2 GLT And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered and they camped in the valley of Elah. And they arranged for battle to meet the Philistines. BSB BSB: Saul and the men of Israel assembled and camped in the Valley of Elah, arraying themselves for battle against the Philistines.
3 GLT Now the Philistines were standing on this mountain, and Israel was standing on that mountain. And the valley was between them. BSB BSB: The Philistines stood on one hill and the Israelites stood on another, with the valley between them.
5 GLT And a helmet of bronze was on his head and he was wearing body armor of scales. And the weight of the body armor was 5, 000 shekels of bronze. BSB BSB: and he had a bronze helmet on his head. He wore a bronze coat of mail weighing five thousand shekels,
6 GLT And shin guards of bronze were on his legs. And a javelin of bronze was between his shoulders. BSB BSB: and he had armor of bronze on his legs and a javelin of bronze slung between his shoulders.
7 GLT And the wood of his spear was like the beam of those who weave. And the point of his spear was 600 iron shekels. And the one who carried his shield was going before his face. BSB BSB: The shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s beam, and its iron point weighed six hundred shekels. In addition, his shield bearer went before him.
8 GLT And he stood and called out to the ranks of Israel, and he said to them,“Why have you come out to arrange for battle? Am not I a Philistine, and you, servants of Saul? Choose a man for yourselves and let him come down to me. BSB BSB: And Goliath stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel, “Why do you come out and array yourselves for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and are you not servants of Saul? Choose one of your men and have him come down against me.
9 GLT If he is able to fight with me and strike me down, then we will become servants for you. But if I prevail against him and strike him down, then you will become servants for us and you will serve us.” BSB BSB: If he is able to fight 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 work for us.”
10 GLT And the Philistine said,“I myself taunt the ranks of Israel this day. Give to me a man so we may fight together.” BSB BSB: Then the Philistine said, “I defy the ranks of Israel this day! Give me a man to fight!”
11 GLT And Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine. And they were dismayed and feared greatly. BSB BSB: On hearing the words of the Philistine, Saul and all the Israelites were dismayed and greatly afraid.
12 GLT Now David was the son of this Ephrathite man from Bethlehem in Judah, and his name was Jesse. And eight sons were for him. And the man was old in the days of Saul, coming among men. BSB BSB: Now David was the son of a man named Jesse, an Ephrathite from Bethlehem of Judah who had eight sons. And in the days of Saul, Jesse was old and well along in years.
13 GLT And the oldest three of the sons of Jesse had gone, they went after Saul to the battle. And the names of the three of his sons who went into the battle were Eliab the firstborn and his second Abinadab and the third Shammah. BSB BSB: The three older sons of Jesse had followed Saul into battle: The firstborn was Eliab, the second was Abinadab, and the third was Shammah.
14 GLT Now David, he was the youngest. And the three oldest ones had gone after Saul. BSB BSB: And David was the youngest. The three oldest had followed Saul,
15 GLT But David was going and returning from with Saul to tend the flock of his father at Bethlehem. BSB BSB: but David went back and forth from Saul to tend his father’s sheep in Bethlehem.
16 GLT And the Philistine came near at early morning and at evening. And he stationed himself 40 days. BSB BSB: For forty days the Philistine came forward every morning and evening to take his stand.
17 GLT And Jesse said to David his son,“Take now to your brothers an ephah of this roasted grain and ten loaves of this bread, and bring quickly to the camp, to your brothers. BSB BSB: One day Jesse said to his son David, “Take this ephah of roasted grain and these ten loaves of bread for your brothers and hurry to their camp.
18 GLT And bring these ten cuts of cheese to the commander of the thousand. And observe your brothers with respect to well- being and take their pledge. BSB BSB: Take also these ten portions of cheese to the commander of their unit. Check on the welfare of your brothers and bring back an assurance from them.
19 GLT Now Saul and they and all the men of Israel are in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.” BSB BSB: They are with Saul and all the men of Israel in the Valley of Elah, fighting against the Philistines.”
20 GLT And David rose early in the morning and left the flock with one who keeps. And he carried and went, just as Jesse had commanded him. And he came to the entrenchment and the army was going out to the battle line and they shouted in the battle. BSB BSB: So David got up early in the morning, left the flock with a keeper, loaded up, and set out as Jesse had instructed him. He reached the camp as the army was marching out to its position and shouting the battle cry.
21 GLT And Israel and the Philistines arranged, battle line to meet battle line. BSB BSB: And Israel and the Philistines arrayed in formation against each other.
