armies of the living God.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Sam 17:10 1 Sam 17:26 Acts 12:1-2 Acts 12:22-23 Acts 5:38-39 Ezek 32:19 Ezek 32:27-32 Isa 10:15 Isa 36:15 Isa 36:18

1 Samuel 17:37³⁷David went on to say, “The Lord who delivered me from the lion and the bear will also deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.” Then Saul said to David, “Go! The Lord will be with you.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Tim 4:17-18 Ps 138:7-8 2 Cor 1:9-10 Ps 18:16-17 Ps 63:7 1 Chr 22:11 1 Sam 20:13 1 Sam 7:12 1 Chr 22:16 2 Sam 10:12

1 Samuel 17:38³⁸Then Saul clothed David with his own fighting attire and put a bronze helmet on his head. He also put body armor on him.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

1 Samuel 17:39³⁹David strapped on his sword over his fighting attire and tried to walk around, but he was not used to them. David said to Saul, “I can’t walk in these things, for I’m not used to them.” So David removed them.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Cor 10:4-5 Hos 1:7 Zech 4:6

1 Samuel 17:40⁴⁰He took his staff in his hand, picked out five smooth stones from the stream, placed them in the pouch of his shepherd’s bag, took his sling in hand, and approached the Philistine.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Cor 1:27-29 Judg 15:15-16 Judg 20:16 Matt 10:10 Judg 3:31 Judg 7:16-20

1 Samuel 17:41⁴¹The Philistine, with his shield bearer walking in front of him, kept coming closer to David.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

1 Samuel 17:42⁴²When the Philistine looked carefully at David, he despised him, for he was only a ruddy and handsome boy.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Sam 16:12 1 Sam 17:33 Ps 123:3-4 2 Cor 11:27-29 Prov 16:18 1 Kgs 20:18 2 Kgs 18:23-24 Neh 4:2-4

1 Samuel 17:43⁴³The Philistine said to David, “Am I a dog, that you are coming after me with sticks?” Then the Philistine cursed David by his gods.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Sam 24:14 2 Sam 3:8 2 Sam 9:8 2 Kgs 8:13 2 Sam 16:9 Gen 27:29 Prov 26:2 Num 22:6 Judg 9:27 Num 22:11-12

1 Samuel 17:44⁴⁴The Philistine said to David, “Come here to me, so I can give your flesh to the birds of the sky and the wild animals of the field!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Kgs 20:10-11 Ezek 28:9-10 Prov 18:12 1 Sam 17:46 Eccl 9:11-12 Ezek 28:2 Ezek 39:17-20 Jer 9:23

1 Samuel 17:45⁴⁵But David replied to the Philistine, “You are coming against me with sword and spear and javelin. But I am coming against you in the name of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel’s armies, whom you have defied!Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Cor 10:4 2 Chr 32:8 2 Cor 3:5 Phil 4:13 Ps 18:2 Ps 124:8-125:1 2 Sam 22:33-35 1 Sam 17:36 Ps 20:5-7 Isa 37:23

1 Samuel 17:46⁴⁶This very day the Lord will deliver you into my hand. I will strike you down and cut off your head. This day I will give the corpses of the Philistine army to the birds of the sky and the wild animals of the land. Then all the land will realize that Israel has a God,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 52:10 Josh 4:24 2 Kgs 19:19 1 Kgs 8:43 Deut 28:26 Dan 6:26-27 Dan 2:47 Exod 9:16 Rev 19:17-18 Dan 3:29

1 Samuel 17:47⁴⁷and all this assembly will know that it is not by sword or spear that the Lord saves! For the battle is the Lord ’s, and he will deliver you into our hand.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 44:6-7 Zech 4:6 Hos 1:7 Prov 21:30-31 1 Sam 14:6 2 Chr 14:11 2 Chr 20:15-17 Rom 8:31 Rom 8:37 Isa 9:7

1 Samuel 17:48⁴⁸The Philistine drew steadily closer to David to attack him, while David quickly ran toward the battle line to attack the Philistine.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Prov 28:1 Ps 27:1

1 Samuel 17:49⁴⁹David reached his hand into the bag and took out a stone. He slung it, striking the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank deeply into his forehead, and he fell down with his face to the ground.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Cor 1:27-28 1 Kgs 22:34 2 Kgs 9:24

1 Samuel 17:50⁵⁰David prevailed over the Philistine with just the sling and the stone. He struck down the Philistine and killed him. David did not even have a sword in his hand.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Judg 15:15 1 Sam 17:39 1 Sam 21:9 1 Sam 23:21 1 Sam 13:22 Judg 3:31

1 Samuel 17:51⁵¹David ran and stood over the Philistine. He grabbed Goliath’s sword, drew it from its sheath, and after killing him, he cut off his head with it. When the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they ran away.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Sam 21:9 Heb 11:34 2 Sam 23:21 Esth 7:10 Heb 2:14 Ps 7:15-16

1 Samuel 17:52⁵²Then the men of Israel and Judah charged forward, shouting a battle cry. They chased the Philistines to the valley and to the very gates of Ekron. The Philistine corpses lay fallen along the Shaaraim road to Gath and Ekron.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Josh 15:11 1 Sam 14:21-22 2 Sam 23:10 Josh 15:33-36 Josh 15:45-46 Judg 7:23

1 Samuel 17:53⁵³When the Israelites returned from their hot pursuit of the Philistines, they looted their camp.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Kgs 7:7-16 Jer 30:16 Jer 4:20

1 Samuel 17:54⁵⁴David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem, and he put Goliath’s weapons in his tent.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 16:33 1 Sam 21:9 Josh 4:7-8

1 Samuel 17:55⁵⁵Now as Saul watched David going out to fight the Philistine, he asked Abner, the general in command of the army, “Whose son is that young man, Abner?” Abner replied, “As surely as you live, O king, I don’t know.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Sam 16:21-22 1 Sam 17:58

1 Samuel 17:56⁵⁶The king said, “Find out whose son this boy is.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

1 Samuel 17:57⁵⁷So when David returned from striking down the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul. He still had the head of the Philistine in his hand.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Sam 17:54

1 Samuel 17:58⁵⁸Saul said to him, “Whose son are you, young man?” David replied, “I am the son of your servant Jesse in Bethlehem.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Sam 17:12 1 Sam 16:18-19