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1 Samuel 17
Magandang Balita Biblia (with Deuterocanon)
1 Samuel 17
Magandang Balita Biblia (with Deuterocanon)
Ang Hamon ni Goliat
17 Nagsama-sama ang mga hukbong Filisteo sa Soco na sakop ng Juda upang lusubin ang Israel. Nagkampo sila sa Efes-Dammim na nasa pagitan ng Soco at Azeka. 2 Si Saul naman at ang mga Israelita ay nagkampo sa may libis ng Ela, at doo'y naghanda sila sa pakikipaglaban sa mga Filisteo. 3 Magkaharap ang dalawang pangkat: ang mga Filisteo'y nasa isang burol, at nasa kabila naman ang mga Israelita; isang libis ang nakapagitan sa kanila.
4 Isang pangunahing mandirigma ang lumabas mula sa kampo ng mga Filisteo. Ang pangalan niya'y Goliat, at siya'y mula sa lunsod ng Gat. Ang kanyang taas ay halos tatlong metro. Hinamon niya ang mga Israelita na makipaglaban sa kanya. 5 Tanso ang kanyang helmet, gayundin ang kanyang kasuotang pandigma na tumitimbang ng 57 kilo. 6 Tanso rin ang nakabalot sa kanyang binti at hita, pati ang tabak na nakasakbat sa kanyang balikat. 7 Ang hawakan ng sibat niya'y napakalaki at ang bakal naman na tulis nito ay tumitimbang ng dalawampung libra. Nasa unahan niya ang tagadala ng kanyang kalasag. 8 Sumigaw si Goliat sa mga Israelita, “Bakit nakahanay kayong lahat diyan para lumaban? Ako'y isang Filisteo at kayo nama'y mga alipin ni Saul. Pumili na lang kayo ng ilalaban sa akin. 9 Kapag ako'y natalo, alipinin ninyo kaming lahat; ngunit kapag siya naman ang natalo, kayo ang aalipinin namin. 10 Hinahamon ko ngayon ang hukbo ng Israel. Pumili kayo ng ilalaban ninyo sa akin!” 11 Nang marinig ito ni Saul at ng mga Israelita, nanghina ang kanilang loob at sila'y natakot.
Si David sa Kampo ni Saul
12 Si David ay anak ni Jesse na isang Efratita mula sa Bethlehem, Juda. Nang panahong iyon, si Jesse ay mahina na dahil sa katandaan. Walo ang anak niyang lalaki; si David ang pinakabata. 13 Sina Eliab, Abinadab at Samma, ang tatlong pinakamatatanda niyang anak ay kasama ni Saul sa labanan. 14 Habang sila'y kasama ni Saul, ang bunso namang si David 15 ay pabalik-balik kay Saul at sa Bethlehem para alagaan ang mga tupa ng kanyang ama.
16 Sa loob ng apatnapung araw, umaga't hapong hinahamon ni Goliat ang mga Israelita.
17 Isang araw, inutusan ni Jesse si David, “Anak, dalhin mo agad itong limang salop ng sinangag na trigo at sampung tinapay sa iyong mga kapatid na nasa kampo. 18 Ibigay mo naman ang sampung hiwang kesong ito sa pinuno nila. Tingnan mo na rin ang kalagayan nila at ibalita mo sa akin. Mag-uwi ka ng kahit anong bagay na makapagpapatunay na galing ka nga roon.” 19 Ang tatlong anak ni Jesse ay kasama nga ni Saul at ng mga Israelita sa libis ng Ela at nakikipaglaban sa mga Filisteo.
20 Kinabukasan, maagang bumangon si David. Ipinagbilin niya sa iba ang mga tupang inaalagaan at nagpunta sa lugar ng labanan, dala ang pagkaing ipinabibigay ng kanyang ama. Nang dumating siya sa kampo, palusob na ang buong hukbo at isinisigaw ang kanilang sigaw pandigma. 21 Nagharap na ang mga pangkat ng Israelita at ng mga Filisteo. 22 Iniwan ni David sa tagapag-ingat ng kagamitan ang kanyang dala at tumuloy siya sa lugar ng labanan upang kumustahin ang kanyang mga kapatid. 23 Samantalang sila'y nag-uusap, tumayo na naman si Goliat sa unahan ng mga Filisteo at muling hinamon ang mga Israelita. Narinig ito ni David. 24 Nang makita si Goliat, ang mga Israelita ay nagtakbuhan dahil sa matinding takot. 25 Sinabi nila, “Tingnan ninyo siya! Pakinggan ninyo ang kanyang hamon sa Israel! Sinumang makapatay sa kanya ay gagantimpalaan ng hari: bibigyan ng kayamanan, ipakakasal sa prinsesa, at ang buong sambahayan ng kanyang ama ay hindi na pagbabayarin pa ng buwis.”