22 GLT And David left the equipment from on him on the hand of one who keeps the equipment, and he ran to the battle line. And he came and asked his brothers with respect to well- being. BSB BSB: Then David left his supplies in the care of the quartermaster and ran to the battle line. When he arrived, he asked his brothers how they were doing.
23 GLT And he was speaking with them, and behold, the man of the between space was coming up, Goliath the Philistine was his name, from Gath, from the ranks of the Philistines, and he spoke like these words. And David heard. BSB BSB: And as he was speaking with them, suddenly the champion named Goliath, the Philistine from Gath, came forward from the ranks of the Philistines and shouted his usual words, which David also heard.
24 GLT And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, they fled from his face and feared greatly. BSB BSB: When all the men of Israel saw Goliath, they fled from him in great fear.
25 GLT And the men of Israel said,“Have you seen this man who is coming up? Surely he is coming up to taunt Israel! And it will happen that the king will make rich with great wealth the man who strikes him down, and he will give his daughter to him, and he will make the house of his father free in Israel.” BSB BSB: Now the men of Israel had been saying, “Do you see how this man keeps coming out to defy Israel? To the man who kills him the king will give great riches. And he will give him his daughter in marriage and exempt his father’s house from taxation in Israel.”
26 GLT And David said to the men who were standing with him, saying,“What will be done for the man who strikes down this Philistine and removes the disgrace from on Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should taunt the ranks of the living God?” BSB BSB: David asked the men who were standing with him, “What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Just who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?”
27 GLT And the people said to him like this word, saying,“Thus it will be done for the man who strikes him down.” BSB BSB: The people told him about the offer, saying, “That is what will be done for the man who kills him.”
28 GLT And Eliab his oldest brother heard when he spoke to the men. And the nose of Eliab burned against David, and he said,“Why is this— you came down? And with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I myself know your presumtuousness and the evil of your heart, for you have come down in order to see the battle!” BSB BSB: Now when David’s oldest brother Eliab heard him speaking to the men, his anger burned against David. “Why have you come down here?” he asked. “And with whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and wickedness of heart—you have come down to see the battle!”
29 GLT And David said,“What have I done now? Was it not a word?” BSB BSB: “What have I done now?” said David. “Was it not just a question?”
30 GLT And he turned around from beside him toward the front of another and spoke like this word. And the people returned a word to him like the first word. BSB BSB: Then he turned from him toward another and asked about the offer, and those people answered him just as the first ones had answered.
31 GLT And they heard the words that David spoke. And they told before the face of Saul, and he took him. BSB BSB: Now David’s words were overheard and reported to Saul, who sent for him.
32 GLT And David said to Saul,“Do not let the heart of a man fall on himself. Your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.” BSB BSB: And David said to Saul, “Let no man’s heart fail on account of this Philistine. Your servant will go and fight him!”
33 GLT And Saul said to David,“You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him. For you are a boy, but he a man of war from his youth.” BSB BSB: But Saul replied, “You cannot go out against this Philistine to fight him. You are just a boy, and he has been a warrior from his youth.”
34 GLT And David said to Saul,“Your servant has been tending for his father among the flock. And the lion or the bear has come and has carried a sheep from the flock. BSB BSB: David replied, “Your servant has been tending his father’s sheep, and whenever a lion or a bear came and carried off a lamb from the flock,
35 GLT And I have gone out after it and struck it and rescued from its mouth. If it rose against me, then I would grasp its jaw and strike it down and put it to death. BSB BSB: I went after it, struck it down, and delivered the lamb from its mouth. If it reared up against me, I would grab it by its fur, strike it down, and kill it.
36 GLT Your servant has struck down both the lion and the bear. And this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, for he has taunted the ranks of the living God.” BSB BSB: Your servant has killed lions and bears; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, for he has defied the armies of the living God.”
37 GLT And David said,“Yahweh who has rescued me from the hand of the lion and from the hand of the bear, he will rescue me from the hand of this Philistine.” And Saul said to David,“Go, and Yahweh be with you.” BSB BSB: David added, “The LORD, who delivered me from the claws of the lion and the bear, will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.” “Go,” said Saul, “and may the LORD be with you.”
38 GLT And Saul clothed David with his garments and put a helmet of bronze on his head. And he clothed him with body armor. BSB BSB: Then Saul clothed David in his own tunic, put a bronze helmet on his head, and dressed him in armor.
