1And the Philistines gathered their camp for the battle, and they gathered at Socoh which belongs to Judah, and they camped between Socoh and Azekah in Ephes-dammim.2And Saul and the men of Israel gathered and camped in the Valley of Elah, and they arranged battle to encounter the Philistines.3And the Philistines were standing toward the mountain from this side, and Israel was standing toward the mountain from this side, and the valley was between them.4And a man, the champion, came out from the camp of the Philistines; Goliath was his name, from Gath; his height was six cubits and a span.5And a helmet of bronze was upon his head, and scale armor he was clothed with, and the weight of the armor was five thousand shekels of bronze.6And greaves of bronze were upon his feet, and a javelin of bronze was between his shoulders.7And the shaft of his spear was like a weaver's beam, and the head of his spear weighed six hundred shekels of iron, and his shield-bearer walked before him.8And he stood and called to the ranks of Israel and said to them, "Why do you come out to arrange battle? Am I not the Philistine, and you servants to Saul? Choose for yourselves a man, and let him come down to me.9If he is able to fight with me and he strikes me, then we will be servants to you; and if I am able against him and I strike him, then you will be servants to us and you will serve us."10And the Philistine said, "I have taunted the ranks of Israel this day; give to me a man, and let us fight together."11And Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, and they were dismayed and feared greatly.12Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem in Judah, whose name was Jesse, and he had eight sons. And in the days of Saul the man was old, advanced in years among men.13And the three older sons of Jesse went after Saul to the battle; and the name of his three sons who went to the battle was Eliab the firstborn, and his second Abinadab, and the third Shammah.14And David was the youngest, and the three older ones went after Saul.15And David went back and forth from Saul to pasture his father's flock at Bethlehem.16And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and he stationed himself forty days.17And Jesse said to David his son, "Take now for your brothers an ephah of this roasted grain and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to your brothers,18And bring these ten cheeses to the commander of the thousand, and check on the welfare of your brothers, and take their pledge."19And Saul and they and all the men of Israel were in the Valley of Elah fighting with the Philistines.20And David rose early in the morning and left the flock with a keeper and took and went as Jesse had commanded him, and he came to the track; and the army was coming out to the rank, and they shouted in the battle.21And Israel and the Philistines arranged rank to encounter rank.22And David left his baggage with the keeper of the baggage and ran to the battle line and came and asked his brothers about their welfare.23And while he was speaking with them, behold, the man the champion was rising, Goliath the Philistine was his name, from Gath, from the army, from the ranks of the Philistines; and he spoke according to these words, and David heard.24And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from his face and feared greatly.25And the men of Israel said, "Have you seen this man who is rising? For to taunt Israel he rises; and the man who strikes him, the king will enrich him with great riches and will give him his daughter and will make his father's house free in Israel."26And David said to the men who were standing with him, "What will be done for the man who strikes this Philistine and removes reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he has taunted the ranks of the living God?"27And the people said to him according to this word, saying, "Thus it will be done for the man who strikes him."28And Eliab his older brother heard when he spoke to the men, and Eliab's anger burned 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 arrogance and the evil of your heart, for you have come down to see the battle."29And David said, "What have I done now? Was it not a word?"30And he turned from him toward another and spoke in the same way, and the people answered him as before.31And the words that David spoke were heard, and they reported them before Saul, and he summoned him.32And David said to Saul, "Let no man's heart fail because of him; your servant will go and fight with this Philistine."33And Saul said to David, "You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him, for you are a youth, and he is a man of battle from his youth."34And David said to Saul, "Your servant was shepherding his father's flock, and when a lion or a bear came and took a sheep from the flock,35I went out after it and struck it and rescued it from its mouth; and when it rose against me, I seized it by its beard and struck it and killed it.36Both the lion and the bear your servant struck, and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, for he has taunted the ranks of the living God."37And David said, "The LORD who 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 may the LORD be with you."38And Saul clothed David with his garment and put a helmet of bronze upon his head and clothed him with armor.39And David strapped his sword over his garments and tried to go, for he had not tested them; and David said to Saul, "I am not able to go in these, for I have not tested them." And David removed them from himself.40And he took his staff in his hand and chose for himself five smooth stones from the torrent and put them in his shepherd's bag, in the pouch, and his sling was in his hand, and he approached the Philistine.41And the Philistine was going and approaching to David, and the man lifting the shield was before his face.42And the Philistine looked and saw David and despised him, for he was a youth and ruddy with a beautiful appearance.43And the Philistine said to David, "Am I a dog that you come to me with the rod?" And the Philistine cursed David by his God.44And the Philistine said to David, "Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the heaven and to the animals of the land."45And David said to the Philistine, "You come to me with sword and with spear and with javelin, and I come to you in the name of the LORD of Hosts, the God of the ranks of Israel, whom you have taunted.46This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you and remove your head from you and give the corpses of the camp of the Philistines this day to the birds of the heavens and to the living things of the land, and all the land will know that there is a God in Israel.47And all this assembly will know that the LORD does not save with sword and with spear, for the battle belongs to the LORD, and he will give you into our hand."48And it happened when the Philistine arose and went and approached to encounter David, that David hastened and ran to the rank to encounter the Philistine.49And David put his hand into the bag and took from there a stone and slung it and struck the Philistine on his forehead; and the stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the ground.50And David prevailed over the Philistine with the sling and with the stone and struck the Philistine and killed him, and there was no sword in David's hand.51And David ran and stood over the Philistine and took his sword and drew it from its sheath and killed him and cut off his head with it; and the Philistines saw that their mighty man was dead and fled.52And the men of Israel and Judah arose and shouted and pursued the Philistines until they came to the valley and to the gates of Ekron; and the slain of the Philistines fell on the way to Shaaraim and as far as Gath and Ekron.53And the sons of Israel returned from pursuing after the Philistines and plundered their camp.54And David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem, and he put his weapons in his tent.55And when Saul saw David coming out to encounter the Philistine, he said to Abner the ruler of the army, "Whose son is this youth, Abner?" And Abner said, "As your soul lives, O king, I do not know."56And the king said, "Ask whose son this youth is."57And when David returned from striking the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul, and the head of the Philistine was in his hand.58And Saul said to him, "Whose son are you, O youth?" And David said, "The son of your servant Jesse the Bethlehemite."