1블레셋 사람들이 그 군대를 모으고 싸우고자 하여 유다에 속한 소고에 모여 소고와 아세가 사이의 에베스담밈에 진치매 2사울과 이스라엘 사람들이 모여서 엘라 골짜기에 진치고 블레셋 사람을 대하여 항오를 벌였으니 3블레셋 사람은 이편 산에 섰고 이스라엘은 저편 산에 섰고 사이에는 골짜기가 있었더라 4블레셋 사람의 진에서 싸움을 돋우는 자가 왔는데 그 이름은 골리앗이요 가드 사람이라 그 신장은 여섯 규빗 한 뼘이요 5머리에는 놋투구를 썼고 몸에는 어린갑을 입었으니 그 갑옷의 중수가 놋 오천 세겔이며 6그 다리에는 놋경갑을 쳤고 어깨 사이에는 놋단창을 메었으니 7그 창자루는 베틀채 같고 창날은 철 육백 세겔이며 방패 든 자는 앞서 행하더라 8그가 서서 이스라엘 군대를 향하여 외쳐 가로되 너희가 어찌하여 나와서 항오를 벌였느냐 나는 블레셋 사람이 아니며 너희는 사울의 신복이 아니냐 너희는 한 사람을 택하여 내게로 내려보내라 9그가 능히 싸워서 나를 죽이면 우리가 너희의 종이 되겠고 만일 내가 이기어 그를 죽이면 너희가 우리의 종이 되어 우리를 섬길 것이니라 10그 블레셋 사람이 또 가로되 내가 오늘날 이스라엘의 군대를 모욕하였으니 사람을 보내어 나로 더불어 싸우게 하라 한지라 11사울과 온 이스라엘이 블레셋 사람의 이 말을 듣고 놀라 크게 두려워하니라 12다윗은 유다 베들레헴 에브랏 사람 이새라 하는 자의 아들이었는데 이새는 사울 당시 사람 중에 나이 많아 늙은 자로서 여덟 아들이 있는 중 13그 장성한 세 아들은 사울을 따라 싸움에 나갔으니 싸움에 나간 세 아들의 이름은 장자 엘리압이요 그 다음은 아비나답이요 제삼은 삼마며 14다윗은 말째라 장성한 삼 인은 사울을 좇았고 15다윗은 사울에게로 왕래하며 베들레헴에서 그 아비의 양을 칠 때에 16그 블레셋 사람이 사십 일을 조석으로 나와서 몸을 나타내었더라 17이새가 그 아들 다윗에게 이르되 네 형들을 위하여 이 볶은 곡식 한 에바와 이 떡 열 덩이를 가지고 진으로 속히 가서 네 형들에게 주고 18이 치스 열 덩이를 가져다가 그들의 천부장에게 주고 네 형들의 안부를 살피고 증표를 가져오라 19때에 사울과 그들과 이스라엘 모든 사람이 엘라 골짜기에서 블레셋 사람과 싸우는 중이더라 20다윗이 아침에 일찍이 일어나서 양을 양 지키는 자에게 맡기고 이새의 명한 대로 가지고 가서 진영에 이른즉 싸우려고 고함하며 21이스라엘과 블레섹 사람이 항오를 벌이고 양군이 서로 대하였더라 22다윗이 그 짐을 짐 지키는 자의 손에 맡기고 군대로 달려가서 형들에게 문안하고 23그들과 함께 말할 때에 마침 블레셋 사람의 싸움 돋우는 가드 사람 골리앗이라 하는 자가 그 항오에서 나와서 전과 같은 말을 하매 다윗이 들으니라 24이스라엘 모든 사람이 그 사람을 보고 심히 두려워하여 그 앞에서 도망하며 25더러는 가로되 너희가 이 올라온 사람을 보았느냐 참으로 이스라엘을 모욕하러 왔도다 그를 죽이는 사람은 왕이 많은 재물로 부하게 하고 그 딸을 그에게 주고 그 아비의 집은 이스라엘 중에서 자유하게 하시리라 26다윗이 곁에 섰는 사람들에게 말하여 가로되 이 블레셋 사람을 죽여 이스라엘의 치욕을 제하는 사람에게는 어떠한 대우를 하겠느냐 이 할례 없는 블레셋 사람이 누구관대 사시는 하나님의 군대를 모욕하겠느냐 27백성이 전과 같이 말하여 가로되 그를 죽이는 사람에게는 여차 여차히 하시리라 하니라 28장형 엘리압이 다윗이 사람들에게 하는 말을 들은지라 그가 다윗에게 노를 발하여 가로되 네가 어찌하여 이리로 내려왔느냐 들에 있는 몇 양을 뉘게 맡겼느냐 나는 네 교만과 네 마음의 완악함을 아노니 네가 전쟁을 구경하러 왔도다 29다윗이 가로되 내가 무엇을 하였나이까 어찌 이유가 없으리이까 하고 30돌이켜 다른 사람을 향하여 전과 같이 말하매 백성이 전과 같이 대답하니라 31혹이 다윗의 한 말을 듣고 그것을 사울에게 고하였으므로 사울이 다윗을 부른지라 32다윗이 사울에게 고하되 그를 인하여 사람이 낙담하지 말 것이라 주의 종이 가서 저 블레셋 사람과 싸우리이다 33사울이 다윗에게 이르되 네가 가서 저 블레셋 사람과 싸우기에 능치 못하리니 너는 소년이요 그는 어려서부터 용사임이니라 34다윗이 사울에게 고하되 주의 종이 아비의 양을 지킬 때에 사자나 곰이 와서 양떼에서 새끼를 움키면 35내가 따라가서 그것을 치고 그 입에서 새끼를 건져 내었고 그것이 일어나 나를 해하고자 하면 내가 그 수염을 잡고 그것을 쳐 죽였었나이다 36주의 종이 사자와 곰도 쳤은즉 사시는 하나님의 군대를 모욕한 이 할례 없는 블레셋 사람이리이까 그가 그 짐승의 하나와 같이 되리이다 37또 가로되 여호와께서 나를 사자의 발톱과 곰의 발톱에서 건져 내셨은즉 나를 이 블레셋 사람의 손에서도 건져 내시리이다 사울이 다윗에게 이르되 가라 여호와께서 너와 함께 계시기를 원하노라 38이에 사울이 자기 군복을 다윗에게 입히고 놋투구를 그 머리에 씌우고 또 그에게 갑옷을 입히매 39다윗이 칼을 군복 위에 차고는 익숙치 못하므로 시험적으로 걸어 보다가 사울에게 고하되 익숙치 못하니 이것을 입고 가지 못하겠나이다 하고 곧 벗고 40손에 막대기를 가지고 시내에서 매끄러운 돌 다섯을 골라서 자기 목자의 제구 곧 주머니에 넣고 손에 물매를 가지고 블레셋 사람에게로 나아가니라 41블레셋 사람이 점점 행하여 다윗에게로 나아오는데 방패 든 자가 앞섰더라 42그 블레셋 사람이 둘러보다가 다윗을 보고 업신여기니 이는 그가 젊고 붉고 용모가 아름다움이라 43블레셋 사람이 다윗에게 이르되 네가 나를 개로 여기고 막대기를 가지고 내게 나아왔느냐 하고 그 신들의 이름으로 다윗을 저주하고 44또 이르되 내게로 오라 내가 네 고기를 공중의 새들과 들짐승들에게 주리라 45다윗이 블레셋 사람에게 이르되 너는 칼과 창과 단창으로 내게 오거니와 나는 만군의 여호와의 이름 곧 네가 모욕하는 이스라엘 군대의 하나님의 이름으로 네게 가노라 46오늘 여호와께서 너를 내 손에 붙이시리니 내가 너를 쳐서 네 머리를 베고 블레셋 군대의 시체로 오늘날 공중의 새와 땅의 들짐승에게 주어 온 땅으로 이스라엘에 하나님이 계신줄 알게 하겠고 47또 여호와의 구원하심이 칼과 창에 있지 아니함을 이 무리로 알게 하리라 전쟁은 여호와께 속한 것인즉 그가 너희를 우리 손에 붙이시리라 48블레셋 사람이 일어나 다윗에게로 마주 가까이 올 때에 다윗이 블레셋 사람에게로 마주 그 항오를 향하여 빨리 달리며 49손을 주머니에 넣어 돌을 취하여 물매로 던져 블레셋 사람의 이마를 치매 돌이 그 이마에 박히니 땅에 엎드러지니라 50다윗이 이같이 물매와 돌로 블레셋 사람을 이기고 그를 쳐 죽였으나 자기 손에는 칼이 없었더라 51다윗이 달려가서 블레셋 사람을 밟고 그의 칼을 그 집에서 빼어 내어 그 칼로 그를 죽이고 그 머리를 베니 블레셋 사람들이 자기 용사의 죽음을 보고 도망하는지라 52이스라엘과 유다 사람들이 일어나서 소리지르며 블레셋 사람을 쫓아 가이와 에그론 성문까지 이르렀고 블레셋 사람의 상한 자들은 사아라임 가는 길에서부터 가드와 에그론까지 엎드러졌더라 53이스라엘 자손이 블레셋 사람을 쫓다가 돌아와서 그들의 진을 노략하였고 54다윗은 블레셋 사람의 머리를 예루살렘으로 가져가고 갑주는 자기 장막에 두니라 55다윗이 블레셋 사람을 향하여 나감을 사울이 보고 군장 아브넬에게 묻되 아브넬아 이 소년이 뉘 아들이냐 아브넬이 가로되 왕이여 왕의 사심으로 맹세하옵나니 내가 알지 못하나이다 하매 56왕이 가로되 너는 이 청년이 누구의 아들인가 물어보라 하였더니 57다윗이 블레셋 사람을 죽이고 돌아올 때에 블레셋 사람의 머리가 그 손에 있는 채 아브넬이 그를 사울의 앞으로 인도하니 58사울이 그에게 묻되 소년이여 누구의 아들이뇨 다윗이 대답하되 나는 주의 종 베들레헴 사람 이새의 아들이니이다
1Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle; and they were gathered together at Socoh, which belongs to Judah, and encamped between Socoh and Azekah, in Ephesdammim. 2Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and encamped in the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines. 3The Philistines stood on the mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on the mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them. 4There went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span. 5He had a helmet of brass on his head, and he was clad with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass. 6He had brass shin armor on his legs, and a javelin of brass between his shoulders. 7The staff of his spear was like a weaver’s beam; and his spear’s head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and his shield bearer went before him. 8He stood and cried to the armies of Israel, and said to them, “Why have you come out to set your battle in array? Am I not a Philistine, and you servants to Saul? Choose a man for yourselves, and let him come down to me. 9If he be able to fight with me, and kill me, then will we be your servants; but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then you will be our servants, and serve us.” 10The Philistine said, “I defy the armies of Israel this day! Give me a man, that we may fight together!” 11When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid. 12Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem Judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man was an old man in the days of Saul, stricken among men. 13The three eldest sons of Jesse had gone after Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons who went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah. 14David was the youngest; and the three eldest followed Saul. 15Now David went back and forth from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Bethlehem. 16The Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days. 17Jesse said to David his son, “Now take for your brothers an ephah of this parched grain, and these ten loaves, and carry them quickly to the camp to your brothers; 18and bring these ten cheeses to the captain of their thousand, and see how your brothers are doing, and bring back news.” 19Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines. 20David 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 place of the wagons, as the army which was going out to the fight shouted for the battle. 21Israel and the Philistines put the battle in array, army against army. 22David left his baggage in the hand of the keeper of the baggage, and ran to the army, and came and greeted his brothers. 23As he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the ranks of the Philistines, and spoke according to the same words: and David heard them. 24All the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were terrified. 25The men of Israel said, “Have you seen this man who has come up? He has surely come up to defy Israel. It shall be, that the man who kills him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father’s house free in Israel.” 26David spoke to the men who stood by him, saying, “What shall be done to the man who kills this Philistine, and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?” 