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1 Samuel

Chapter 17

KJV · Textus Receptus

Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephesdammim.
2 And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines.
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 there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.
5 And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.
6 And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target 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 not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me.
9 If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your servants: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve us.
10 And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; 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 Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehemjudah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.
13 And the three eldest sons of Jesse went 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.
14 And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul.
15 But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem.
16 And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.
17 And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy brethren;
18 And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.
19 Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
20 And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the trench, as the host was going forth to the fight, and shouted for the battle.
21 For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army against army.
22 And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage, and ran into the army, and came and saluted his brethren.
23 And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the Philistines, and spake according to the same words: and David heard them.
24 And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid.
25 And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel.
26 And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?
27 And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him.
28 And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.
29 And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause?
30 And he turned from him toward another, and spake after the same manner: and the people answered him again after the former manner.
31 And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them before Saul: and he sent for him.
32 And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him; thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine.
33 And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.
34 And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:
35 And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him.
36 Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the living God.
37David said moreover, The LORD that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and the LORD be with thee.
38And Saul armed David with his armour, and he put an helmet of brass upon his head; also he armed him with a coat of mail.
39And David girded his sword upon his armour, and he assayed to go; for he had not proved it. And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with these; for I have not proved them. And David put them off him.
40And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag which he had, even in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine.
41And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and the man that bare the shield went before him.
