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1 Samuel 17
Palabra de Dios para Todos
1 Samuel 17
Palabra de Dios para Todos
David y Goliat
17 Los filisteos alistaron su ejército para la guerra, en Soco, en la región de Judá. Acamparon entre Soco y Azeca, en un pueblo llamado Efesdamín. 2 Saúl y los soldados israelitas también se reunieron y acamparon en el valle de Elá. Estaban en orden de batalla para pelear contra los filisteos. 3 Los dos ejércitos estaban sobre montes opuestos, separados por un valle.
4 Un guerrero famoso de Gat llamado Goliat salió del campamento filisteo. Medía casi 3 metros[a] de altura. 5 Llevaba un casco de bronce y una coraza también de bronce en forma de escamas de pescado que pesaba alrededor de 55 kilos[b]. 6 Llevaba unos protectores de bronce en las piernas y una jabalina al hombro. 7 La parte de madera de su lanza era tan grande como el rodillo de un telar y la punta pesaba casi 7 kilos. Su escudero marchaba delante de él con su escudo.
8 Goliat salía todos los días y desafiaba al ejército israelita diciendo: «¿Por qué están todos en orden de batalla? Yo soy filisteo, y ustedes son siervos de Saúl. Así que elijan a un hombre y mándenlo a pelear conmigo. 9 Si me mata, él gana y los filisteos se convertirán en sus esclavos. Pero si yo lo mato a él, entonces yo gano y ustedes se convertirán en nuestros esclavos. ¡Ustedes tendrán que servirnos!» 10 Goliat también dijo: «¡Me río del ejército de Israel! ¡Los desafío a que envíen a uno de sus soldados a pelear conmigo!» 11 Saúl y el ejército oían el desafío de Goliat y tenían mucho miedo.
12 David era uno de los ocho hijos de Isaí, efrateo de Belén de Judá. En los tiempos de Saúl, Isaí ya estaba entrado en años. 13 Los tres hijos mayores de Isaí habían marchado a la guerra con Saúl. El mayor era Eliab; el segundo, Abinadab; y el tercero, Sama. 14 Los tres hijos mayores eran parte del ejército de Saúl. David, que era el menor, sin embargo, 15 se alejaba de vez en cuando de Saúl para ir a cuidar el rebaño de su papá en Belén.
16 Entre tanto, Goliat salía a mañana y tarde para desafiar al ejército israelita. Así estuvo burlándose de ellos por 40 días.
17 Un día, Isaí le dijo a su hijo David: «Toma este canasto[c] con grano cocido y estos diez panes y llévaselos a tus hermanos que están en el campamento. 18 También llévales estos diez pedazos de queso para el comandante del batallón de los 1000 soldados donde están tus hermanos. Averigua cómo están tus hermanos y tráeme una prueba de que están bien. 19 Tus hermanos están con Saúl y todo el ejército israelita en el valle de Elá, peleando contra los filisteos».
20 A la mañana siguiente, después de dejar encargado el rebaño con otro pastor, David tomó la comida y se dirigió al campamento, como le había dicho Isaí. Al llegar al campamento, los soldados estaban saliendo a ocupar sus posiciones en el campo de batalla, lanzando gritos de guerra. 21 Los israelitas y los filisteos estaban alineados y listos para la batalla. 22 David le entregó la comida al encargado de las provisiones y corrió a donde estaban los soldados tratando de averiguar sobre sus hermanos. 23 Mientras hablaba con sus hermanos, Goliat salió del campamento filisteo desafiando como siempre a gritos al ejército israelita, y David lo oyó. 24 Los soldados israelitas veían a Goliat y corrían de miedo. 25 Los soldados se decían entre ellos: «¡Otra vez salió el gigante a insultarnos! El que lo mate, se hará rico. El rey le dará una gran recompensa, le dará a su hija como esposa y además la familia no tendrá que pagar impuestos ni cumplir el servicio militar».