27The people answered him in this way, saying, “So shall it be done to the man who kills him.” 28Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab’s anger was kindled against David, and he said, “Why have you come down? With whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride, and the naughtiness of your heart; for you have come down that you might see the battle.” 29David said, “What have I now done? Is there not a cause?” 30He turned away from him toward another, and spoke like that again; and the people answered him again the same way. 31When the words were heard which David spoke, they rehearsed them before Saul; and he sent for him. 32David said to Saul, “Let no man’s heart fail because of him. Your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.” 33Saul said to David, “You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for you are but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.” 34David said to Saul, “Your servant was keeping his father’s sheep; and when a lion or a bear came, and took a lamb out of the flock, 35I went out after him, and struck him, and rescued it out of his mouth. When he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and struck him, and killed him. 36Your servant struck both the lion and the bear. This uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, since he has defied the armies of the living God.” 37David said, “Yahweh who 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.” Saul said to David, “Go; and Yahweh shall be with you.” 38Saul dressed David with his clothing. He put a helmet of brass on his head, and he clad him with a coat of mail. 39David strapped his sword on his clothing, and he tried to move; for he had not tested it. David said to Saul, “I can’t go with these; for I have not tested them.” David took them off. 40He took his staff in his hand, and chose for himself five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in the shepherd’s bag which he had, even in his wallet. His sling was in his hand; and he drew near to the Philistine. 41The Philistine came on and drew near to David; and the man who bore the shield went before him. 42When the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him; for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and withal of a fair face. 43The Philistine said to David, “Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?” The Philistine cursed David by his gods. 44The Philistine said to David, “Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the sky, and to the animals of the field.” 45Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a javelin: but I come to you in the name of Yahweh of Armies, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. 46Today, Yahweh will deliver you into my hand. I will strike you, and take your head from off you. I will give the dead bodies of the army of the Philistines this day to the birds of the sky, and to the wild animals of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel, 47and that all this assembly may know that Yahweh doesn’t save with sword and spear: for the battle is Yahweh’s, and he will give you into our hand.” 48When the Philistine arose, and came and drew near to meet David, David hurried, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine. 49David put his hand in his bag, took a stone, and slung it, and struck the Philistine in his forehead; and the stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the earth. 