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And the staff of his spear like a weaver's beam, and the spear's head of six hundred shekels of iron; and his armour-bearer went before him.
8
And he stood and cried to the army of Israel, and said to them, Why are ye come forth to set yourselves in battle array against us? Am not I a Philistine, and ye Hebrews of Saul? Choose for yourselves a man, and let him come down to me.
9
And if he shall be able to fight against me, and shall smite me, then will we be your servants: but if I should prevail and smite him, ye shall be our servants, and serve us.
10
And the Philistine said, Behold, I have defied the armies of Israel this very day: give me a man, and we will both of us fight in single combat.
11
And Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, and they were dismayed, and greatly terrified.
32
And David said to Saul, Let not, I pray thee, the heart of my lord be dejected within him: thy servant will go, and fight with this Philistine.
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And Saul said to David, Thou wilt not in anywise be able to go against this Philistine to fight with him, for thou art a mere youth, and he a man of war from his youth.
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And David said to Saul, Thy servant was tending the flock for his father; and when a lion came and a she-bear, and took a sheep out of the flock,
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then I went forth after him, and smote him, and drew out of his mouth: and as he rose up against me, then I caught hold of his throat, and smote him, and slew him.
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Thy servant smote both the lion and the bear, and the uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them: shall I not go and smite him, and remove this day a reproach from Israel? For who this uncircumcised one, who has defied the army of the living God?
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The Lord who delivered me out of the paw of the lion and out the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this uncircumcised Philistine. And Saul said to David, Go, and the Lord shall be with thee.
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And Saul clothed David with a military coat, and his brazen helmet on his head.
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And he girt David with his sword over his coat: and he made trial walking once and again: and David said to Saul, I shall not be able to go with these, for I have not proved : so they remove them from him.
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And he took his staff in his hand, and he chose for himself five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in the shepherd's scrip which he had for his store, and his sling was in his hand; and he approached the Philistine.