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
New King James Version
David and Goliath
17 Now the Philistines gathered their armies together to battle, and were gathered at (A)Sochoh, which belongs to Judah; they encamped between Sochoh and Azekah, in Ephes Dammim. 2 And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and they encamped in the Valley of Elah, and drew up in battle array against the Philistines. 3 The Philistines stood on a mountain on one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side, with a valley between them.
4 And a champion went out from the camp of the Philistines, named (B)Goliath, from (C)Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span. 5 He had a bronze helmet on his head, and he was [a]armed with a coat of mail, and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of bronze. 6 And he had bronze armor on his legs and a bronze javelin between his shoulders. 7 Now the staff of his spear was like a weaver’s beam, and his iron spearhead weighed six hundred shekels; and a shield-bearer went before him. 8 Then he stood and cried out to the armies of Israel, and said to them, “Why have you come out to line up for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and you the (D)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 and (E)serve us.” 10 And the Philistine said, “I (F)defy the armies 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 (G)the son of that (H)Ephrathite of Bethlehem Judah, whose name was Jesse, and who had (I)eight sons. And the man was old, advanced in years, in the days of Saul. 13 The three oldest sons of Jesse had gone to follow Saul to the battle. The (J)names of his three sons who went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, next to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah. 14 David was the youngest. And the three oldest followed Saul. 15 But David occasionally went and returned from Saul (K)to feed his father’s sheep at Bethlehem.
16 And the Philistine drew near and presented himself forty days, morning and evening.
17 Then Jesse said to his son David, “Take now for your brothers an ephah of this dried grain and these ten loaves, and run to your brothers at the camp. 18 And carry these ten cheeses to the captain of their thousand, and (L)see how your brothers fare, and bring back news of them.” 19 Now Saul and they and all the men of Israel were in the Valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
20 So David rose early in the morning, left the sheep with a keeper, and took the things and went as Jesse had commanded him. And he came to the camp as the army was going out to the fight and shouting for the battle. 21 For Israel and the Philistines had drawn up in battle array, army against army. 22 And David left his supplies in the hand of the supply keeper, ran to the army, and came and greeted his brothers. 23 Then as he talked with them, there was the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, coming up from the armies of the Philistines; and he spoke (M)according to the same words. So David heard them. 24 And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him and were dreadfully afraid. 25 So the men of Israel said, “Have you seen this man who has come up? Surely he has come up to defy Israel; and it shall be that the man who kills him the king will enrich with great riches, (N)will give him his daughter, and give his father’s house exemption from taxes in Israel.”
26 Then David spoke to the men who stood by him, saying, “What shall be done for the man who kills this Philistine and takes away (O)the reproach from Israel? For who is this (P)uncircumcised Philistine, that he should (Q)defy the armies of (R)the living God?”
27 And the people answered him in this manner, saying, (S)“So shall it be done for the man who kills him.”
28 Now Eliab his oldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab’s (T)anger was aroused against David, and he said, “Why did you come down here? And with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and the insolence of your heart, for you have come down to see the battle.”
29 And David said, “What have I done now? (U)Is[b] there not a cause?” 30 Then he turned from him toward another and (V)said the same thing; and these people answered him as the first ones did.
31 Now when the words which David spoke were heard, they reported them to Saul; and he sent for him. 32 Then David said to Saul, (W)“Let no man’s heart fail because of him; (X)your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.”
33 And Saul said to David, (Y)“You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for you are a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.”
34 But David said to Saul, “Your servant used to keep his father’s sheep, and when a (Z)lion or a bear came and took a lamb out of the flock, 35 I went out after it and struck it, and delivered the lamb from its mouth; and when it arose against me, I caught it by its beard, and struck and killed it. 36 Your servant has killed both lion and bear; and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, seeing he has defied the armies of the living God.” 37 Moreover David said, (AA)“The Lord, who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear, He will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.”
And Saul said to David, (AB)“Go, and the Lord be with you!”
38 So Saul clothed David with his [c]armor, and he put a bronze helmet on his head; he also clothed him with a coat of mail. 39 David fastened his sword to his armor and tried to walk, for he had not tested them. And David said to Saul, “I cannot walk with these, for I have not tested them.” So David took them off.
40 Then he took his staff in his hand; and he chose for himself five smooth stones from the brook, and put them in a shepherd’s bag, in a pouch which he had, and his sling was in his hand. And he drew near to the Philistine. 41 So the Philistine came, and began drawing near to David, and the man who bore the shield went before him. 42 And when the Philistine looked about and saw David, he (AC)disdained[d] him; for he was only a youth, (AD)ruddy and good-looking. 43 So the Philistine (AE)said to David, “Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. 44 And the Philistine (AF)said to David, “Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field!”
45 Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin. (AG)But I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have (AH)defied. 46 This day the Lord will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you and take your head from you. And this day I will give (AI)the carcasses of the camp of the Philistines to the birds of the air and the wild beasts of the earth, (AJ)that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel. 47 Then all this assembly shall know that the Lord (AK)does not save with sword and spear; for (AL)the battle is the Lord’s, and He will give you into our hands.”
48 So it was, when the Philistine arose and came and drew near to meet David, that David hurried and (AM)ran toward the army to meet the Philistine. 49 Then David put his hand in his bag and took out a stone; and he slung it and struck the Philistine in his forehead, so that the stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the earth. 50 So David prevailed over the Philistine with a (AN)sling and a stone, and struck the Philistine and killed him. But there was no sword in the hand of David. 51 Therefore David ran and stood over the Philistine, took his (AO)sword and drew it out of its sheath and killed him, and cut off his head with it.
And when the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, (AP)they fled. 52 Now the men of Israel and Judah arose and shouted, and pursued the Philistines as far as the entrance of [e]the valley and to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell along the road to (AQ)Shaaraim, even as far as Gath and Ekron. 53 Then the children of Israel returned from chasing the Philistines, and they plundered their tents. 54 And David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem, but he put his armor in his tent.
55 When Saul saw David going out against the Philistine, he said to (AR)Abner, the commander of the army, “Abner, (AS)whose son is this youth?”
And Abner said, “As your soul lives, O king, I do not know.”
56 So the king said, “Inquire whose son this young man is.”
57 Then, as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul (AT)with the head of the Philistine in his hand. 58 And Saul said to him, “Whose son are you, young man?”
So David answered, (AU)“I am the son of your servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.”
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 17:5 clothed with scaled body armor
- 1 Samuel 17:29 Lit. Is it not a word? or matter?
- 1 Samuel 17:38 Lit. clothes
- 1 Samuel 17:42 belittled
- 1 Samuel 17:52 So with MT, Syr., Tg., Vg.; LXX Gath
1 Samuel 17
English Standard Version
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 the 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[b] 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[c] of bronze. 6 And he had bronze armor 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.[d] 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[e] 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 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? 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 toward 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 armor. 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 armor. 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 toward 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[f] 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 armor 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, “Inquire 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 17:4 A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters
- 1 Samuel 17:5 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
- 1 Samuel 17:12 Septuagint, Syriac; Hebrew advanced among men
- 1 Samuel 17:17 An ephah was about 3/5 bushel or 22 liters
- 1 Samuel 17:52 Septuagint; Hebrew Gai
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