1Ngayo'y pinisan ng mga Filisteo ang kanilang hukbo upang bumaka at sila'y nagpipisan sa Socho, na nauukol sa Juda, at nagsihantong sa pagitan ng Socho at ng Azeca, sa Ephesdammim. 2At nagpipisan si Saul at ang mga lalake ng Israel, at nagsihantong sa libis ng Ela, at nagsihanay sa pakikipagbaka laban sa mga Filisteo. 3At nagsitayo ang mga Filisteo sa isang dako sa bundok, at tumayo ang Israel sa kabilang dako sa bundok: at may isang libis sa pagitan nila. 4At lumabas ang isang bayani sa kampamento ng mga Filisteo na nagngangalang Goliath, taga Gath, na ang taas ay anim na siko at isang dangkal. 5At siya'y mayroong isang turbanteng tanso, sa kaniyang ulo, at siya'y nasusuutan ng isang baluti sa katawan; at ang bigat ng baluti ay limang libong siklong tanso. 6At siya'y mayroong kasuutang tanso sa kaniyang mga hita, at isang sibat na tanso sa pagitan ng kaniyang mga balikat. 7At ang puluhan ng kaniyang sibat ay gaya ng panghabi ng manghahabi; at ang dulo ng kaniyang sibat ay may anim na raang siklong bakal ang bigat: at ang kaniyang tagadala ng kalasag ay nauuna sa kaniya. 8At siya'y tumayo at humiyaw sa mga hukbo ng Israel, at nagsabi sa kanila, Bakit kayo'y lumabas na nagsihanay sa pakikipagbaka? hindi ba ako'y Filisteo, at kayo'y mga lingkod ni Saul? pumili kayo ng isang lalake sa inyo, at pababain ninyo siya sa akin. 9Kung siya'y makalaban sa akin at mapatay ako, magiging alipin nga ninyo kami; nguni't kung ako'y manaig laban sa kaniya, at mapatay ko siya ay magiging alipin nga namin kayo at maglilingkod sa amin. 10At sinabi ng Filisteo, Aking hinahamon ang mga hukbo ng Israel sa araw na ito; bigyan ninyo ako ng isang lalake, upang maglaban kami. 11At nang marinig ni Saul at ng buong Israel ang mga salitang yaon ng Filisteo, sila'y nanglupaypay, at natakot na mainam. 12Si David nga ay anak niyaong Ephrateo sa Bethlehem-juda, na ang pangala'y Isai; at may walong anak: at ang lalaking yaon ay matanda na sa mga kaarawan ni Saul na totoong napakatanda sa gitna ng mga tao. 13At ang tatlong pinakamatandang anak ni Isai ay naparoong sumunod kay Saul sa pakikipagbaka: at ang mga pangalan ng kaniyang tatlong anak na naparoon sa pakikipagbaka ay si Eliab na panganay, at ang kasunod niya ay si Abinadab, at ang ikatlo ay si Samma. 14At si David ang bunso: at ang tatlong pinakamatanda ay sumunod kay Saul. 15Nguni't si David ay nagpaparoo't parito mula kay Saul upang pasabsabin ang mga tupa ng kaniyang ama sa Bethlehem. 16At lumalapit ang Filisteo sa umaga at hapon, at humarap na apat na pung araw. 17At sinabi ni Isai kay David na kaniyang anak, Dalhin mo ngayon sa iyong mga kapatid ang isang epa nitong trigo na sinangag, at itong sangpung tinapay, at dalhin mong madali sa kampamento, sa iyong mga kapatid; 18At dalhin mo ang sangpung kesong ito sa kapitan ng kanilang libo, at tingnan mo kung ano ang kalagayan ng iyong mga kapatid, at kumuha ka ng pinakakatunayan. 19Si Saul nga, at sila at ang lahat ng mga lalake ng Israel ay nasa libis ng Ela, na nakikipaglaban sa mga Filisteo. 20At si David ay bumangong maaga sa kinaumagahan, at iniwan ang tupa na may isang tagapagalaga, at nagdala at yumaon, na gaya ng iniutos sa kaniya ni Isai; at siya'y naparoon sa kinaroroonan ng mga karo, habang ang hukbo na lumalabas sa pakikipaglaban ay sumisigaw ng pakikipagbaka. 21At ang Israel at ang mga Filisteo ay nakahanay na sa pagbabaka, hukbo laban sa hukbo. 22At iniwan ni David ang kaniyang daladalahan sa kamay ng tagapagingat ng daladalahan, at tumakbo sa hukbo, at naparoon, at bumati sa kaniyang mga kapatid. 