1 Samuel 17:41
And the Philistine came nearer to David; and the man who had his body-cover went before him.
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- 1 Sam 17:47-526 verses86%
47And all these people who are here today may see that the Lord does not give salvation by sword and spear: for the fight is the Lord's, and he will give you up into our hands.
48Now when the Philistine made a move and came near to David, David quickly went at a run in the direction of the army, meeting the Philistine face to face.
49And David put his hand in his bag and took out a stone and sent it from his leather band straight at the Philistine, and the stone went deep into his brow, and he went down to the earth, falling on his face.
50So David overcame the Philistine with his leather band and a stone, wounding the Philistine and causing his death: but David had no sword in his hand.
51So running up to the Philistine and putting his foot on him, David took his sword out of its cover, and put him to death, cutting off his head with it. And when the Philistines saw that their fighter was dead, they went in flight.
52And the men of Israel and of Judah got up, and gave a cry, and went after the Philistines as far as Gath and the town doors of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines were falling down by the road from Shaaraim all the way to Gath and Ekron.
- 1 Sam 17:31-4010 verses85%
31And, hearing what David said, they gave Saul word of it: and he sent for him.
32And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart become feeble because of him; I, your servant, will go out and have a fight with this Philistine.
33And Saul said to David, You are not able to go out against this Philistine and have a fight with him: for you are only a boy, and he has been a man of war from his earliest days.
34And David said to Saul, Your servant has been keeper of his father's sheep; and if a lion or a bear came and took a lamb from the flock,
35I went out after him, and overcame him, and took it out of his mouth: and if, turning on me, he came at me, I took him by the hair and overcame him and put him to death.
36Your servant has overcome lion and bear: and the fate of this Philistine, who is without circumcision, will be like theirs, seeing that he has put shame on the armies of the living God.
37And David said, The Lord, who kept me safe from the grip of the lion and the bear, will be my saviour from the hands of this Philistine. And Saul said to David, Go! and may the Lord be with you.
38Then Saul gave David his clothing of war, and put a head-dress of brass on his head and had him clothed with a coat of metal.
39And David took Saul's sword and put the band round him over the metal coat, and was unable to go forward; for he was not used to them. Then David said to Saul, It is not possible for me to go out with these, for I am not used to them. So David took them off.
40Then he took his stick in his hand, and got five smooth stones from the bed of the stream and put them in a bag such as is used by sheep-keepers; and in his hand was a leather band used for sending stones: and so he went in the direction of the Philistine.
- 1 Sam 17:42-454 verses84%
42And when the Philistine, taking note, saw David, he had a poor opinion of him: for he was only a boy, red-haired and good-looking.
43And the Philistine said to David, Am I a dog, that you come out to me with sticks? And the Philistine put curses on David by all his gods.
44And the Philistine said to David, Come here to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field.
45Then David said to the Philistine, You come to me with a sword and a spear and a javelin: but I come to you in the name of the Lord of armies, the God of the armies of Israel on which you have put shame.
- 1 Sam 17:19-279 verses83%
19Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
20And David got up early in the morning, and, giving the sheep into the care of a keeper, took the things and went as Jesse had said; and he came to the lines where the carts were, when the army was going out to the fight giving their war-cry.
21And Israel and the Philistines had put their forces in position, army against army.
22And David gave his parcels into the hands of the keeper of the army stores, and went running to the army and came to his brothers to get knowledge about them.
23And while he was talking to them, the fighter, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, came out from the Philistines' lines and said the same words, in David's hearing.
24And all the men of Israel, when they saw him, went in flight, overcome with fear.
25And the men of Israel said, Have you seen this man? Clearly he has come out to put shame on Israel: and it is certain that if any man overcomes him, the king will give that man great wealth, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's family free in Israel.
26And David said to the men near him, What will be done to the man who overcomes this Philistine and takes away the shame from Israel? for who is this Philistine, a man without circumcision, that he has put shame on the armies of the living God?
27And the people gave him this answer, So it will be done to the man who overcomes him.
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16And the Philistine came near every morning and evening for forty days.
- 1 Sam 17:7-82 verses80%
7The stem of his spear was as long as a cloth-worker's rod, and its head was made of six hundred shekels' weight of iron: and one went before him with his body-cover.
8He took up his position and in a loud voice said to the armies of Israel, Why have you come out to make war? Am I not a Philistine and you servants of Saul? Send out a man for yourselves and let him come down to me.
- 1 Sam 17:2-54 verses79%
2And Saul and the men of Israel came together and took up their position in the valley of Elah, and put their forces in order against the Philistines.
3The Philistines were stationed on the mountain on one side and Israel on the mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.
4And a fighter came out from the tents of the Philistines, named Goliath of Gath; he was more than six cubits tall.
5And he had a head-dress of brass on his head, and he was dressed in a coat of metal, the weight of which was five thousand shekels of brass.
- 1 Sam 17:10-112 verses78%
10And the Philistine said, I have put to shame the armies of Israel this day; give me a man so that we may have a fight together.
11And Saul and all Israel, hearing those words of the Philistine, were troubled and full of fear.
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57And when David was coming back after the destruction of the Philistine, Abner took him to Saul, with the head of the Philistine in his hand.
- 2 Sam 5:17-182 verses77%
17And when the Philistines had news that David had been made king over Israel, they all went up in search of David; and David, hearing of it, went down to the strong place.
18And when the Philistines came, they went in every direction in the valley of Rephaim.
- 1 Chr 14:8-92 verses77%
8And when the Philistines had news that David had been made king over all Israel, they went up in search of David, and David, hearing of it, went out against them.
9Now the Philistines had come, and had gone out in every direction in the valley of Rephaim.
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54And David took the head of the Philistine to Jerusalem, but the metal war-dress and the arms he put in his tent.
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1Now in those days the Philistines got their forces together to make war on Israel. And Achish said to David, Certainly you and your men are to go out with me to the fight.
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2And the lords of the Philistines went on with their hundreds and their thousands, and David and his men came after with Achish.
- 1 Sam 23:1-22 verses75%
1And they sent word to David, saying, The Philistines are fighting against Keilah and taking the grain from the grain-floors.
2So David, questioning the Lord, said, Am I to go and make an attack on these Philistines? And the Lord said to David, Go and make an attack on the Philistines so that Keilah may be kept from falling into their hands.
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8And there was war again: and David went out fighting the Philistines, causing great destruction among them; and they went in flight before him.
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17But Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, came to his help, and, turning on the Philistine, gave him his death-blow. Then David's men took an oath, and said, Never again are you to go out with us to the fight, so that you may not put out the light of Israel.