50So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and struck the Philistine, and killed him; but there was no sword in the hand of David. 51Then David ran, and stood over the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of its sheath, and killed him, and cut off his head therewith. When the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled. 52The men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines, until you come to Gai, and to the gates of Ekron. The wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even to Gath, and to Ekron. 53The children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they plundered their camp. 54David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armor in his tent. 55When Saul saw David go out against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the captain of the army, “Abner, whose son is this youth?” Abner said, “As your soul lives, O king, I can’t tell.” 56The king said, “Inquire whose son the young man is!” 57As 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. 58Saul said to him, “Whose son are you, you young man?” David answered, “I am the son of your servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.”
1En de Filistijnen verzamelden hun heir ten strijde, en verzamelden zich te Socho, dat in Juda is; en zij legerden zich tussen Socho en tussen Azeka, aan het einde van Dammim. 2Doch Saul en de mannen van Israel verzamelden zich, en legerden zich in het eikendal; en stelden de slagorde tegen de Filistijnen aan. 3De Filistijnen nu stonden aan een berg aan gene, en de Israelieten stonden aan een berg aan deze zijde; en de vallei was tussen hen. 4Toen ging er een kampvechter uit, uit het leger der Filistijnen; zijn naam was Goliath, van Gath; zijn hoogte was zes ellen en een span. 5En hij had een koperen helm op zijn hoofd, en hij had een schubachtig pantsier aan; en het gewicht van het pantsier was vijf duizend sikkelen kopers; 6En een koperen scheenharnas boven zijn voeten, en een koperen schild tussen zijn schouders; 7En de schacht zijner spies was als een weversboom, en het lemmer zijner spies was van zeshonderd sikkelen ijzers; en de schilddrager ging voor zijn aangezicht. 8Deze nu stond, en riep tot de slagorden van Israel, en zeide tot hen: Waarom zoudt gijlieden uittrekken, om de slagorde te stellen? Ben ik niet een Filistijn, en gijlieden knechten van Saul? Kiest een man onder u, die tot mij afkome. 9Indien hij tegen mij strijden en mij verslaan kan, zo zullen wij ulieden tot knechten zijn; maar indien ik hem overwin en hem sla, zo zult gij ons tot knechten zijn, en ons dienen. 10Verder zeide de Filistijn: Ik heb heden de slagorden van Israel gehoond, zeggende: Geeft mij een man, dat wij te zamen strijden! 11Toen Saul en het ganse Israel deze woorden van den Filistijn hoorden, zo ontzetten zij zich, en vreesden zeer. 12David nu was de zoon van den Efrathischen man van Bethlehem-Juda, wiens naam was Isai, en die acht zonen had, en in de dagen van Saul was hij een man, oud, afgaande onder de mannen. 13En de drie grootste zonen van Isai gingen heen; zij volgden Saul na in den krijg. De namen nu zijner drie zonen, die in den krijg gingen, waren: Eliab, de eerstgeborene, en zijn tweede Abinadab, en de derde Samma. 14En David was de kleinste; en de drie grootsten waren Saul nagevolgd. 15Doch David ging henen, en kwam weder van Saul, om zijns vaders schapen te weiden te Bethlehem. 16De Filistijn nu trad toe, des morgens vroeg en des avonds. Alzo stelde hij zich daar veertig dagen lang. 17En Isai zeide tot zijn zoon David: Neem toch voor uw broeders een efa van dit geroost koren, en deze tien broden, en breng ze ter loops in het leger tot uw broederen. 