42And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him: for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance.
43And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
44And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field.
45Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
46This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.
47And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD'S, and he will give you into our hands.
48And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came and drew nigh to meet David, that David hasted, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine.
49And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth.
50So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David.
51Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled.
52And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines, until thou come to the valley, and to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even unto Gath, and unto Ekron.
53And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they spoiled their tents.
54And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armour in his tent.
55And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell.
56And the king said, Enquire thou whose son the stripling is.
57And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.
58And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, thou young man? And David answered, I am the son of thy servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.

Asante Twi

1Na Filistifoɔ boaboaa wɔn asraadɔm ano sɛ wɔrekɔko, na wɔboaa wɔn ho ano wɔ Soko a ɛyɛ Yuda dea no; na wɔbɔɔ atenaeɛ wɔ Soko ne Aseka ntam, wɔ Efesdammim.Under pastoral review
2Na Saulo ne Israel mmarima boaa wɔn ho ano, na wɔbɔɔ atenaeɛ wɔ Ela bɔnhwa ho, na wɔtoo ɔko tiaa Filistifoɔ.Under pastoral review
3Na Filistifoɔ gyinaa bepɔ baako so wɔ ɛfa yi, na Israel gyinaa bepɔ baako so wɔ ɛfa hɔ: na bɔnhwa da wɔn ntam.Under pastoral review
4Na ɔkofoɔ kɛseɛ bi firii Filistifoɔ atenaeɛ hɔ baeɛ, a ne din de Goliat, a ɔfiri Gat, na ne tenten yɛ basafa nsia ne nsateakwaa.Under pastoral review
5Na kɔbere kyɛw hyɛ ne ti, na ɔhyɛ akyekyɛmadeɛ batakari; na batakari no mu duru yɛ kɔbere sɛkele mpem enum.Under pastoral review
6Na kɔbere nan-ho-adeɛ hyehyɛ ne nan ho, na kɔbere kɔntɔnkurowi da ne mmati ntam.Under pastoral review
7Na ne pema poma te sɛ ntomanwomfoɔ abaa; na ne pema ano dadeɛ mu duru yɛ dadeɛ sɛkele ahansia: na ɔbarima bi a ɔso ne kyɛm di n'anim.Under pastoral review
8Na ɔgyinaeɛ teaam frɛɛ Israel asraadɔm no, na ɔka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, Adɛn nti na moafiri adi abɛto ɔko? Me nnyɛ Filistini, na monyɛ Saulo nkoa anaa? Monyi ɔbarima mma mo ho, na ɔnsiane mmra me nkyɛn.Under pastoral review
9Sɛ ɔbɛtumi ne me ako, na wakum me a, ɛnneɛ yɛbɛyɛ mo nkoa: na sɛ medi ne so, na mekum no a, ɛnneɛ mobɛyɛ yɛn nkoa, na moasom yɛn.Under pastoral review
10Na Filistini no kaa sɛ, Metwa Israel asraadɔm adapaa ɛnnɛ; momma me ɔbarima, na yɛnko.Under pastoral review
11Ɛberɛ a Saulo ne Israel nyinaa tee Filistini no nsɛm no, wɔn ho dwirii wɔn, na wɔsuroo yie.Under pastoral review
12Na Dawid yɛ saa Efratani a ɔfiri Betlehemyuda a ne din de Yese no babarima; na ɔwɔ mmammarima nwɔtwe: na Saulo nna mu no, na ɔbarima no anyini akɔkoraa wɔ mmarima mu.Under pastoral review
13Na Yese mmammarima mpanin mmiɛnsa dii Saulo akyi kɔɔ ɔko no mu: na ne mmammarima mmiɛnsa a wɔkɔɔ ɔko no mu no din ne Eliab, n'abakan, na deɛ ɔdi n'akyi ne Abinadab, na deɛ ɔtɔ so mmiɛnsa ne Sama.Under pastoral review
