1 Samuel 17:33
But Saul replied to David,“You aren’t able to go against this Philistine and fight him! You’re just a boy! He has been a warrior from his youth!”
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- Num 13:31 : 31 But the men who had gone up with him said,“We are not able to go up against these people, because they are stronger than we are!”
- Deut 9:2 : 2 They include the Anakites, a numerous and tall people whom you know about and of whom it is said,“Who is able to resist the Anakites?”
- 1 Sam 17:42 : 42 When the Philistine looked carefully at David, he despised him, for he was only a ruddy and handsome boy.
- 1 Sam 17:56 : 56 The king said,“Find out whose son this boy is!”
- Ps 11:1 : 1 For the music director; by David. In the LORD I have taken shelter. How can you say to me,“Flee to a mountain like a bird!
- Rev 13:4 : 4 they worshiped the dragon because he had given ruling authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast too, saying:“Who is like the beast?” and“Who is able to make war against him?”
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- 1 Sam 17:31-322 verses87%
31When David’s words were overheard and reported to Saul, he called for him.
32David said to Saul,“Don’t let anyone be discouraged. Your servant will go and fight this Philistine!”
- 1 Sam 17:34-396 verses83%
34David replied to Saul,“Your servant has been a shepherd for his father’s flock. Whenever a lion or bear would come and carry off a sheep from the flock,
35I would go out after it, strike it down, and rescue the sheep from its mouth. If it rose up against me, I would grab it by its jaw, strike it, and kill it.
36Your servant has struck down both the lion and the bear. This uncircumcised Philistine will be just like one of them. For he has defied the armies of the living God!”
37David went on to say,“The LORD who delivered me from the lion and the bear will also deliver me from the hand of this Philistine!” Then Saul said to David,“Go! The LORD will be with you.”
38Then Saul clothed David with his own fighting attire and put a bronze helmet on his head. He also put body armor on him.
39David strapped on his sword over his fighting attire and tried to walk around, but he was not used to them. David said to Saul,“I can’t walk in these things, for I’m not used to them.” So David removed them.
- 1 Sam 17:8-114 verses79%
8Goliath stood and called to Israel’s troops,“Why do you come out to prepare for battle? Am I not the Philistine, and are you not the servants of Saul? Choose for yourselves a man so he may come down to me!
9If he is able to fight with me and strike me down, we will become your servants. But if I prevail against him and strike him down, you will become our servants and will serve us.”
10Then the Philistine said,“I defy Israel’s troops this day! Give me a man so we can fight each other!”
11When Saul and all the Israelites heard these words of the Philistine, they were upset and very afraid.
- 1 Sam 17:41-455 verses79%
41The Philistine kept coming closer to David, with his shield bearer walking in front of him.
42When the Philistine looked carefully at David, he despised him, for he was only a ruddy and handsome boy.
43The Philistine said to David,“Am I a dog, that you are coming after me with sticks?” Then the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
44The Philistine said to David,“Come here to me, so I can give your flesh to the birds of the sky and the wild animals of the field!”
45But David replied to the Philistine,“You are coming against me with sword and spear and javelin. But I am coming against you in the name of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel’s armies, whom you have defied!
- 1 Sam 17:55-584 verses78%
55Now as Saul watched David going out to fight the Philistine, he asked Abner, the general in command of the army,“Whose son is this young man, Abner?” Abner replied,“As surely as you live, O king, I don’t know.”
56The king said,“Find out whose son this boy is!”
57So when David returned from striking down the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul. He still had the head of the Philistine in his hand.
58Saul said to him,“Whose son are you, young man?” David replied,“I am the son of your servant Jesse in Bethlehem.”
- 1 Sam 17:25-262 verses78%
25The men of Israel said,“Have you seen this man who is coming up? He does so to defy Israel. But the king will make the man who can strike him down very wealthy! He will give him his daughter in marriage, and he will make his father’s house exempt from tax obligations in Israel.”
26David asked the men who were standing near him,“What will be done for the man who strikes down this Philistine and frees Israel from this humiliation? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he defies the armies of the living God?”
