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the heart. Then Ishai called Abinadab, and made to battell, and came together to Shochoh, which
him come before Samuel. And he saide, Neither is in Iudah, and pitched betweene Shochoh and
hath the Lord chosen this. 9 Then Ishai made Azekah, in the coast of Dammim. 2 And Saul,
Shammah come. And he said, Neither yet hath and the men of Israel assembled, and pitched in
the Lord chosen him. 10 Againe Ishai made his the valley of Elah, and put themselues in battell
seue sonnes to come before Samuel: and Samuel araie to meete the Philistims. And the Philistims
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saide vnto Ishai, The Lord hath chosen none of stoode on a mountaine on the one side, and Israel
these. 11 Finally, Samuel said vnto Ishai, Are there stoode on a mountaine on the other side: so
no more children but these? And hee sayde, a valley was betweene them. 4 Then came a
There remaineth yet a litle one behinde, that man betweene them both out of the tents of the
keepeth the sheepe. Then Samuel saide vnto Philistims, named Goliath of Gath: his height was
Ishai, Sende and set him: for we will not sit sixe cubites and an hande breadth, Aud had an
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downe, till he be come hither. 12 And he sent, helmet of brasse vpon his head, and a brigandine
and brought him in: and he was ruddie, and of vpon him: and the weight of his brigandine was
a good countenance, and comely visage. And fiue thousand shekels of brasse. 6 And he had
the Lord saide, Arise, and anoynt him: for this bootes of brasse vpon his legs, and a shield of
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is he. 13 Then Samuel tooke the horne of oyle, brasse vpon his shoulders. And the shaft of his
and anoynted him in the middes of his brethren. speare was like a weauers beame: and his speare
And the Spirit of the Lord came vpon Dauid, from head weyed sixe hundreth shekels of yron: and
that day forwarde: then Samuel rose vp, and one bearing a shielde went before him. 8 And
went to Ramah. 14 But the Spirite of the Lord he stoode, and cried against the hoste of Israel,
departed from Saul, and an euill spirite sent of and saide vnto them, Why are yee come to set
the Lord vexed him. 15 And Sauls seruants said your battell in aray? am not I a Philistim, and
vnto him, Beholde nowe, the euill spirite of God you seruaunts to Saul? chuse you a man for
vexeth thee. 16 Let our Lord therefore command you, and let him come downe to me. 9 If he
thy seruants, that are before thee, to seeke a man be able to fight with me, and kill me, then wil
that is a cunning plaier vpon the harpe: that we be your seruants: but if I ouercome him,
when the euil spirit of God commeth vpon thee, and kill him, then shall yee be our seruants, and
hee may play with his hand, and thou maiest serue vs. 10 Also the Philistim saide, I defie the
be eased. 17 Saul then saide vnto his seruantes, hoste of Israel this day: giue mee a man, that
Prouide me a man, I pray you, that can play well, we may fight together. 11 When Saul and all
and bring him to me. 18 Then answered one of Israel heard those wordes of the Philistim, they
his seruauntes, and sayde, Beholde, I haue seene were discouraged, and greatly afraide. 12 Nowe
a sonne of Ishai, a Bethlehemite, that can plaie, this Dauid was the sonne of an Ephrathite of
and is strong, valiant and a man of warre and wise Beth-lehem Iudah, named Ishai, which had eight
in matters, and a comely person, and the Lord sonnes: and this man was taken for an olde man
is with him. 19 Wherefore Saul sent messengers in the daies of Saul. 13 And the three eldest sonnes
vnto Ishai, and said, Send me Dauid thy sonne of Ishai went and followed Saul to the battel:
which is with the sheepe. 20 And Ishai tooke an and the names of his three sonnes that went
asse laden with breade and a flagon of wine and to battell, were Eliab the Eldest, and the next
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a kidde, and sent them by the hand of Dauid his Abinadab, and the thirde Shammah. So Dauid
was the least: and the three eldest went after
sonne vnto Saul. 21 And Dauid came to Saul, and Saul. 15 Dauid also went, but hee returned from
stoode before him: and he loued him verie well, Saul to feede his fathers sheepe in Beth-lehem.
and he was his armour bearer. 22 And Saul sent to 16 And the Philistim drew neere in the morning,
Ishai, saying, Let Dauid nowe remaine with me: and euening, and continued fourtie daies. 17 And
for he hath found fauour in my sight. 23 And Ishai said vnto Dauid his sone, Take nowe for thy
so when the euil spirite of God came vpon Saul, brethren an Ephah of this parched corne, and
Dauid tooke an harpe and plaied with his hande,
and Saul was refreshed, and was eased: for the these ten cakes, and runne to the hoste to thy
euill spirit departed from him. brethren. 18 Also carie these ten fresh cheeses
vnto the captaine, and looke howe thy brethren
17 fare, and receiue their pledge. 19 (Then Saul
and they, and all the men of Israel were in the
1 Nowe the Philistims gathered their armies