14Na Dawid ne akumaa: na mpanin mmiɛnsa no dii Saulo akyi.Under pastoral review
15Na Dawid deɛ, ɔkɔ sane firi Saulo nkyɛn ba bɛhwɛ n'agya nnwan wɔ Betlehem.Under pastoral review
16Na Filistini no twe bɛn anɔpa ne anwummerɛ, na ɔyii ne ho adi adaduanan.Under pastoral review
17Na Yese ka kyerɛɛ ne ba Dawid sɛ, Fa saa aburo a wɔatoto yi efa ne burodo edu yi kɔma wo nuanom seesei, na fa mmirika kɔ atenaeɛ hɔ wo nuanom nkyɛn;Under pastoral review
18Na fa saa nufosuo mua edu yi kɔma wɔn apem no so safohene, na hwɛ sɛdeɛ wo nuanom ho teɛ, na gye wɔn nsɛnkyerɛnneɛ bra.Under pastoral review
19Na Saulo, ne wɔn, ne Israel mmarima nyinaa wɔ Ela bɔnhwa mu, ne Filistifoɔ reko.Under pastoral review
20Na Dawid sɔree anɔpahema, na ɔgyaa nnwan no maa ɔhwɛfoɔ, na ɔfaeɛ kɔeɛ sɛdeɛ Yese hyɛɛ no no; na ɔbaa atenaeɛ hɔ ɛberɛ a asraadɔm no refiri adi akɔ ɔko no, na wɔreteateam ama ɔko no.Under pastoral review
21Na Israel ne Filistifoɔ atoto ɔko, asraadɔm tiaa asraadɔm.Under pastoral review
22Na Dawid gyaa ne nneɛma maa deɛ ɔhwɛ nneɛma so, na ɔtuu mmirika kɔɔ asraadɔm no mu, na ɔbaeɛ bɛkyeaa ne nuanom.Under pastoral review
23Na ɔne wɔn rekasa no, hwɛ, ɔkofoɔ kɛseɛ no, Filistini a ɔfiri Gat a ne din de Goliat no foro firii Filistifoɔ asraadɔm no mu baeɛ, na ɔkaa nsɛm korɔ no ara bi: na Dawid teeɛ.Under pastoral review
24Na Israel mmarima nyinaa, ɛberɛ a wɔhunuu ɔbarima no, wɔdwane firii n'anim, na wɔsuroo yie.Under pastoral review
25Na Israel mmarima kaa sɛ, Moahunu saa ɔbarima a waforo aba yi anaa? ampa sɛ ɔrebɛtwa Israel adapaa na waforo aba: na ɛbɛba sɛ, ɔbarima a ɔbɛkum no no, ɔhene bɛma no ahonyadeɛ akɛseɛ ayɛ no ɔdefoɔ, na ɔde ne babaa ama no, na wama n'agya fie ade ho wɔ Israel.Under pastoral review
26Na Dawid bisaa mmarima a wɔgyina ne ho no sɛ, Ɛdeɛn na wɔbɛyɛ ama ɔbarima a ɔbɛkum saa Filistini yi, na wayi ahohoradeɛ no afiri Israel so? na hwan ne saa Filistini momonotoni yi, a ɔbɛtwa Onyankopɔn teasefoɔ asraadɔm adapaa?Under pastoral review
27Na nkurɔfoɔ no buaa no saa ara sɛ, Saa na wɔbɛyɛ ama ɔbarima a ɔbɛkum no no.Under pastoral review
28Na Eliab, ne nua panin tee ɛberɛ a ɔne mmarima no rekasa no; na Eliab bo fuu Dawid, na ɔbisaa sɛ, Adɛn nti na wosiane baa ha? na hwan na wode nnwan kakraa no agya no wɔ ɛserɛ so? Menim w'ahantan ne w'akoma mu bɔne; na wosiane baeɛ sɛ worebɛhwɛ ɔko no.Under pastoral review
29Na Dawid kaa sɛ, Ɛdeɛn na mayɛ seesei? Asɛm bi nni mu anaa?Under pastoral review
30Na ɔdane firii ne nkyɛn kɔɔ ɔfoforɔ nkyɛn, na ɔkasaa saa ara: na nkurɔfoɔ no sane buaa no sɛ kane no ara.Under pastoral review
31Na ɛberɛ a wɔtee nsɛm a Dawid kaeɛ no, wɔkaa wɔ Saulo anim: na ɔsoma ma wɔkɔfaa no baeɛ.Under pastoral review
32Na Dawid ka kyerɛɛ Saulo sɛ, Mma obiara akoma nntɔ ne yam ɛsiane ne nti; w'akoa bɛkɔ na me ne saa Filistini yi akɔko.Under pastoral review
33Na Saulo ka kyerɛɛ Dawid sɛ, Worentumi nkɔ saa Filistini yi so ne no akɔko: efisɛ woyɛ abɔfra, na ɔno deɛ, ɔyɛ ɔkofoɔ firi ne mmɔfraberɛ mu.Under pastoral review
34Na Dawid ka kyerɛɛ Saulo sɛ, Na w'akoa rehwɛ n'agya nnwan, na gyata baeɛ, ne sisire, na ɔfaa odwan ba firii nnwankuo no mu:Under pastoral review
35Na medii n'akyi kɔeɛ, na mebɔɔ no, na megyee no firii n'anom: na ɛberɛ a ɔsɔre tiaa me no, mesɔɔ n'abɔgyesɛ mu, na mebɔɔ no, na mekumm no.Under pastoral review
36W'akoa kumm gyata no ne sisire no nyinaa: na saa Filistini momonotoni yi bɛyɛ sɛ wɔn mu baako, efisɛ watwa Onyankopɔn teasefoɔ asraadɔm adapaa.Under pastoral review