39 GLT And David strapped on his sword over his garments and he undertook to walk because he had not trained. And David said to Saul,“I am not able to walk with these, for I have not trained.” And David removed them from on him. BSB BSB: David strapped his sword over the tunic and tried to walk, but he was not accustomed to them. “I cannot walk in these,” David said to Saul. “I am not accustomed to them.” So David took them off.
40 GLT And he took his staff in his hand and chose for himself five smooth stones from the wadi, and he put them in the bag of the shepherds that belonged to him, even in the pouch, and his sling was in his hand. And he came near to the Philistine. BSB BSB: And David took his staff in his hand, selected five smooth stones from the brook, and put them in the pouch of his shepherd’s bag. And with his sling in hand, he approached the Philistine.
41 GLT And the Philistine came, coming on and near to David. And the man who carried the shield was before his face. BSB BSB: Now the Philistine came closer and closer to David, with his shield-bearer before him.
42 GLT And the Philistine looked and saw David, and he despised him, for he was a boy, and ruddy with a beautiful appearance. BSB BSB: When the Philistine looked and saw David, he despised him because he was just a boy, ruddy and handsome.
44 GLT And the Philistine said to David,“Come to me, and let me give your flesh to the bird of the heavens and to the beast of the field.” BSB BSB: “Come here,” he called to David, “and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field!”
45 GLT And David said to the Philistine,“You are coming to me with sword and with spear and with javelin. But I am coming to you in the name of Yahweh of hosts, the God of the ranks of Israel, whom you have taunted. BSB BSB: But David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD of Hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
46 GLT This day Yahweh will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you down and remove your head from on you. And this day I will give the corpse of the army of the Philistines to the bird of the heavens and to the living thing of the earth. And all the earth will know that there is a God for Israel. BSB BSB: This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand. This day I will strike you down, cut off your head, and give the carcasses of the Philistine army to the birds of the air and the creatures of the earth. Then the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel.
47 GLT And all this assembly will know that Yahweh does not save by sword or by spear. For the battle belongs to Yahweh, and he will give you into our hand.” BSB BSB: And all those assembled here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the LORD saves; for the battle is the LORD’s, and He will give all of you into our hands.”
48 GLT And it happened when the Philistine rose and went and came near to meet David, that David hurried and ran to the battle line to meet the Philistine. BSB BSB: As the Philistine started forward to attack him, David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet him.
49 GLT And David sent his hand into his bag, and took a stone from there, and slung. And it struck the Philistine on his forehead. And the stone sank into his forehead and he fell on his face to the ground. BSB BSB: Then David reached into his bag, took out a stone, and slung it, striking the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell facedown on the ground.
50 GLT And David was stronger than the Philistine with the sling and with the stone. And he struck down the Philistine and put him to death.(Now there was no sword in the hand of David.) BSB BSB: Thus David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone; without a sword in his hand he struck down the Philistine and killed him.
51 GLT And David ran and stood over the Philistine and took his sword and drew it from its sheath and put him to death and cut off his head with it. And the Philistines saw that their strong man was dead and they fled. BSB BSB: David ran and stood over him. He grabbed the Philistine’s sword and pulled it from its sheath and killed him, and he cut off his head with the sword. When the Philistines saw that their hero was dead, they turned and ran.
53 GLT And the sons of Israel returned from burning after the Philistines. And they plundered their camp. BSB BSB: When the Israelites returned from their pursuit of the Philistines, they plundered their camps.
54 GLT And David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem. And he set his equipment in his tent. BSB BSB: David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem, and he put Goliath’s weapons in his own tent.
55 GLT Now as soon as Saul saw David going out to meet the Philistine, he said to Abner the commander of the army,“This boy is the son of whom, Abner?” And Abner said,“As your self is alive, king, if I know!” BSB BSB: As Saul had watched David going out to confront the Philistine, he said to Abner the commander of the army, “Abner, whose son is this young man?” “As surely as you live, O king,” Abner replied, “I do not know.”
56 GLT And the king said,“You ask the son of whom is this boy.” BSB BSB: “Find out whose son this young man is!” said the king.
57 GLT And as soon as David returned from striking down the Philistine, then Abner took him and brought him before the face of Saul. And the head of the Philistine was in his hand. BSB BSB: So when David returned from killing the Philistine, still holding his head in his hand, Abner took him and brought him before Saul.
58 GLT And Saul said to him,“The son of whom are you, boy?” And David said,“The son of your servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.” BSB BSB: “Whose son are you, young man?” asked Saul. “I am the son of your servant Jesse of Bethlehem,” David replied.
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