1 Samuel 17 War between the Israelites and the Philistines

 1 Samuel 17

War between the Israelites and the Philistines

1 And the Philistines gathered their stingrays for war and assembled at Socó, which is in Judah, and camped between Socó and Azeca, at the end of Damim.

2 But Saul and the men of Israel came together and camped in the valley of the oak, and ordered the battle against the Philistines.

3 And the Philistines were on one side of the band beyond, and the Israelites were on the other side of the band there; and the valley was between them.

4 Then a warrior man came out of the camp of the Philistines, whose name was Goliath of Gath, who was six cubits tall and a foot tall.

5 he wore a bronze helmet on his head, and wore a scale breastplate; and it was the weight of the harness of five thousand bronze cycles.

6 And he had bronze greaves over his feet, and a bronze shield between his shoulders.

7 And the rod of his spear was like the weaver's organ, and the iron of his spear of six hundred shekels of iron, and before him the squire.

8 And he stopped, and cried out to the companies of Israel, and said to them, Why will you go out to order the battle? Am I not a Philistine and you are Saul's servants? Choose a man from among you who will come down to me.

9 If he can fight with me and hurt me, we will be your servants; but if I overcome you and hurt you, then you will be our servants, and you will serve us.

10 And the Philistine said, Today I challenge the companies of Israel, saying, Give me a man, that we may fight together.

11 And when Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, they were astonished, and were very afraid.