26 Tinanong ni David sa mga katabi niya, “Ano raw ang gantimpala sa sinumang makakapatay sa Filisteong iyan at sa makakapag-alis ng kahihiyan sa Israel? At sino ba ang paganong ito na humahamon sa hukbo ng Diyos na buháy?”
27 “Tulad ng narinig mo, ganoon ang gagawin ng hari sa makakapatay sa Filisteong iyan,” sagot ng mga kausap niya.
28 Narinig ni Eliab, ang panganay na kapatid ni David ang pakikipag-usap niya sa mga kawal. Nagalit ito kay David at sinabi, “Anong ginagawa mo rito? At kanino mo iniwan ang iilang tupa na pinapaalagaan sa iyo? Alam ko kung anong nasa isip mo! Gusto mo lang manood ng labanan.”
29 Sumagot si David, “Bakit, ano ba ang ginawa ko? Masama bang magtanong?” 30 Tinalikuran niya si Eliab at nagtanong sa iba, ngunit ganoon din ang sagot sa kanya.
31 Nakarating kay Saul ang mga sinabi ni David at ipinatawag niya ito. 32 Pagdating kay Saul, sinabi ni David, “Hindi po tayo dapat masiraan ng loob dahil lang sa Filisteong iyon. Ako po ang lalaban sa kanya.”
33 Sinabi ni Saul, “Hindi mo kaya ang Filisteong iyon! Batambata ka pa, samantalang siya'y isang mahusay na mandirigma mula pa sa kanyang kabataan.”
34 Ngunit sinabi ni David kay Saul, “Ako po ang nag-aalaga sa kawan ng aking ama. Kapag ang isa sa mga tupang inaalagaan ko ay tinatangay ng leon o oso, 35 hinahabol ko po ito at inaagaw ang tupa. Kapag hinarap ako ng leon o ng oso, hinahawakan ko ito sa panga at pinapatay. 36 Nakapatay na po ako ng mga leon at mga oso. Isasama ko po sa mga ito ang Filisteong iyon sapagkat ang nilalait niya'y ang hukbo ng Diyos na buháy.” 37 Idinugtong pa ni David, “Iniligtas ako ni Yahweh mula sa mga mababangis na leon at mga oso. Ililigtas din niya ako sa kamay ng Filisteong iyon.”
Kaya't sinabi ni Saul, “Kung gayon, labanan mo siya at samahan ka nawa ni Yahweh.” 38 At ipinasuot niya kay David ang kanyang kasuotang pandigma: ang helmet at ang tansong pambalot sa katawan. 39 Nang maisakbat na ni David ang tabak ni Saul at sinubukang lumakad, hindi siya halos makahakbang sapagkat hindi siya sanay sa ganoong kasuotan. Kaya sinabi niya kay Saul, “Hindi ko na po gagamitin ang mga ito.” At hinubad niya ang nasabing kasuotang pandigma. 40 Pagkatapos, dinampot niya ang kanyang tungkod. Namulot siya ng limang makikinis na bato sa sapa, inilagay sa kanyang supot na pampastol at lumakad upang harapin si Goliat.
Natalo ni David si Goliat
41 Si Goliat naman ay lumakad ding papalapit kay David, sa hulihan ng tagadala ng kanyang panangga. 42 Nang makita niyang si David ay isa lamang kabataang may maamong hitsura, nilait niya ito, at 43 pakutyang tinanong, “Anong akala mo sa akin? Aso ba ang lalabanan mo at may dala kang patpat?” At si David ay sinumpa ng Filisteo sa pangalan ng kanyang diyos. 44 Sinabi pa niya, “Halika nga rito at nang maipakain ko ang bangkay mo sa mga ibon at mga hayop.”
