English Bible Presentation Sharing - 1-Samuel Book, chapter 17, verse 41 in Erven Version

1 Samuel 17 : 1 (ERVEN)

The Philistines gathered their armies together for war. They met at Socoh in Judah. Their camp was between Socoh and Azekah, at a town called Ephes Dammim.

1 Samuel 17 : 2 (ERVEN)

Saul and the Israelite soldiers also gathered together. Their camp was in the Valley of Elah. Saul's soldiers were lined up and ready to fight the Philistines.

1 Samuel 17 : 3 (ERVEN)

The Philistines were on one hill. The Israelites were on the other hill. The valley was between them.

1 Samuel 17 : 4 (ERVEN)

The Philistines had a champion fighter named Goliath, who was from Gath. He was over 9 feet tall. Goliath came out of the Philistine camp.

1 Samuel 17 : 5 (ERVEN)

He had a bronze helmet on his head. He wore a coat of armor that was made like the scales on a fish. This armor was made of bronze and weighed about 125 pounds.

1 Samuel 17 : 6 (ERVEN)

Goliath wore bronze protectors on his legs. He had a bronze javelin tied on his back.

1 Samuel 17 : 7 (ERVEN)

The wooden part of his spear was as big as a weaver's rod. The spear's blade weighed 15 pounds. Goliath's helper walked in front of him, carrying Goliath's shield.

1 Samuel 17 : 8 (ERVEN)

Each day Goliath would come out and shout a challenge to the Israelite soldiers. He would say, "Why are all of your soldiers lined up ready for battle? You are Saul's servants. I am a Philistine. So choose one man and send him to fight me.

1 Samuel 17 : 9 (ERVEN)

If that man kills me, he wins and we Philistines will become your slaves. But if I kill your man, then I win, and you will become our slaves. You will have to serve us."

1 Samuel 17 : 10 (ERVEN)

The Philistine also said, "Today I stand and make fun of the army of Israel. I dare you to send me one of your men and let us fight."

1 Samuel 17 : 11 (ERVEN)

Saul and the Israelite soldiers heard what Goliath said, and they were very afraid.

1 Samuel 17 : 12 (ERVEN)

David was the son of Jesse. Jesse was from the Ephrathah family in Bethlehem, Judah. Jesse had eight sons. In Saul's time Jesse was an old man.

1 Samuel 17 : 13 (ERVEN)

Jesse's three oldest sons went with Saul to the war. The first son was Eliab, the second was Abinadab, and the third was Shammah.

1 Samuel 17 : 14 (ERVEN)

David was the youngest son. The three oldest sons were in Saul's army,

1 Samuel 17 : 15 (ERVEN)

but David left Saul from time to time to take care of his father's sheep at Bethlehem.

1 Samuel 17 : 16 (ERVEN)

The Philistine came out every morning and evening and stood before the Israelite army. Goliath insulted Israel like this for 40 days.

1 Samuel 17 : 17 (ERVEN)

One day Jesse said to his son David, "Take this basket of cooked grain and these ten loaves of bread to your brothers in the camp.

1 Samuel 17 : 18 (ERVEN)

Also take these ten pieces of cheese for the officer who commands your brothers' group of 1000 soldiers. See how your brothers are doing. Bring back something to show me your brothers are all right.

1 Samuel 17 : 19 (ERVEN)

Your brothers are with Saul and all the Israelite soldiers in the Valley of Elah. They are there to fight against the Philistines."

1 Samuel 17 : 20 (ERVEN)

Early in the morning, David had another shepherd take care of the sheep while he took the food and left as Jesse had told him to. David drove their wagon to the camp. The soldiers were going out to their battle positions just as David arrived. The soldiers began shouting their war cry.

1 Samuel 17 : 21 (ERVEN)

The Israelites and Philistines were lined up and ready for battle.

1 Samuel 17 : 22 (ERVEN)

David left the food with the man who kept supplies. Then he ran to the place where the Israelite soldiers were and asked about his brothers.

1 Samuel 17 : 23 (ERVEN)

While David was talking with his brothers, the Philistine champion fighter came out from the Philistine army. This was Goliath, the Philistine from Gath. Goliath shouted things against Israel as usual. David heard what he said.

1 Samuel 17 : 24 (ERVEN)

The Israelite soldiers saw Goliath and ran away. They were all afraid of him.

1 Samuel 17 : 25 (ERVEN)

One of the Israelite men said, "Did you see that man? Look at him! He comes out each day and makes fun of Israel. Whoever kills him will get rich. King Saul will give him a lot of money. Saul will also let his daughter marry the man who kills Goliath. He will also make that man's family free from taxes in Israel."

1 Samuel 17 : 26 (ERVEN)

David asked the men standing near him, "What did he say? What is the reward for killing this Philistine and taking away this shame from Israel? Who is this Goliath anyway? He is only some foreigner, nothing but a Philistine. Why does he think he can speak against the army of the living God?"

1 Samuel 17 : 27 (ERVEN)

So the Israelite told David about the reward for killing Goliath.

1 Samuel 17 : 28 (ERVEN)

David's oldest brother Eliab heard David talking with the soldiers and became angry. Eliab asked David, "Why did you come here? Who did you leave those few sheep with in the desert? I know why you came down here. You didn't want to do what you were told to do. You just wanted to come down here to watch the battle."

