1 Samuel 17:5-20
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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.
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6 And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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10 And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.
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11 When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.
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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.
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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.
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14 And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul.
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15 But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem.
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16 And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.
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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 to thy brethren.
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18 And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.
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19 Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
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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.