45 Sumagot si David, “Ang dala mo'y tabak, sibat at pantusok, ngunit lalabanan kita sa pangalan ni Yahweh, ang Makapangyarihang Diyos ng Israel na iyong hinahamak. 46 Ngayong araw na ito'y ibibigay ka ni Yahweh sa aking mga kamay! Pababagsakin kita at pupugutin ko ang ulo mo. At ipapakain ko sa mga ibon at sa mga mababangis na hayop ang mga bangkay ng mga kawal ng hukbong Filisteo. Sa gayon, malalaman ng buong daigdig na may Diyos sa Israel. 47 At makikita ng lahat ng narito na makakapagligtas si Yahweh kahit walang tabak at sibat. Kay Yahweh ang labanang ito at ibinigay na niya kayo sa aming mga kamay.”
48 Nagpatuloy ng paglapit si Goliat. Patakbo siyang sinalubong ni David sa lugar ng labanan. 49 Dumukot siya ng bato sa kanyang supot at tinirador niya si Goliat. Tinamaan ito sa noo at bumaon ang bato roon. Si Goliat ay pasubsob na bumagsak sa lupa. 50 Natalo(A) nga ni David si Goliat sa pamamagitan ng tirador at bato. Napatay niya ito kahit wala siyang tabak. 51 Patakbong(B) lumapit si David, tumayo sa likod ni Goliat, hinugot ang tabak ni Goliat mula sa suksukan nito, at pinugutan ng ulo.
Nang makita ng mga Filisteo na patay na ang kanilang pangunahing mandirigma, sila'y nagtakbuhan. 52 Sumigaw ang mga kawal ng Israel at Juda at hinabol nila ang mga Filisteo hanggang sa Gat, sa may pagpasok ng Ekron. Naghambalang sa daan ang bangkay ng mga Filisteo, mula sa Saaraim hanggang sa Gat at Ekron. 53 At nang magbalik ang mga Israelita buhat sa paghabol sa mga Filisteo, hinalughog nila ang kampo ng mga ito at kinuha ang lahat ng kanilang magustuhan. 54 Dinala ni David sa Jerusalem ang ulo ni Goliat, ngunit iniuwi niya sa kanyang tolda ang mga sandata nito.
Iniharap si David kay Saul
55 Nakita ni Saul nang sinusugod ni David si Goliat. Itinanong niya sa pinuno ng kanyang hukbo, “Abner, kaninong anak ang batang iyon?”
“Hindi ko po alam, Kamahalan,” sagot ni Abner.
56 “Kung gayo'y ipagtanong mo kung sino ang kanyang ama,” utos ng hari.
57 Nang magbalik si David, sinalubong siya ni Abner at sinamahan sa hari, dala pa rin ang ulo ni Goliat. 58 At tinanong siya ni Saul, “Kanino kang anak, binata?”
Sumagot si David, “Anak po ako ni Jesse na taga-Bethlehem.”
1 Samuel 17
English Standard Version Anglicised
1 Samuel 17
English Standard Version Anglicised
David and Goliath
17 Now the Philistines (A)gathered their armies for battle. And they were gathered at (B)Socoh, which belongs to Judah, and encamped between Socoh and (C)Azekah, in (D)Ephes-dammim. 2 And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered, and encamped in (E)the Valley of Elah, and drew up in line of battle against the Philistines. 3 And the Philistines stood on the mountain on one side, and Israel stood on the mountain on the other side, with a valley between them. 4 And there came out from the camp of the Philistines a champion named (F)Goliath of (G)Gath, whose height was six[a] cubits and a span. 5 He had a helmet of bronze on his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail, and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels[b] of bronze. 6 And he had bronze armour on his legs, and a (H)javelin of bronze slung between his shoulders. 7 The shaft of his spear was like a weaver's beam, and his spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron. (I)And his shield bearer went before him. 8 He stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel, “Why have you come out to draw up for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and (J)are you not servants of Saul? Choose a man for yourselves, and let him come down to me. 9 If he is able to fight with me and kill me, then we will be your servants. But if I prevail against him and kill him, then you shall be our servants (K)and serve us.” 10 And the Philistine said, (L)“I defy the ranks of Israel this day. Give me a man, that we may fight together.” 11 When Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, they were dismayed and greatly afraid.
12 Now David was (M)the son of an (N)Ephrathite of Bethlehem in Judah, (O)named Jesse, (P)who had eight sons. In the days of Saul the man was already old and advanced in years.[c] 13 The three oldest sons of Jesse had followed Saul to the battle. And (Q)the names of his three sons who went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah. 14 (R)David was the youngest. The three eldest followed Saul, 15 but David went back and forth from Saul (S)to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem. 16 For forty days the Philistine came forward and took his stand, morning and evening.