18Maar breng deze tien melkkazen aan de oversten over duizend; en gij zult uw broederen bezoeken, of het hun welga, en gij zult van hen pand medenemen. 19Saul nu, en zij, en alle mannen van Israel waren bij het eikendal met de Filistijnen strijdende. 20Toen maakte zich David des morgens vroeg op, en hij liet de schapen bij den hoeder, en hij nam het op, en ging henen, gelijk als Isai hem bevolen had; en hij kwam aan den wagenburg, als het heir in slagorde uittoog, en men ten strijde riep. 21En de Israelieten en Filistijnen stelden slagorde tegen slagorde. 22David nu liet de vaten van zich, onder de hand van den bewaarder der vaten, en hij liep ter slagorde; en hij kwam en vraagde zijn broederen naar hun welstand. 23Toen hij met hen sprak, ziet, zo kwam der kampvechter op; zijn naam was Goliath, de Filistijn van Gath, uit het heir der Filistijnen, en hij sprak achtervolgens die woorden; en David hoorde ze. 24Doch alle mannen in Israel, als zij dien man zagen, zo vluchtten zij voor zijn aangezicht, en zij vreesden zeer. 25En de mannen Israels zeiden: Hebt gijlieden dien man wel gezien, die opgekomen is? Want hij is opgekomen, om Israel te honen; en het zal geschieden, dat de koning dien man, die hem slaat, met groten rijkdom verrijken zal, en hij zal hem zijn dochter geven, en hij zal zijns vaders huis vrijmaken in Israel. 26Toen zeide David tot de mannen, die bij hem stonden, zeggende: Wat zal men dien man doen, die dezen Filistijn slaat, en den smaad van Israel wendt? Want wie is deze onbesneden Filistijn, dat hij de slagorden van den levenden God zou honen? 27Wederom zeide hem het volk achtervolgens dat woord, zeggende: Alzo zal men den man doen, die hem slaat. 28Als Eliab, zijn grootste broeder, hem tot die mannen hoorde spreken, zo ontstak de toorn van Eliab tegen David, en hij zeide: Waarom zijt gij nu afgekomen, en onder wien hebt gij de weinige schapen in de woestijn gelaten? Ik ken uw vermetelheid, en de boosheid uws harten wel; want gij zijt afgekomen, opdat gij den strijd zaagt. 29Toen zeide David: Wat heb ik nu gedaan? Is er geen oorzaak? 30En hij wendde zich af van dien naar een anderen toe, en hij zeide achtervolgens dat woord; en het volk gaf hem weder antwoord, achtervolgens de eerste woorden. 31Toen die woorden gehoord werden, die David gesproken had, en in de tegenwoordigheid van Saul verkondigd werden, zo liet hij hem halen. 32En David zeide tot Saul: Aan geen mens ontvalle het hart, om zijnentwil. Uw knecht zal heengaan en hij zal met dezen Filistijn strijden. 33Maar Saul zeide tot David: Gij zult niet kunnen heengaan tot dezen Filistijn, om met hem te strijden; want gij zijt een jongeling, en hij is een krijgsman van zijn jeugd af. 34Toen zeide David tot Saul: Uw knecht weid de schapen zijns vaders, en er kwam een leeuw en een beer, en nam een schaap van de kudde weg. 35En ik ging uit hem na, en ik sloeg hem, en redde het uit zijn mond; toen hij tegen mij opstond, zo vatte ik hem bij zijn baard, en sloeg hem, en doodde hem. 36Uw knecht heeft zo den leeuw als den beer geslagen; alzo zal deze onbesneden Filistijn zijn, gelijk een van die, omdat hij de slagorden van den levenden God gehoond heeft. 37Verder zeide David: De HEERE, Die mij van de hand des leeuws gered heeft, en uit de hand des beers, Die zal mij redden uit de hand van dezen Filistijn. Toen zeide Saul tot David: Ga heen, en de HEERE zij met u! 38En Saul kleedde David met zijn klederen, en zette een koperen helm op zijn hoofd, en kleedde hem met een pantsier. 