26 David le preguntó a un hombre que estaba cerca de él:
—¿Qué dice que le darán al que mate a este filisteo y le devuelva el honor a Israel? ¿Quién es este tal Goliat? No es más que un pagano[d]. Nada más que un filisteo. ¿Quién se cree que es para desafiar al ejército del Dios viviente?
27 El soldado le contó a David sobre la recompensa por matar a Goliat. 28 Eliab, el hermano mayor de David, se enojó mucho al verlo hablar con los soldados y le reclamó:
—¿Qué estás haciendo aquí? ¿Con quién dejaste el rebaño en el desierto? ¡Ya sé a qué viniste! No quisiste hacer tus deberes y sólo viniste para ver la batalla.
29 David le dijo:
—¿Y ahora qué hice? Sólo preguntaba.
30 David les preguntó lo mismo a otros soldados y todos le respondían lo mismo. 31 Algunos oyeron hablar a David y lo llevaron frente a Saúl para decirle lo que este estaba diciendo. 32 David le dijo a Saúl:
—El pueblo no debería dejarse intimidar por ese tal Goliat. Como siervo tuyo, yo enfrentaré a ese filisteo.
33 Saúl le contestó:
—Tú no puedes salir a enfrentar a este filisteo. Ni siquiera eres soldado.[e] Además, Goliat ha sido un guerrero desde niño.
34 Pero David insistió:
—Cuando cuido el rebaño de mi papá y viene un león o un oso a llevarse una de las ovejas, 35 yo lo persigo, lo ataco y recupero la oveja. El animal salvaje me brinca, pero lo agarro de la piel debajo de su hocico y lo golpeo hasta matarlo. 36 Así maté un león y un oso. ¡Y así mataré a ese filisteo pagano! Morirá por haberse burlado del ejército del Dios viviente. 37 El SEÑOR me salvó del león y del oso, y también me salvará de este filisteo.
Saúl le dijo a David:
—Ve y que el SEÑOR te acompañe.
38 Saúl vistió a David con su propia ropa. Le dio un casco de bronce y una coraza. 39 David se ciñó la espada y trató de caminar con el uniforme de Saúl, pero no estaba acostumbrado al peso del uniforme. David le dijo a Saúl:
—No puedo pelear con tanta cosa, no estoy acostumbrado.
Así que se lo quitó. 40 Tomó su bastón y se fue a buscar cinco piedras lisas en el arroyo. Puso las cinco piedras en su bolsa de pastor, tomó su honda, y salió a enfrentar al filisteo.
41 El filisteo caminó despacio hacia David, con su escudero por delante, 42 viéndolo con desprecio. Veía que era sólo un muchacho[f], saludable y bien parecido. 43 Goliat le dijo a David:
—¿Para qué traes ese bastón? ¿Para ahuyentarme como a un perro?
Goliat empezó a nombrar a sus dioses para maldecir contra David.
44 Goliat le dijo a David:
—¡Acércate, y echaré tu cuerpo a los animales salvajes y a las aves de rapiña!
45 David le dijo al filisteo:
—Tú vienes contra mí con espada, lanza y jabalina, ¡pero yo vengo contra ti en el nombre del SEÑOR Todopoderoso, el Dios de los ejércitos de Israel! Tú has hablado mal de él. 46 Hoy mismo el SEÑOR no te dará escapatoria. Hoy te mataré y te cortaré la cabeza. Daré tu cadáver a los animales salvajes y a las aves de rapiña. Y lo mismo haremos con todos los demás filisteos, y todos sabrán que hay un Dios en Israel. 47 Todos los que se encuentran reunidos aquí sabrán que el SEÑOR no necesita espadas ni lanzas para salvar al pueblo. ¡La batalla es del SEÑOR! Y él nos ayudará a derrotarlos a todos ustedes, filisteos.
48 Goliat empezó a atacar a David, acercándose más y más a él, pero David corrió a encontrar a Goliat. 49 David tomó una piedra de su bolsa, la puso en su honda y la lanzó. La piedra salió disparada de la honda y le pegó a Goliat exactamente entre los ojos. Con la piedra incrustada profundamente en la cabeza, Goliat cayó al suelo, con la cara hacia abajo. 50 Así fue como David derrotó al filisteo, con sólo una honda y una piedra. Golpeó al filisteo y lo mató. Como David no tenía espada, 51 corrió y se paró al lado del filisteo. Entonces David desenvainó la espada de Goliat y con ella le cortó la cabeza. Así fue como David mató al filisteo.