37Na Dawid kaa bio sɛ, AWURADE a ɔgyee me firii gyata mmɔwerɛ mu, ne sisire mmɔwerɛ mu no, ɔno na ɔbɛgye me afiri saa Filistini yi nsam. Na Saulo ka kyerɛɛ Dawid sɛ, Kɔ, na AWURADE nka wo ho.Under pastoral review
38Na Saulo de n'akodeɛ hyɛɛ Dawid, na ɔde kɔbere kyɛw hyɛɛ ne ti; na ɔde akyekyɛmadeɛ batakari nso hyɛɛ no.Under pastoral review
39Na Dawid bɔɔ n'akofena wɔ n'akodeɛ no so, na ɔpɛɛ sɛ ɔnante; efisɛ ɔnsɔɔ no nhwɛeɛ da. Na Dawid ka kyerɛɛ Saulo sɛ, Merentumi mfa yeinom nkɔ; efisɛ mensɔɔ wɔn nhwɛeɛ da. Na Dawid yiyii ne ho.Under pastoral review
40Na ɔfaa ne poma wɔ ne nsam, na ɔyii aboɔ tromtrom enum firii asuwa no mu, na ɔde guu odwanhwɛfoɔ bɔtɔ a ɔkura no mu, n'abɔtɔwa mu; na ne ahwimmoɔ kura no: na ɔtwe bɛn Filistini no.Under pastoral review
41Na Filistini no nam baeɛ, na ɔtwe bɛn Dawid; na ɔbarima a ɔso ne kyɛm no di n'anim.Under pastoral review
42Na ɛberɛ a Filistini no hwɛɛ ne ho hyiaeɛ, na ɔhunuu Dawid no, ɔbuu no animtiaa: efisɛ ɔyɛ abɔfra, na ne ho bere kɔkɔɔ, na n'anim yɛ fɛ.Under pastoral review
43Na Filistini no bisaa Dawid sɛ, Meyɛ ɔkraman a enti wode poma reba me nkyɛn anaa? Na Filistini no de n'anyame domee Dawid.Under pastoral review
44Na Filistini no ka kyerɛɛ Dawid sɛ, Bra me nkyɛn, na mede wo honam bɛma ewiem nnomaa ne wiram mmoa.Under pastoral review
45Afei Dawid ka kyerɛɛ Filistini no sɛ, Wode akofena, ne pema, ne kyɛm na ɛreba me nkyɛn: na me deɛ, mede AWURADE Asafo, Israel asraadɔm Onyankopɔn a woatwa no adapaa no din na ɛreba wo nkyɛn.Under pastoral review
46Ɛnnɛ AWURADE de wo bɛhyɛ me nsa; na mɛbɔ wo, na mayi wo ti afiri wo so; na mede Filistifoɔ dɔm afunu bɛma ewiem nnomaa ne asase so wiram mmoa ɛnnɛ; na asase nyinaa ahunu sɛ Onyankopɔn bi wɔ Israel.Under pastoral review
47Na nhyiamu yi nyinaa bɛhunu sɛ AWURADE nnye nkwa akofena ne pema so: na ɔko no yɛ AWURADE dea, na ɔde mo bɛhyɛ yɛn nsa.Under pastoral review
48Na ɛbaa sɛ, ɛberɛ a Filistini no sɔreeɛ, na ɔnam twe bɛneeɛ sɛ ɔrebɛhyia Dawid no, Dawid yɛɛ ntɛm tuu mmirika kɔɔ asraadɔm no anim sɛ ɔrekɔhyia Filistini no.Under pastoral review
49Na Dawid de ne nsa hyɛɛ ne bɔtɔ mu, na ɔyii ɛboɔ baako firii mu, na ɔde ahwimmoɔ toeɛ, na ɛbɔɔ Filistini no moma so, ma ɛboɔ no wuraa ne moma so mu; na ɔde n'anim butuu fam.Under pastoral review
50Enti Dawid de ahwimmoɔ ne ɛboɔ dii Filistini no so; na ɔbɔɔ Filistini no, na ɔkumm no; na akofena nni Dawid nsam.Under pastoral review
51Ɛno nti Dawid tuu mmirika kɔgyinaa Filistini no so, na ɔfaa n'akofena, na ɔtwee firii ne bɔha mu, na ɔkumm no, na ɔde twaa ne ti. Na ɛberɛ a Filistifoɔ hunuu sɛ wɔn kofoɔ kɛseɛ no awu no, wɔdwaneeɛ.Under pastoral review
52Na Israel ne Yuda mmarima sɔreeɛ, na wɔteateaam, na wɔtaa Filistifoɔ no kɔsii bɔnhwa no mu, ne Ekron apono ano. Na Filistifoɔ apirafoɔ hwehwee ase wɔ Saaraim kwan so, de kɔsii Gat, ne Ekron.Under pastoral review
53Na Israel mma sane firii Filistifoɔ no akyidie mu baeɛ, na wɔfom wɔn ntomadan mu nneɛma.Under pastoral review
54Na Dawid faa Filistini no ti, na ɔde baa Yerusalem; na ɔde n'akodeɛ no guu ne ntomadan mu.Under pastoral review
55Na ɛberɛ a Saulo hunuu Dawid sɛ ɔrekɔ Filistini no so no, ɔbisaa Abner, asraadɔm safohene no sɛ, Abner, hwan ba ne saa aberanteɛ yi? Na Abner kaa sɛ, Sɛ wo kra te ase yi, Ao ɔhene, me nnim.Under pastoral review
56Na ɔhene kaa sɛ, Bisa sɛ hwan ba ne saa aberanteɛ no.Under pastoral review
57Na ɛberɛ a Dawid kumm Filistini no sane baeɛ no, Abner faa no, na ɔde no baa Saulo anim, a Filistini no ti kura no.Under pastoral review
58Na Saulo bisaa no sɛ, Hwan ba ne wo, aberanteɛ? Na Dawid buaa sɛ, Meyɛ w'akoa Yese, Betlehemni no ba.Under pastoral review

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