39En David gordde zijn zwaard aan over zijn klederen, en wilde gaan; want hij had het nooit verzocht. Toen zeide David tot Saul: Ik kan in deze niet gaan, want ik heb het nooit verzocht; en David legde ze van zich. 40En hij nam zijn staf in zijn hand, en hij koos zich vijf gladde stenen uit de beek, en legde ze in de herderstas, die hij had, te weten in den zak, en zijn slinger was in zijn hand; alzo naderde hij tot den Filistijn. 41De Filistijn ging ook heen, gaande en naderende tot David, en zijn schilddrager ging voor zijn aangezicht. 42Toen de Filistijn opzag, en David zag, zo verachtte hij hem; want hij was een jongeling, roodachtig, mitsgaders schoon van aanzien. 43De Filistijn nu zeide tot David: Ben ik een hond, dat gij tot mij komt met stokken? En de Filistijn vloekte David bij zijn goden. 44Daarna zeide de Filistijn tot David: Kom tot mij, zo zal ik uw vlees aan de vogelen des hemels geven, en aan de dieren des velds. 45David daarentegen zeide tot den Filistijn: Gij komt tot mij met een zwaard, en met een spies, en met een schild; maar ik kom tot u in den Naam van den HEERE der heirscharen, den God der slagorden van Israel, Dien gij gehoond hebt. 46Te dezen dage zal de HEERE u besluiten in mijn hand, en ik zal u slaan, en ik zal uw hoofd van u wegnemen, en ik zal de dode lichamen van der Filistijnen leger dezen dag aan de vogelen des hemels, en aan de beesten des velds geven; en de ganse aarde zal weten, dat Israel een God heeft. 47En deze ganse vergadering zal weten, dat de HEERE niet door het zwaard, noch door de spies verlost; want de krijg is des HEEREN, Die zal ulieden in onze hand geven. 48En het geschiedde, toen de Filistijn zich opmaakte, en heenging, en David tegemoet naderde, zo haastte David, en liep naar de slagorde toe, den Filistijn tegemoet. 49En David stak zijn hand in de tas, en hij nam een steen daaruit, en hij slingerde, en trof den Filistijn in zijn voorhoofd; zodat de steen zonk in zijn voorhoofd, en hij viel op zijn aangezicht ter aarde. 50Alzo overweldigde David den Filistijn met een slinger en met een steen; en hij versloeg den Filistijn, en doodde hem; doch David had geen zwaard in de hand. 51Daarom liep David, en stond op den Filistijn, en nam zijn zwaard, en hij trok het uit zijn schede, en hij doodde hem, en hij hieuw hem het hoofd daarmede af. Toen de Filistijnen zagen, dat hun geweldigste dood was, zo vluchtten zij. 52Toen maakten zich de mannen van Israel en van Juda op, en juichten, en vervolgden de Filistijnen, tot daar men komt aan de vallei, en tot aan de poorten van Ekron; en de verwonden der Filistijnen vielen op den weg van Saaraim, en tot aan Gath, en tot aan Ekron. 53Daarna keerden de kinderen Israels om, van het hittig najagen der Filistijnen, en zij beroofden hun legers. 54Daarna nam David het hoofd van den Filistijn, en bracht het naar Jeruzalem; maar zijn wapenen legde hij in zijn tent. 55Toen Saul David zag uitgaan den Filistijn tegemoet, zeide hij tot Abner, den krijgsoverste: Wiens zoon is deze jongeling, Abner? En Abner zeide: Zo waarachtig als uw ziel leeft, o koning! ik weet het niet. 56De koning nu zeide: Vraag gij het, wiens zoon deze jongeling is. 57Als David wederkeerde van het slaan des Filistijns, zo nam hem Abner, en hij bracht hem voor het aangezicht van Saul, en het hoofd van den Filistijn was in zijn hand. 58En Saul zeide tot hem: Wiens zoon zijt gij, jongeling? En David zeide: Ik ben een zoon van uw knecht Isai, den Bethlehemiet.
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