23At sa kaniyang pakikipagusap sa kanila, narito, dumating ang bayani, ang Filisteo na taga Gath, na Goliath ang pangalan, mula sa hanay ng mga Filisteo, at nagsalita ng ayon sa mga gayon ding salita: at narinig ni David. 24At lahat ng mga lalake sa Israel pagkakita sa lalaking yaon ay tumakas mula sa kaniyang harapan, at natakot na mainam. 25At ang mga lalake ng Israel ay nagsabi, Nakita ba ninyo ang lalaking iyan na sumasampa? Tunay na sumasampa siya upang manghamon sa Israel: at mangyayari, na ang lalaking makapatay sa kaniya, ay payayamanin ng hari ng malaking kayamanan, at ibibigay sa kaniya ang kaniyang anak na babae, at palalayain sa Israel ang sangbahayan ng kaniyang ama. 26At nagsalita si David sa mga lalaking nakatayo sa siping niya, na nagsasabi, Ano ang gagawin sa lalaking makapatay sa Filisteong ito, at mag-alis sa Israel ng kadustaang ito? sapagka't sinong Filisteong ito na hindi tuli na siya'y humahamon sa mga hukbo ng buhay na Dios? 27At sumagot sa kaniya ang bayan, ng ganitong paraan, na sinabi, Ganito ang gagawin sa lalake na makapatay sa kaniya. 28At narinig ni Eliab na kaniyang pinakamatandang kapatid, nang siya'y magsalita sa mga lalake; at ang galit ni Eliab ay nagalab laban kay David, at kaniyang sinabi, Bakit ka lumusong dito? at kanino mo iniwan ang ilang tupang yaon sa ilang? Talastas ko ang iyong kahambugan, at ang kalikutan ng iyong puso; sapagka't ikaw ay lumusong upang iyong makita ang pagbabaka. 29At sinabi ni David, Anong aking ginawa ngayon? Wala bang dahilan? 30At tinalikdan niya siya na napatungo sa iba, at siya'y nagsalita ng gayon ding paraan: at sinagot siya uli ng bayan na gaya ng una. 31At nang marinig ang mga salita na sinalita ni David, ay sinaysay nila sa harap ni Saul; at siya'y ipinasundo niya. 32At sinabi ni David kay Saul, Huwag manglupaypay ang puso ng sinoman dahil sa kaniya; ang iyong lingkod ay yayaon at makikipaglaban sa Filisteong ito. 33At sinabi ni Saul kay David: Hindi ka makaparoroon laban sa Filisteong ito upang makipaglaban sa kaniya: sapagka't ikaw ay isang bata, at siya'y isang lalaking mangdidigma mula sa kaniyang pagkabata. 34At sinabi ni David kay Saul, Ang iyong lingkod ay nagaalaga ng mga tupa ng kaniyang ama; at pagka pumaroon ang isang leon, o isang oso, at kinukuha ang isang kordero sa kawan, 35Ay lumalabas akong hinahabol ko siya, at aking sinasaktan, at aking inililigtas sa kaniyang bibig: at pagka dinadaluhong ako ay aking pinapangahan, at aking sinasaktan, at aking pinapatay. 36Pinapatay ng iyong lingkod ang leon at gayon din ang oso: at ang Filisteong ito na hindi tuli ay magiging isa sa kanila, yamang kaniyang hinahamon ang mga hukbo ng Dios na buhay. 37At sinabi ni David, Ang Panginoon na nagligtas sa akin sa mga pangamot ng leon, at sa pangamot ng oso, ay siyang magliligtas sa akin sa kamay ng Filisteong ito. At sinabi ni Saul kay David, Yumaon ka, at ang Panginoon ay sasa iyo. 38At sinandatahan ni Saul si David ng kaniyang mga sandata, at kaniyang inilagay ang isang turbanteng tanso sa kaniyang ulo, at kaniyang sinuutan siya ng isang baluti sa katawan. 39At ibinigkis ni David, ang tabak niya sa kaniyang sandata, at kaniyang tinikmang yumaon; sapagka't hindi pa niya natitikman. At sinabi ni David kay Saul, Hindi ako makayayaon na dala ko ang mga ito; sapagka't hindi ko pa natitikman. At pawang hinubad ni David sa kaniya. 