09:017:014 And David was the youngest: and the
three eldest followed
Saul.
09:017:015 But David went and returned from Saul to
feed his father’s
sheep
at Bethlehem.
09:017:016 And the Philistine drew near morning and
evening, and
presented
himself forty days.
09:017:017 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;
09:017:018 And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain
of their
thousand,
and look how thy brethren fare, and take their
pledge.
09:017:019 Now Saul, and they, and all the men of
Israel, were in the
valley
of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
09:017:020 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.
09:017:021 For Israel and the Philistines had put
the battle in array,
army
against army.
09:017:022 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.
09:017:023 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.
09:017:024 And all the men of Israel, when they saw
the man, fled from
him,
and were sore afraid.
09:017:025 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.
09:017:026 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?
09:017:027 And the people answered him after this
manner, saying, So
shall
it be done to the man that killeth him.
09:017:028 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.