17 And Jesse said to David his son, “Take for your brothers an ephah[d] of this parched grain, and these ten loaves, and carry them quickly to the camp to your brothers. 18 (T)Also take these ten cheeses to the commander of their thousand. (U)See if your brothers are well, and bring some token from them.”
19 Now Saul and they and all the men of Israel were in the Valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines. 20 And David rose early in the morning and left the sheep with a keeper and took the provisions and went, as Jesse had commanded him. And he came to (V)the encampment as the host was going out to the battle line, shouting the war cry. 21 And Israel and the Philistines drew up for battle, army against army. 22 And David left the (W)things in charge of the keeper of the (X)baggage and ran to the ranks and went and greeted his brothers. 23 As he talked with them, behold, (Y)the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, came up out of the ranks of the Philistines and spoke (Z)the same words as before. And David heard him.
24 All the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him and were much afraid. 25 And the men of Israel said, “Have you seen this man who has come up? Surely he has come up to (AA)defy Israel. And the king will enrich the man who kills him with great riches (AB)and will give him his daughter and make his father's house free in Israel.” 26 And David said to the men who stood by him, “What shall be done for the man who kills this Philistine and takes away (AC)the reproach from Israel? For who is this (AD)uncircumcised Philistine, that he should (AE)defy the armies of (AF)the living God?” 27 And the people answered him in the same way, (AG)“So shall it be done to the man who kills him.”
28 Now Eliab his oldest brother heard when he spoke to the men. And Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, “Why have you come down? And with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your presumption and the evil of your heart, for you have come down to see the battle.” 29 And David said, “What have I done now? Was it not but a word?” 30 And he turned away from him towards another, and spoke (AH)in the same way, and the people answered him again as before.
31 When the words that David spoke were heard, they repeated them before Saul, and he sent for him. 32 And David said to Saul, (AI)“Let no man's heart fail because of him. (AJ)Your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.” 33 And Saul said to David, “You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him, for you are but a youth, and he has been a man of war from his youth.” 34 But David said to Saul, “Your servant used to keep sheep for his father. And when there came a lion, or a bear, and took a lamb from the flock, 35 I went after him and struck him and delivered it out of his mouth. And if he arose against me, I caught him by his beard and struck him and killed him. 36 Your servant has struck down both lions and bears, and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be like one of them, (AK)for he has defied the armies of the living God.” 37 And David said, (AL)“The Lord who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.” And Saul said to David, “Go, (AM)and the Lord be with you!”
38 Then Saul clothed David with his armour. He put a helmet of bronze on his head and clothed him with a coat of mail, 39 and David strapped his sword over his armour. And he tried in vain to go, for he had not tested them. Then David said to Saul, “I cannot go with these, for I have not tested them.” So David put them off. 40 Then he took his staff in his hand and chose five smooth stones from the brook and put them in his shepherd's pouch. His sling was in his hand, and he approached the Philistine.
41 And the Philistine moved forward and came near to David, (AN)with his shield bearer in front of him. 42 And when the Philistine looked and saw David, he disdained him, for he was but a youth, (AO)ruddy and handsome in appearance. 43 And the Philistine said to David, “Am I (AP)a dog, that you come to me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. 44 The Philistine said to David, “Come to me, and I will give your flesh (AQ)to the birds of the air and to the beasts of the field.” 45 Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword and with a spear and with (AR)a javelin, but I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, (AS)whom you have defied. 46 This day the Lord will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you down and cut off your head. (AT)And I will give the dead bodies of the host of the Philistines this day (AU)to the birds of the air and to the wild beasts of the earth, (AV)that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel, 47 and that all this assembly may know that (AW)the Lord saves not with sword and spear. (AX)For the battle is the Lord's, and he will give you into our hand.”
48 When the Philistine arose and came and drew near to meet David, David ran quickly towards the battle line to meet the Philistine. 49 And David put his hand in his bag and took out a stone and slung it and struck the Philistine on his forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the ground.
50 So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and struck the Philistine and killed him. There was no sword in the hand of David. 51 Then David ran and stood over the Philistine (AY)and took his sword and drew it out of its sheath and killed him and cut off his head with it. When the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, (AZ)they fled. 52 And the men of Israel and Judah rose with a shout and pursued the Philistines as far as Gath[e] and the gates of (BA)Ekron, so that the wounded Philistines fell on the way from (BB)Shaaraim as far as (BC)Gath and Ekron. 53 And the people of Israel came back from chasing the Philistines, and they plundered their camp. 54 And David took (BD)the head of the Philistine (BE)and brought it to Jerusalem, but he put his armour in his tent.