- 1 Sam 17:19-202 verses78%
19They are with Saul and the whole Israelite army in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.”
20So David got up early in the morning and entrusted the flock to someone else who would watch over it. After loading up, he went just as Jesse had instructed him. He arrived at the camp as the army was going out to the battle lines shouting its battle cry.
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23As he was speaking with them, the champion named Goliath, the Philistine from Gath, was coming up from the battle lines of the Philistines. He spoke the way he usually did, and David heard it.
- 1 Sam 17:50-512 verses76%
50David prevailed over the Philistine with just the sling and the stone. He struck down the Philistine and killed him. David did not even have a sword in his hand.
51David ran and stood over the Philistine. He grabbed Goliath’s sword, drew it from its sheath, killed him, and cut off his head with it. When the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they ran away.
- 1 Sam 17:47-482 verses75%
47and all this assembly will know that it is not by sword or spear that the LORD saves! For the battle is the LORD’s, and he will deliver you into our hand.”
48The Philistine drew steadily closer to David to attack him, while David quickly ran toward the battle line to attack the Philistine.
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17Then Saul said to David,“Here’s my oldest daughter, Merab. I want to give her to you in marriage. Only be a brave warrior for me and fight the battles of the LORD.”For Saul thought,“There’s no need for me to raise my hand against him. Let it be the hand of the Philistines!”
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1The Witch of Endor In those days the Philistines gathered their troops for war in order to fight Israel. Achish said to David,“You should fully understand that you and your men must go with me into the battle.”
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52There was fierce war with the Philistines all the days of Saul. So whenever Saul saw anyone who was a warrior or a brave individual, he would conscript him.
- 1 Sam 17:14-163 verses74%
14Now David was the youngest. While the three oldest sons followed Saul,
15David was going back and forth from Saul in order to care for his father’s sheep in Bethlehem.
16Meanwhile for forty days the Philistine approached every morning and evening and took his position.
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2Saul and the Israelite army assembled and camped in the valley of Elah, where they arranged their battle lines to fight against the Philistines.
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8Now once again there was war. So David went out to fight the Philistines. He defeated them thoroughly and they ran away from him.
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28When David’s oldest brother Eliab heard him speaking to the men, he became angry with David and said,“Why have you come down here? To whom did you entrust those few sheep in the wilderness? I am familiar with your pride and deceit! You have come down here to watch the battle!”
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25Saul replied,“Here is what you should say to David:‘There is nothing that the king wants as a price for the bride except a hundred Philistine foreskins, so that he can be avenged of his enemies.’”(Now Saul was thinking that he could kill David by the hand of the Philistines.)
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9David said to Saul,“Why do you pay attention when men say,‘David is seeking to do you harm’?
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10So on that day David arose and fled from Saul. He went to King Achish of Gath.
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12So Saul feared David, because the LORD was with him but had departed from Saul.
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17But Abishai the son of Zeruiah came to David’s aid, striking the Philistine down and killing him. Then David’s men took an oath saying,“You will not go out to battle with us again! You must not extinguish the lamp of Israel!”
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1David Aligns Himself with the Philistines David thought to himself,“One of these days I’m going to be swept away by the hand of Saul! There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will despair of searching for me through all the territory of Israel and I will escape from his hand.”
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4Then a champion came out from the camp of the Philistines. His name was Goliath; he was from Gath. He was close to seven feet tall.
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17When Saul recognized David’s voice, he said,“Is that your voice, my son David?” David replied,“Yes, it’s my voice, my lord the king.”
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14David replied to him,“How is it that you were not afraid to reach out your hand to destroy the LORD’s anointed?”
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2So David asked the LORD,“Should I go and strike down these Philistines?” The LORD said to David,“Go, strike down the Philistines and deliver Keilah.”
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18One of his attendants replied,“I have seen a son of Jesse in Bethlehem who knows how to play the lyre. He is a brave warrior and is articulate and handsome, for the LORD is with him.”