40At tinangnan niya ang kaniyang tungkod sa kaniyang kamay, at pumili siya ng limang makinis na bato mula sa batis, at isinilid sa supot na kaniyang dala, sa makatuwid baga'y sa kaniyang supot pastor; at ang kaniyang panghilagpos ay nasa kaniyang kamay: at siya'y lumapit sa Filisteo. 41At nagpatuloy ang Filisteo at lumapit kay David; at ang lalake na may dala ng kalasag ay nangunguna sa kaniya. 42At nang tumingin ang Filisteo, at makita si David, ay kaniyang niwalan ng kabuluhan siya; sapagka't siya'y bata pa, at mapula ang pisngi, at may magandang bikas. 43At sinabi ng Filisteo kay David, Ako ba ay aso, na ikaw ay paririto sa akin na may mga tungkod? At nilait ng Filisteo si David sa pamamagitan ng kaniyang mga dios. 44At sinabi ng Filisteo kay David, Halika, at aking ibibigay ang iyong laman sa mga ibon sa himpapawid at sa mga hayop sa parang. 45Nang magkagayo'y sinabi ni David sa Filisteo, Ikaw ay naparirito sa akin na may tabak, at may malaking sibat at may kalasag; nguni't ako'y naparirito laban sa iyo sa pangalan ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo, ng Dios ng mga kawal ng Israel na iyong hinahamon. 46Sa araw na ito ay ibibigay ka ng Panginoon sa aking kamay; at sasaktan kita, at pupugutin ko ang ulo mo; at ibibigay ko ang mga bangkay sa hukbo ng mga Filisteo sa mga ibon sa himpapawid sa araw na ito, at sa mababangis na hayop sa lupa; upang maalaman ng buong lupa na may Dios sa Israel: 47At upang maalaman ng buong kapisanang ito na hindi nagliligtas ang Panginoon sa pamamagitan ng tabak o ng sibat: sapagka't ang pagbabakang ito ay sa Panginoon, at ibibigay niya kayo sa aming kamay. 48At nangyari, nang bumangon ang Filisteo, at sumulong at lumapit upang salubungin si David, na si David ay nagmadali, at tumakbo sa dako ng kawal upang salubungin ang Filisteo. 49At isinuot ni David ang kaniyang kamay sa kaniyang supot; at kumuha roon ng isang bato, at inihilagpos, at tinamaan ang Filisteo sa kaniyang noo; at ang bato ay bumaon sa kaniyang noo, at nabuwal na pasubsob sa lupa. 50Sa gayo'y nanaig si David sa Filisteo sa pamamagitan ng isang panghilagpos at ng isang bato, at sinaktan ang Filisteo at pinatay niya siya; nguni't walang tabak sa kamay ni David. 51Nang magkagayo'y tumakbo si David, at tinunghan ang Filisteo, at kinuha ang kaniyang tabak, at binunot sa kaniyang kaluban, at pinatay siya, at ipinagpugot ng kaniyang ulo. At nang makita ng mga Filisteo na ang kanilang bayani ay patay na, sila'y tumakas. 52At nagsibangon ang mga lalake ng Israel at ng Juda, at humiyaw at hinabol ang mga Filisteo hanggang sa Gath, at sa mga pintuang-bayan ng Ecron. At ang mga sugatan sa mga Filisteo ay nabuwal sa daang patungo sa Saraim, hanggang sa Gath, at sa Ecron. 53At nagsibalik ang mga anak ni Israel sa paghabol sa mga Filisteo, at kanilang sinamsam ang kanilang kampamento. 54At kinuha ni David ang ulo ng Filisteo, at dinala sa Jerusalem; nguni't kaniyang inilagay ang sandata niya sa kaniyang tolda. 55At nang makita ni Saul si David na lumalabas laban sa Filisteo, kaniyang sinabi kay Abner, na kapitan ng hukbo, Abner, kaninong anak ang batang ito? At sinabi ni Abner, Buhay ang iyong kaluluwa, Oh hari, hindi ko masabi. 56At sinabi ng hari, Usisain mo kung kaninong anak ang batang ito. 57At pagbalik ni David sa pagpatay sa Filisteo, kinuha siya ni Abner, at dinala siya sa harap ni Saul na dala ang ulo ng Filisteo sa kaniyang kamay. 58At sinabi ni Saul sa kaniya, Kaninong anak ka, binata? At sumagot si David, Ako'y anak ng iyong lingkod na si Isai na Bethlehemita.
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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