1 Samuel
17:4-51, "And there went out a champion out of the camp of the
Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.
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. And he had
greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders.
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. 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. 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. And the
Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we
may fight together. When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the
Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid. 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. 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. And David was the youngest: and the three
eldest followed Saul. But David went and returned from Saul to feed his
father's sheep at Bethlehem. And the Philistine drew near
morning and evening, and presented himself forty days. 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; And carry these ten
cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and
take their pledge. Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines. 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. For Israel and the Philistines had put the
battle in array, army against army. 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. 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. And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from
him, and were sore afraid. 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. 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? And the people
answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that
killeth him. 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. And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a
cause? And he turned from him toward another, and spake after the same manner:
and the people answered him again after the former manner. And when the words
were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them before Saul: and he sent for
him. And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him; thy
servant will go and fight with this Philistine. And Saul said to David, Thou
art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him: for thou art but
a youth, and he a man of war from his youth. And David said unto Saul, Thy
servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a
lamb out of the flock: 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 smote him, and slew him. Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and
this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied
the armies of the living God. David said moreover, The LORD that delivered me
out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me
out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and the LORD
be with thee. And Saul armed David with his armour, and he put an helmet of
brass upon his head; also he armed him with a coat of mail. And David girded
his sword upon his armour, and he assayed to go; for he had not proved it. And
David said unto Saul, I cannot go with these; for I have not proved them. And
David put them off him. And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five
smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag which he had,
even in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the
Philistine. And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and the man
that bare the shield went before him. And when the Philistine looked about, and
saw David, he disdained him: for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair
countenance. And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest
to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. And the
Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls
of the air, and to the beasts of the field. Then said David to the Philistine,
Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come
to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied. This day
will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine
head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines
this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that
all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel. And all this assembly
shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the
LORD'S, and he will give you into our hands. And it came to pass, when the
Philistine arose, and came and drew nigh to meet David, that David hasted, and
ran toward the army to meet the Philistine. And David put his hand in his bag,
and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his
forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to
the earth. So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone,
and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of
David. Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword,
and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head
therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they
fled."