3
And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side; and
there was a valley between them.
4
And a man named Goliath, of Gath, whose height
was six cubits and a span, came out of the camp of the Philistines and
stood between the two
camps.
5
And
he had a helmet of brass upon his head, and he
was clothed with a coat of mail of scales; and the weight of the coat of mail
was five thousand shekels of brass.
6
And
he had greaves of brass upon his legs and a shield of brass between his shoulders.
7
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.
8
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 I not a Philistine, and ye slaves to Saul? Choose a man from among you, and let him come down to me.
9
If he is able to fight with me and to overcome me, then will we be your slaves, but if I prevail against him and overcome him, then ye shall be our slaves and serve us.
10
And the Philistine said, I have dishonoured the ranks of Israel today; give me a man that we may fight together.
11
When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed and greatly afraid.
12
And David
was the son of an Ephrathite man of Bethlehem of Judah, whose name
was Jesse, and he had eight sons, and this man was old in the days of Saul and of advanced age among men.
13
And the three eldest sons of Jesse had gone
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.