1 Samuel 17 : 29 (ERVEN)

David said, "What did I do now? I didn't do anything wrong! I was only talking."

1 Samuel 17 : 30 (ERVEN)

He turned to some other people and asked them the same questions. They gave him the same answers as before.

1 Samuel 17 : 31 (ERVEN)

Some men heard David talking. They took David to Saul and told him what David had said.

1 Samuel 17 : 32 (ERVEN)

David said to Saul, "People shouldn't let Goliath discourage them. I am your servant. I will go fight this Philistine."

1 Samuel 17 : 33 (ERVEN)

Saul answered, "You can't go out and fight against this Philistine. You're not even a soldier! Goliath has been fighting in wars since he was a boy."

1 Samuel 17 : 34 (ERVEN)

But David said to Saul, "There were times when I was taking care of my father's sheep that wild animals came to take some sheep from the flock. Once there was a lion and another time, a bear.

1 Samuel 17 : 35 (ERVEN)

I chased that wild animal, attacked it, and took the sheep from its mouth. The wild animal jumped on me, but I caught it by the fur under its mouth. And I hit it and killed it.

1 Samuel 17 : 36 (ERVEN)

I killed both a lion and a bear like that! And I will kill that foreigner, Goliath, just like them. Goliath will die because he made fun of the army of the living God.

1 Samuel 17 : 37 (ERVEN)

The Lord saved me from the lion and the bear. He will also save me from this Philistine." Saul said to David, "Go and may the Lord be with you."

1 Samuel 17 : 38 (ERVEN)

Saul put his own clothes on David. He put a bronze helmet on David's head and armor on his body.

1 Samuel 17 : 39 (ERVEN)

David put on the sword and tried to walk around. He tried to wear Saul's uniform, but David was not used to all those heavy things. David said to Saul, "I can't fight in these things. I'm not used to them." So David took them all off.

1 Samuel 17 : 40 (ERVEN)

He took his walking stick in his hand and went to find five smooth stones from the stream. He put the five stones in his shepherd's bag and held his sling in his hand. Then he went out to meet the Philistine.

1 Samuel 17 : 41 (ERVEN)

The Philistine slowly walked closer and closer to David. Goliath's helper walked in front of him, carrying a large shield.

1 Samuel 17 : 42 (ERVEN)

Goliath looked at David with disgust. He saw that David was only a handsome, healthy boy.

1 Samuel 17 : 43 (ERVEN)

Goliath said to David, "What is that stick for? Did you come to chase me away like a dog?" Then Goliath used the names of his gods to say curses against David.

1 Samuel 17 : 44 (ERVEN)

He said to David, "Come here, and I'll feed your body to the birds and wild animals."

1 Samuel 17 : 45 (ERVEN)

David said to the Philistine, "You come to me using sword, spear, and javelin. But I come to you in the name of the Lord All- Powerful, the God of the armies of Israel. You have said bad things about him.

1 Samuel 17 : 46 (ERVEN)

Today the Lord will let me defeat you. I will kill you. I will cut off your head and feed your body to the birds and wild animals. And we will do the same thing to all the other Philistines too. Then all the world will know there is a God in Israel.

1 Samuel 17 : 47 (ERVEN)

All the people gathered here will know that the Lord doesn't need swords or spears to save people. The battle belongs to the Lord, and he will help us defeat all of you."

1 Samuel 17 : 48 (ERVEN)

Goliath the Philistine started to attack David. He slowly walked closer and closer toward David, but David ran out to meet Goliath.

1 Samuel 17 : 49 (ERVEN)

David took out a stone from his bag. He put it in his sling and swung the sling. The stone flew from the sling and hit Goliath right between the eyes. The stone sank deep into his head, and Goliath fell to the ground�face down.

1 Samuel 17 : 50 (ERVEN)

So David defeated the Philistine with only a sling and one stone! He hit the Philistine and killed him. David didn't have a sword,

1 Samuel 17 : 51 (ERVEN)

so he ran and stood beside the Philistine. Then David took Goliath's own sword out of its sheath and used it to cut off his head. That is how David killed the Philistine. When the other Philistines saw their hero was dead, they turned and ran.

1 Samuel 17 : 52 (ERVEN)

The soldiers of Israel and Judah shouted and started chasing the Philistines. The Israelites chased them all the way to the city limits of Gath and to the gates of Ekron. They killed many of the Philistines. Their bodies were scattered along the Shaaraim road all the way to Gath and Ekron.

1 Samuel 17 : 53 (ERVEN)

After chasing the Philistines, the Israelites came back to the Philistine camp and took many things from that camp.

1 Samuel 17 : 54 (ERVEN)

David took the Philistine's head to Jerusalem, but he kept the Philistine's weapons at home.

1 Samuel 17 : 55 (ERVEN)

Saul watched David go out to fight Goliath. Saul spoke to Abner, the commander of the army. "Abner, who is that young man's father?" Abner answered, "I swear I don't know, sir."

1 Samuel 17 : 56 (ERVEN)

King Saul said, "Find out who his father is."

1 Samuel 17 : 57 (ERVEN)

When David came back after killing Goliath, Abner brought him to Saul. David was still holding the Philistine's head.

1 Samuel 17 : 58 (ERVEN)

Saul asked him, "Young man, who is your father?" David answered, "I am the son of your servant Jesse, from Bethlehem."