looketh on the heart. 8 Then Jeffe called Abinadab, and made him pafs before Samuel, And he faid, Neither hath the Lord chofen this. 9 Then Jeffe made Shammah to país by. And he faid, Neither hath the Lord chofen this. ro Again, Jeffe made feven of his fons to pafs before Samuel. And Samuel faid unto Jefle, The Lord hath not chofen these. FI And Samuel faid unto Jeffe, Are here all thy children? And he faid, There remaineth yet the youngest, and behold, he keepeth the fheep. And Samuel faid unto Jeffe, Send and fetch him: for we will not fit down till 'he come hither, 12 And he fent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the Lord faid, Arife, anoint him for this is he. Lord departed from Saul, and an evil fpirit from the Lord troubled him. 15 And Saul's fervant faid unto him, Behold now, an évil fpirit from God troubléth thee. 16 Let our lord now command thy fervants which are before thee to feek out a man who is a cunning player on an harp: and it fhall come to pafs when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he fhall play with his hand, and thou fhalt be well. 17 And Saul faid unto his fervants, Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring him to me. A 18 Then answered one of the fervants, and faid, Behold, I have feen a son of Jeffe the Beth-lehemite, that is, cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely perfon, and the Lord is with him. 19 Wherefore Saul fent 13 Then Samuel took the meffengers unto Jeffe, and horn of oil, and anointed faid, Send me David thy him in the midft of his bre-fon, which is with the sheep. thren. And the Spirit of 20 And Jeffe took an ass the Lord came upon David laden with bread, and a from that day forward. So bottle of wine, and a kid, Samuel rofe up, and went to and fent them by David his Ramah. fon unto Saul. 14 But the Spirit of the 21 And David came to Saul, Saul, and ftood before him: and he loved him greatly, and he became his armourbearer. 22 And Saul fent to Jeffe, faying, Let David, I pray thee, ftand before me: for he hath found favour in my fight. 23 And it came to pafs when the evil fpirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand fo Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him. CHAP. XVII. TOW the Philiftines ga NOW armies to battle, and were 2 And Saul and the men of Ifrael were gathered together, and pitched by the valley of Elah, and fet the battle in array against the Philistines. 3 And the Philistines ftood on a mountain on the one fide, and Ifrael ftood on a mountain on the other fide: and there was a valley between them., 4 And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philiftines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was fix cubits and a fpan. 5 And he had an helmet of brafs upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail: and the weight of the coat was five thousand fhekels of brafs. 6 And he had greaves of brafs upon his legs, and a target of brass between his fhoulders. 7 And the ftaff of his fpear was like a weaver's beam; and his fpear's head weighed fix hundred fhekels of iron: and one bearing a fhield went before him. 8 And he stood and cried unto the armies of Ifrael, and faid unto them, Why are ye come out to fet your battle in array? am not I a Philiftine, and ye fervants to Saul? choofe ye a man for you, and let him come down to me. 9 If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your fervants: but if i prevail against him, and kill him, then fhall ye be our fervants, and ferve us. 10 And the Philiftine faid, I defy the armies of Ifrael this day; give me a man, P that that we may fight together. II When Saul and all Ifrael heard thofe words of the Philiftine, they were dif mayed and greatly afraid. 12 Now David was the fon of that Ephrathite of Beth-lehem-judah whofe name was Jeffe and he had eight fons and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul. their thoufand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge. ་ 19 Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Ifrael were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philiftines. 20 And David rofe up early in the morning, and left the fheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jeffe had commanded him; and he came to the trench as the hoft was going forth to the fight, and fhouted for the battle. 13 And the three eldeft fons of Jeffe went, and followed Saul to the battle and the names of his three fons that went to the battle, 21 For Ifrael and the Phiwere Eliab the firft-born; liftines had put the battle in and next unto him, Abina-array, army against army. dab; and the third Shammah. 14 And David was the youngest and the three eldeft followed Saul. 15 But David went and returned from Saul, to feed his father's fheep at Bethlehem. 16 And the Philiftine drew near morning and evening, and prefented himself forty days. 17 And Jeffe faid unto David his fon, Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched corn, and thefe ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy brethren. 18 And carry thefe ten cheeses unto the captain of 22 And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage, and ran into the army, and came and faluted his brethren. 23 And as he talked with them, Behold, there came up the champion, the Philiftine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the Philiftines, and spake according to the fame words and David heard them. 24 And all the men of Ifrael, when they faw the man, fled from him, and were fore afraid. 25 And the men of Ifrael faid, Have ye feen this man that is come up? furely to defy Ifrael is he come up. And And it fhall be that the man | him again after the former manner. 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 Ifrael. 26 And David fpake to the men that stood by him, faying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Ifrael? for who is this uncircumcifed Philiftine, that he should defy the armies of the living God? 27 And the people anfwered him after this manner, faying, So fhall it be done to the man that killeth him. 28 ¶ And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why cameft thou down hither? and with whom haft 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. 29 And David faid, What have I now done? is there not a cause? 30 And he turned from him towards another, and fpake after the fame manner. And the people answered 31 And when the words were heard which David fpake, they rehearfed them before Saul. And he sent for him. 32 And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him; thy fervant will go and fight with this. Philiftine. 33 And Saul faid to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philiftine to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth. 34 And David faid unto Saul, Thy fervant kept his father's fheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock: 35 And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me I caught him by his beard, and fmote him, and flew him. 36 Thy fervant flew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcifed Philistine fhall be as one of them, feeing he hath defied the armies of the living God. 37 David faid moreover, The Lord that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, P 2 and and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philiftine. And Saul faid unto David, Go, and the Lord be with thee. 38 And Saul armed David with his armour, and he put an helmet of brafs upon his head, alfo he armed him with a coat of mail.. 39 And David girded his fword upon his armour, and he aflayed to go; for he had not proved it. And David faid unto Saul, I cannot go with thefe: for I have not proved them. And David put them off him. 40 And he took his staff in his hand, and chofe him five fmooth ftones out of the brook, and put them in a fhepherd's bag which he had, even in a scrip; and his fling was in his hand and he drew near to the Philiftine. 41 And the Philiftine came. on, and drew near unto David; and the man that bare the fhield went before him. ftaves? and the Philiftine curfed David by his gods. 44 And the Philiftine faid to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flefh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beafts of the field. 45 Then faid David to the Philiftine, Thou comest to me with a fword, and with a fpear, and with a fhield; but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hofts, the God of the armies of Ifrael, whom thou haft defied. 46 This day will the Lord deliver thee into mine hand, and I will fmite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcafes of the hoft of the Philiftines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beafts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Ifrael. 47 And all this affembly fhall know that the Lord faveth not with fword and fpear: for the battle is the 42 And when the Phi-Lord's, and he will give you liftine looked about and faw into our hands. David, he difdained. him: for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair counte nance. 48 And it came to pass when the Philiftine arofe, and came and drew nigh to meet David, that David haft 43 And the Philiftine faided, and ran toward the army unto David, Am I a dog, that to meet the Philiftine. thou comeft to me with 49 And David put his hand |