Cuando los demás filisteos vieron que su héroe estaba muerto, se dieron la vuelta y salieron corriendo. 52 Los soldados de Israel y Judá gritaron y se lanzaron contra los filisteos, persiguiéndolos hasta la frontera de Gat y las puertas de Ecrón. Mataron a muchos filisteos. Sus cuerpos quedaron regados por el camino de Sajarayin, hasta Gat y Ecrón. 53 Después de perseguir a los filisteos, los israelitas regresaron al campamento filisteo para saquearlo. 54 Entonces, David llevó la cabeza de Goliat a Jerusalén, pero guardó las armas en casa.
55 Al ver a David salir a pelear contra Goliat, Saúl le preguntó a Abner, el comandante del ejército:
—¿Quién es el papá de este muchacho?
Abner contestó:
—Le aseguro que no lo sé, señor.
56 Entonces el rey Saúl le dijo:
—Averíguame de quién es hijo.
57 Cuando David regresó después de matar a Goliat, Abner lo trajo a Saúl. David todavía tenía en la mano la cabeza de Goliat.
58 Saúl le preguntó:
—Muchacho, ¿quién es tu papá?
David le contestó:
—Soy hijo de tu siervo Isaí, de Belén.
Footnotes
- 17:4 casi 3 metros Textualmente 6 codos y un palmo. Ver tabla de pesas y medidas. Josefo, la mayoría de copias de LXX y Qumrán tienen 4 codos y un palmo, o sea 2 m (codo corto) o 2.33 m (codo largo).
- 17:5 55 kilos Textualmente 5000 siclos. Ver tabla de pesas y medidas.
- 17:17 canasto Textualmente efa. Ver tabla de pesas y medidas.
- 17:26 pagano Textualmente incircunciso. Esto indicaba que no eran israelitas y no habían participado en el pacto con Dios.
- 17:33 Ni […] soldado o Eres sólo un muchacho. Frecuentemente la palabra hebrea para muchacho significa siervo o ayudante que carga las armas de un soldado.
- 17:42 muchacho o adolescente o ayudante de soldado.
1 Samuel 17
Nouă Traducere În Limba Română
1 Samuel 17
Nouă Traducere În Limba Română
David şi Goliat
17 În acea vreme, filistenii şi-au strâns trupele pentru război la Soco, în Iuda, aşezându-şi tabăra la Efes-Damim, care se află între Soco şi Azeka. 2 Saul împreună cu bărbaţii lui Israel s-au strâns şi şi-au aşezat tabăra în valea Ela. După aceea s-au aşezat în linie de bătaie împotriva filistenilor. 3 Filistenii stăteau pe un deal, iar Israel stătea pe un altul, între ei aflându-se o vale.
4 Din tabăra filistenilor a ieşit un luptător al cărui nume era Goliat. Era din Gat şi avea o înălţime de şase coţi şi o palmă[a]. 5 Pe cap avea un coif de bronz şi era îmbrăcat cu o platoşă din zale de bronz în greutate de cinci mii de şecheli.[b] 6 Nişte apărători din bronz îi acopereau picioarele, iar pe spate îi atârna o lance. 7 Lemnul suliţei lui era ca sulul unui ţesător, iar vârful ei era de şase sute de şecheli de fier.[c] Cel ce-i ducea scutul mergea înaintea lui. 8 Goliat s-a oprit şi a strigat trupelor lui Israel aşezate în linie de bătaie: „De ce aţi ieşit şi v-aţi aliniat pentru luptă? Oare nu sunt eu un filistean, iar voi slujitorii lui Saul? Alegeţi pentru voi un bărbat şi trimiteţi-l la mine. 9 Dacă va fi în stare să lupte cu mine şi să mă ucidă, atunci noi vom deveni supuşii voştri. Dacă însă eu voi fi mai puternic decât el şi-l voi ucide, atunci voi veţi deveni supuşii noştri şi ne veţi sluji.“ 10 Filisteanul a continuat: „Îmi bat joc astăzi de trupele lui Israel! Daţi-mi un bărbat care să se lupte cu mine!“ 11 Când au auzit Saul şi întregul Israel acele cuvinte rostite de filistean s-au înspăimântat şi le-a fost foarte frică.
