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As he talked with them, behold, the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, came up out of the ranks of the Philistines, and spoke the same words as before. And David heard him.
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All the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were much afraid.
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And the men of Israel said, "Have you seen this man who has come up? Surely he has come up to defy Israel; and the man who kills him, the king will enrich with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel."
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And David said to the men who stood by him, "What shall be done for the man who kills this Philistine, and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?"
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And the people answered him in the same way, "So shall it be done to the man who kills him."
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Now Eli'ab his eldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eli'ab's anger was kindled 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 presumption, and the evil of your heart; for you have come down to see the battle."
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And David said, "What have I done now? Was it not but a word?"
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And he turned away from him toward another, and spoke in the same way; and the people answered him again as before.
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When the words which David spoke were heard, they repeated them before Saul; and he sent for him.
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And David said to Saul, "Let no man's heart fail because of him; your servant will go and fight with this Philistine."
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And Saul said to David, "You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for you are but a youth, and he has been a man of war from his youth."