55 As soon as Saul saw David go out against the Philistine, he said to Abner, (BF)the commander of the army, “Abner, (BG)whose son is this youth?” And Abner said, (BH)“As your soul lives, O king, I do not know.” 56 And the king said, “Enquire whose son the boy is.” 57 And as soon as David returned from the striking down of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul (BI)with the head of the Philistine in his hand. 58 And Saul said to him, “Whose son are you, young man?” And David answered, (BJ)“I am the son of your servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.”
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 17:4 Hebrew; Septuagint, Dead Sea Scroll and Josephus four
- 1 Samuel 17:5 A shekel was about 2/5 of an ounce or 11 grams
- 1 Samuel 17:12 Septuagint, Syriac; Hebrew years among men
- 1 Samuel 17:17 An ephah was about 3/5 of a bushel or 22 litres
- 1 Samuel 17:52 Septuagint; Hebrew Gai
1 Samuel 17
New International Version
1 Samuel 17
New International Version
David and Goliath
17 Now the Philistines gathered their forces for war and assembled(A) at Sokoh in Judah. They pitched camp at Ephes Dammim, between Sokoh(B) and Azekah.(C) 2 Saul and the Israelites assembled and camped in the Valley of Elah(D) and drew up their battle line to meet the Philistines. 3 The Philistines occupied one hill and the Israelites another, with the valley between them.
4 A champion named Goliath,(E) who was from Gath, came out of the Philistine camp. His height was six cubits and a span.[a] 5 He had a bronze helmet on his head and wore a coat of scale armor of bronze weighing five thousand shekels[b]; 6 on his legs he wore bronze greaves, and a bronze javelin(F) was slung on his back. 7 His spear shaft was like a weaver’s rod,(G) and its iron point weighed six hundred shekels.[c] His shield bearer(H) went ahead of him.
8 Goliath stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel, “Why do you come out and line up for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and are you not the servants of Saul? Choose(I) a man and have him come down to me. 9 If he is able to fight and kill me, we will become your subjects; but if I overcome him and kill him, you will become our subjects and serve us.” 10 Then the Philistine said, “This day I defy(J) the armies of Israel! Give me a man and let us fight each other.(K)” 11 On hearing the Philistine’s words, Saul and all the Israelites were dismayed and terrified.
12 Now David was the son of an Ephrathite(L) named Jesse,(M) who was from Bethlehem(N) in Judah. Jesse had eight(O) sons, and in Saul’s time he was very old. 13 Jesse’s three oldest sons had followed Saul to the war: The firstborn was Eliab;(P) the second, Abinadab;(Q) and the third, Shammah.(R) 14 David was the youngest. The three oldest followed Saul, 15 but David went back and forth from Saul to tend(S) his father’s sheep(T) at Bethlehem.
16 For forty days the Philistine came forward every morning and evening and took his stand.
17 Now Jesse said to his son David, “Take this ephah[d](U) of roasted grain(V) and these ten loaves of bread for your brothers and hurry to their camp. 18 Take along these ten cheeses to the commander of their unit. See how your brothers(W) are and bring back some assurance[e] from them. 19 They are with Saul and all the men of Israel in the Valley of Elah, fighting against the Philistines.”
20 Early in the morning David left the flock in the care of a shepherd, loaded up and set out, as Jesse had directed. He reached the camp as the army was going out to its battle positions, shouting the war cry. 21 Israel and the Philistines were drawing up their lines facing each other. 22 David left his things with the keeper of supplies,(X) ran to the battle lines and asked his brothers how they were. 23 As he was talking with them, Goliath, the Philistine champion from Gath, stepped out from his lines and shouted his usual(Y) defiance, and David heard it. 24 Whenever the Israelites saw the man, they all fled from him in great fear.
25 Now the Israelites had been saying, “Do you see how this man keeps coming out? He comes out to defy Israel. The king will give great wealth to the man who kills him. He will also give him his daughter(Z) in marriage and will exempt his family from taxes(AA) in Israel.”
26 David asked the men standing near him, “What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace(AB) from Israel? Who is this uncircumcised(AC) Philistine that he should defy(AD) the armies of the living(AE) God?”