12 David era fiul acelui efratit din Betleemul lui Iuda numit Işai, care avea opt fii. Pe vremea lui Saul, Işai era bătrân, înaintat în vârstă. 13 Cei trei fii mai mari ai lui l-au urmat pe Saul la război. Numele celui dintâi născut era Eliab, numele celui de-al doilea era Abinadab, iar al celui de-al treilea – Şama, 14 David fiind mezinul. Cei trei fii mai mari l-au urmat pe Saul la război, 15 în timp ce David pleca şi se întorcea de la Saul pentru a paşte turma tatălui său, la Betleem.
16 Deci filisteanul a ieşit înaintea lui Israel, făcând lucrul acesta timp de patruzeci de zile, atât dimineaţa, cât şi seara. 17 Într-una din zile, Işai i-a spus fiului său David:
– Ia pentru fraţii tăi efa[d] aceasta de grâne prăjite şi aceste zece pâini şi du-le repede în tabără. 18 Ia şi aceste zece bucăţi de brânză şi du-le căpeteniei peste mia lor. Vezi cum le merge fraţilor tăi şi adu-mi veşti[e] de la ei. 19 Ei se află împreună cu Saul şi cu ceilalţi bărbaţi ai lui Israel în valea Ela, unde se luptă cu filistenii.
20 David s-a trezit dis-de-dimineaţă, a lăsat oile în grija unui paznic, a luat cu el tot ce i-a poruncit Işai şi a plecat. A ajuns în tabără tocmai când oştirea se alinia în poziţie de luptă, scoţând strigăte de război. 21 Israel şi filistenii s-au aliniat în poziţii de luptă, faţă în faţă. 22 David şi-a lăsat lucrurile în grija celui ce păzea bagajele şi a fugit la poziţiile de luptă. Cum a ajuns şi-a întrebat fraţii de sănătate. 23 În timp ce stăteau ei de vorbă, din rândurile filistenilor a ieşit luptătorul Goliat din Gat. Acesta a rostit aceleaşi cuvinte ca mai înainte, iar David le-a auzit. 24 Când l-au văzut pe filistean, toţi israeliţii au fugit dinaintea lui foarte înspăimântaţi, 25 zicând:
– L-aţi văzut pe acel bărbat înaintând? A ieşit ca să batjocorească pe Israel. Pe cel care-l va ucide, regele îl va răsplăti cu mari bogăţii, îi va da pe fiica sa de soţie şi-i va scuti neamul de dări în Israel.
26 David i-a întrebat pe luptătorii care se aflau lângă el:
– Ce i se va face celui care-l va ucide pe acest filistean şi va ridica astfel batjocura de peste Israel? Cine este acest filistean, acest necircumcis, ca să batjocorească oştirile Dumnezeului celui Viu?
27 Ei i-au repetat ceea ce spuseseră înainte, zicând: „Astfel i se va face celui care-l va ucide.“
28 Eliab, fratele lui cel mai mare, l-a auzit vorbind cu luptătorii, s-a aprins de mânie împotriva lui şi i-a spus:
– De ce ai venit aici şi cu cine ai lăsat acele puţine oi în pustie? Îţi cunosc eu mândria şi răutatea inimii. Ai venit să vezi lupta.
29 – Cu ce am greşit acum? Nu pot nici măcar să vorbesc? i-a răspuns David.
30 După aceea, s-a întors de la el spre un altul şi l-a întrebat acelaşi lucru. Toţi i-au dat acelaşi răspuns ca mai înainte. 31 Cuvintele rostite de David au fost auzite şi raportate lui Saul, care a trimis după el. 32 David i-a zis lui Saul:
– Nimeni să nu fie descurajat din cauza acestui filistean. Slujitorul tău va merge şi se va lupta cu el.
33 Saul însă i-a răspuns:
– Nu poţi să mergi împotriva acestui filistean ca să te lupţi cu el, fiindcă tu eşti doar un tinerel, pe când el este un luptător încă din tinereţea lui.
34 Dar David i-a răspuns:
– Slujitorul tău era păstor la oile tatălui său. Când venea un leu sau un urs şi lua o oaie din turmă, 35 mă duceam după el, îl loveam şi salvam oaia din gura lui. Dacă se ridica împotriva mea, îl apucam de coamă şi-l loveam până îl omoram. 36 Slujitorul tău a omorât şi leul şi ursul, iar cu filisteanul acesta, cu acest necircumcis, va fi ca şi cu unul dintre ei, pentru că a batjocorit oştirile Dumnezeului celui Viu.
37 David a mai zis:
– Domnul, Care m-a izbăvit din laba leului şi a ursului, mă va izbăvi şi din mâna acestui filistean.
Atunci Saul i-a spus lui David:
– Du-te şi Domnul să fie cu tine.
38 Saul l-a îmbrăcat pe David cu armura sa: i-a pus un coif de bronz pe cap şi l-a îmbrăcat cu o platoşă din zale. 39 David a legat sabia lui Saul peste armură şi a încercat să meargă, deoarece nu era obişnuit cu ele. S-a dezbrăcat însă de ele, spunându-i lui Saul:
– Nu pot să merg cu ele, căci nu sunt obişnuit.
40 După aceea şi-a luat toiagul în mână, a ales cinci pietre netede din ued[f], pe care le-a pus în buzunarul traistei sale de păstor, şi-a luat praştia şi s-a îndreptat înspre filistean. 41 Filisteanul se apropia din ce în ce mai mult de David, iar cel ce-i ducea scutul era înaintea lui. 42 Filisteanul s-a uitat şi când l-a văzut pe David, l-a dispreţuit, căci acesta nu era decât un tânăr cu păr roşcat şi cu înfăţişare frumoasă. 43 El i-a zis lui David:
– Sunt eu un câine de vii la mine cu toiege?
Apoi a început să-l blesteme în numele zeilor săi. 44 Filisteanul i-a mai zis lui David:
– Vino la mine şi voi da trupul tău păsărilor văzduhului şi fiarelor câmpului.
45 David i-a răspuns:
– Tu vii la mine cu sabie, suliţă şi lance dar eu vin la tine în Numele Domnului Oştirilor, Dumnezeul oştirilor lui Israel, pe Care tu L-ai batjocorit. 46 În ziua aceasta Domnul te va da în mâna mea, te voi lovi şi-ţi voi tăia capul. Astăzi voi da păsărilor văzduhului şi fiarelor pământului hoiturile oştirii filistenilor şi întreg pământul va şti că Israel are un Dumnezeu. 47 Şi toţi cei care sunt adunaţi aici vor şti că nu prin sabie şi prin suliţă dă Domnul izbăvire. Căci lupta este a Domnului, iar El vă va da în mâinile noastre.
48 De îndată ce filisteanul a început să se apropie de David, acesta a alergat repede înspre liniile de luptă ca să-l înfrunte. 49 David şi-a băgat mâna în traistă[g] de unde a scos o piatră. A aruncat piatra cu ajutorul praştiei şi l-a lovit pe filistean în frunte. Piatra a pătruns în fruntea lui, iar el a căzut cu faţa la pământ. 50 David a avut biruinţă asupra filisteanului. Deşi David nu avea sabie în mână, el l-a lovit pe filistean şi l-a ucis doar cu o praştie şi cu o piatră. 51 Apoi David a alergat şi s-a oprit lângă filistean. I-a luat sabia, a scos-o din teaca ei şi i-a tăiat capul cu ea. Când au văzut că eroul lor era mort, filistenii au luat-o la fugă. 52 Atunci luptătorii lui Israel şi cei ai lui Iuda s-au ridicat, au scos un strigăt de război şi i-au urmărit pe filisteni până la intrarea în Gat[h] şi până la porţile Ekronului. Filistenii, răniţi de moarte, au căzut pe drumul Şaarayimului[i] până la Gat şi la Ekron. 53 Când s-au întors de la urmărirea filistenilor, israeliţii le-au prădat tabăra. 54 David a luat capul filisteanului şi l-a adus la Ierusalim, iar armele filisteanului le-a dus la el în cort.