27 They repeated to him what they had been saying and told him, “This is what will be done for the man who kills him.”
28 When Eliab, David’s oldest brother, heard him speaking with the men, he burned with anger(AF) at him and asked, “Why have you come down here? And with whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know how conceited you are and how wicked your heart is; you came down only to watch the battle.”
29 “Now what have I done?” said David. “Can’t I even speak?” 30 He then turned away to someone else and brought up the same matter, and the men answered him as before. 31 What David said was overheard and reported to Saul, and Saul sent for him.
32 David said to Saul, “Let no one lose heart(AG) on account of this Philistine; your servant will go and fight him.”
33 Saul replied,(AH) “You are not able to go out against this Philistine and fight him; you are only a young man, and he has been a warrior from his youth.”
34 But David said to Saul, “Your servant has been keeping his father’s sheep. When a lion(AI) or a bear came and carried off a sheep from the flock, 35 I went after it, struck it and rescued the sheep from its mouth. When it turned on me, I seized(AJ) it by its hair, struck it and killed it. 36 Your servant has killed both the lion(AK) and the bear; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, because he has defied the armies of the living God. 37 The Lord who rescued(AL) me from the paw of the lion(AM) and the paw of the bear will rescue me from the hand of this Philistine.”
Saul said to David, “Go, and the Lord be with(AN) you.”
38 Then Saul dressed David in his own(AO) tunic. He put a coat of armor on him and a bronze helmet on his head. 39 David fastened on his sword over the tunic and tried walking around, because he was not used to them.
“I cannot go in these,” he said to Saul, “because I am not used to them.” So he took them off. 40 Then he took his staff in his hand, chose five smooth stones from the stream, put them in the pouch of his shepherd’s bag and, with his sling in his hand, approached the Philistine.
41 Meanwhile, the Philistine, with his shield bearer(AP) in front of him, kept coming closer to David. 42 He looked David over and saw that he was little more than a boy, glowing with health and handsome,(AQ) and he despised(AR) him. 43 He said to David, “Am I a dog,(AS) that you come at me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. 44 “Come here,” he said, “and I’ll give your flesh to the birds(AT) and the wild animals!(AU)”
45 David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin,(AV) but I come against you in the name(AW) of the Lord Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.(AX) 46 This day the Lord will deliver(AY) you into my hands, and I’ll strike you down and cut off your head. This very day I will give the carcasses(AZ) of the Philistine army to the birds and the wild animals, and the whole world(BA) will know that there is a God in Israel.(BB) 47 All those gathered here will know that it is not by sword(BC) or spear that the Lord saves;(BD) for the battle(BE) is the Lord’s, and he will give all of you into our hands.”
48 As the Philistine moved closer to attack him, David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet him. 49 Reaching into his bag and taking out a stone, he slung it and struck the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell facedown on the ground.
50 So David triumphed over the Philistine with a sling(BF) and a stone; without a sword in his hand he struck down the Philistine and killed him.
51 David ran and stood over him. He took hold of the Philistine’s sword and drew it from the sheath. After he killed him, he cut(BG) off his head with the sword.(BH)
When the Philistines saw that their hero was dead, they turned and ran. 52 Then the men of Israel and Judah surged forward with a shout and pursued the Philistines to the entrance of Gath[f] and to the gates of Ekron.(BI) Their dead were strewn along the Shaaraim(BJ) road to Gath and Ekron. 53 When the Israelites returned from chasing the Philistines, they plundered their camp.
54 David took the Philistine’s head and brought it to Jerusalem; he put the Philistine’s weapons in his own tent.
55 As Saul watched David(BK) going out to meet the Philistine, he said to Abner, commander of the army, “Abner,(BL) whose son is that young man?”
Abner replied, “As surely as you live, Your Majesty, I don’t know.”
56 The king said, “Find out whose son this young man is.”
57 As soon as David returned from killing the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul, with David still holding the Philistine’s head.
58 “Whose son are you, young man?” Saul asked him.
David said, “I am the son of your servant Jesse(BM) of Bethlehem.”
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 17:4 That is, about 9 feet 9 inches or about 3 meters
- 1 Samuel 17:5 That is, about 125 pounds or about 58 kilograms
- 1 Samuel 17:7 That is, about 15 pounds or about 6.9 kilograms
- 1 Samuel 17:17 That is, probably about 36 pounds or about 16 kilograms
- 1 Samuel 17:18 Or some token; or some pledge of spoils
- 1 Samuel 17:52 Some Septuagint manuscripts; Hebrew of a valley
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