55 Când l-a văzut Saul pe David înaintând împotriva filisteanului, l-a întrebat pe Abner, conducătorul oştirii:
– Abner, al cui fiu este acest tânăr?
– Viu este sufletul tău, rege, că nu ştiu, i-a răspuns Abner.
56 Atunci regele i-a zis:
– Află al cui fiu este acest tânăr.
57 Îndată ce David s-a întors de la uciderea filisteanului, Abner l-a luat şi l-a adus înaintea lui Saul. David avea în mână capul filisteanului. 58 Saul l-a întrebat:
– Al cui fiu eşti, tinere?
– Sunt fiul slujitorului tău Işai, din Betleem, i-a răspuns David
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 17:4 Aproximativ 3 m
- 1 Samuel 17:5 Aproximativ 60 kg
- 1 Samuel 17:7 Aproximativ 7 kg
- 1 Samuel 17:17 O efă măsura aproximativ 22 l
- 1 Samuel 17:18 Sau: un semn, o garanţie
- 1 Samuel 17:40 Vale situată într-un ţinut arid care acumulează apele de pe versanţi în timpul sezonului ploios, creând un pârâu temporar
- 1 Samuel 17:49 Posibil un fel de palaşcă
- 1 Samuel 17:52 Unele mss LXX; TM: într-o vale
- 1 Samuel 17:52 Sau: drumul porţilor / spre porţi, şaarim în limba ebraică însemnând porţi (LXX traduce cu drumul porţilor / spre porţi)
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
1 Samuel 17
King James Version
1 Samuel 17
King James Version
17 Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephesdammim.
2 And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines.
3 And 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.
4 And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.
5 And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.
6 And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders.
7 And the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him.
8 And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me.
9 If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your servants: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve us.
10 And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.
11 When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.
12 Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehemjudah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.
13 And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
14 And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul.
15 But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem.
16 And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.
17 And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp of thy brethren;
18 And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.
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 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 trench, as the host was going forth to the fight, and shouted for the battle.
21 For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army against army.
22 And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage, and ran into the army, and came and saluted his brethren.
23 And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the Philistines, and spake according to the same words: and David heard them.
24 And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid.
25 And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel.
26 And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?
27 And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him.
28 And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.
29 And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause?
30 And he turned from him toward another, and spake after the same manner: and the people answered him again after the former manner.
31 And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them before Saul: and he sent for him.
32 And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him; thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine.
33 And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.
34 And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:
35 And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him.
36 Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.
37 David said moreover, The Lord that 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 unto David, Go, and the Lord be with thee.
38 And Saul armed David with his armour, and he put an helmet of brass upon his head; also he armed him with a coat of mail.
39 And David girded his sword upon his armour, and he assayed to go; for he had not proved it. And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with these; for I have not proved them. And David put them off him.
40 And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag which he had, even in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine.
41 And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and the man that bare the shield went before him.
42 And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him: for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance.
43 And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
44 And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field.
45 Then said David 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, whom thou hast defied.
46 This day will the Lord deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.
47 And all this assembly shall know that the Lord saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the Lord's, and he will give you into our hands.
48 And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came, and drew nigh to meet David, that David hastened, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine.
49 And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth.
50 So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David.
51 Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled.
52 And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines, until thou come to the valley, and to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even unto Gath, and unto Ekron.
53 And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they spoiled their tents.
54 And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armour in his tent.
55 And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell.
56 And the king said, Enquire thou whose son the stripling is.
57 And as 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.
58 And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, thou young man? And David answered, I am the son of thy servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.
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