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1 Samuel · read by Quek Suan Yew
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1 Samuel 17
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Now the Philistines gathered their forces for war at Socoh in Judah, and they camped between Socoh and Azekah in Ephes-dammim.Read from KJV · The Reformation Spirit - Dead or Alive?
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Saul and the men of Israel assembled and camped in the Valley of Elah, arraying themselves for battle against the Philistines.Read from KJV · The Reformation Spirit - Dead or Alive?
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The Philistines stood on one hill and the Israelites stood on another, with the valley between them.Read from KJV · The Reformation Spirit - Dead or Alive?
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Then a champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out from the Philistine camp. He was six cubits and a span in height,Read from KJV · The Reformation Spirit - Dead or Alive?
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and he had a bronze helmet on his head. He wore a bronze coat of mail weighing five thousand shekels,Read from KJV · The Reformation Spirit - Dead or Alive?
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and he had armor of bronze on his legs and a javelin of bronze slung between his shoulders.Read from KJV · The Reformation Spirit - Dead or Alive?
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The shaft of his spear was like a weaver's beam, and its iron point weighed six hundred shekels. In addition, his shield bearer went before him.Read from KJV · The Reformation Spirit - Dead or Alive?
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And Goliath stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel, "Why do you come out and array yourselves for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and are you not servants of Saul? Choose one of your men and have him come down against me.Read from KJV · The Reformation Spirit - Dead or Alive?
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If he is able to fight me and kill me, then we will be your servants. But if I prevail against him and kill him, then you shall be our servants and labor for us."Read from KJV · The Reformation Spirit - Dead or Alive?
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Then the Philistine said, "I defy the ranks of Israel this day! Give me a man to fight!"Read from NKJV · The Reformation Spirit - Dead or Alive?
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On hearing the words of the Philistine, Saul and all the Israelites were dismayed and greatly afraid.Read from KJV · The Reformation Spirit - Dead or Alive?
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For forty days the Philistine came forward every morning and evening to take his stand.Read from KJV · The Reformation Spirit - Dead or Alive?
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So David got up early in the morning, left the flock with a keeper, loaded up, and set out as Jesse had instructed him. He reached the camp as the army was marching out to its position and shouting the battle cry.Read from KJV · The Reformation Spirit - Dead or Alive?
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And Israel and the Philistines arrayed in formation against each other.Read from KJV · The Reformation Spirit - Dead or Alive?
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Then David left his supplies in the care of the quartermaster and ran to the battle line. When he arrived, he asked his brothers how they were doing.Read from KJV · The Reformation Spirit - Dead or Alive?
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And as he was speaking with them, suddenly the champion named Goliath, the Philistine from Gath, came forward from the Philistines and shouted his usual words, which David also heard.Read from KJV · The Reformation Spirit - Dead or Alive?
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Now the men of Israel had been saying, "Do you see this man who keeps coming out to defy Israel? To the man who kills him the king will give great riches. And he will give him his daughter in marriage and exempt his father's house from taxation in Israel."Read from KJV · The Reformation Spirit - Dead or Alive?
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David asked the men who were standing with him, "What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Just who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?"Read from KJV · The Reformation Spirit - Dead or Alive?
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The people told him about the offer, saying, "That is what will be done for the man who kills him."Read from KJV · The Reformation Spirit - Dead or Alive?
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Now when David's oldest brother Eliab heard him speaking to the men, his anger burned against David. "Why have you come down here?" he asked. "And with whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and wickedness of heart—you have come down to see the battle!"Read from KJV · The Reformation Spirit - Dead or Alive?
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"What have I done now?" said David. "Was it not just a question?"Read from KJV · The Reformation Spirit - Dead or Alive?
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David replied, "Your servant has been tending his father's sheep, and whenever a lion or a bear came and carried off a lamb from the flock,Read from KJV · The Reformation Spirit - Dead or Alive?
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I went after it, struck it down, and delivered the lamb from its mouth. If it reared up against me, I would grab it by its fur, strike it down, and kill it.Read from KJV · The Reformation Spirit - Dead or Alive?
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Your servant has killed lions and bears; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, for he has defied the armies of the living God."Read from KJV · The Reformation Spirit - Dead or Alive?
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David added, "The LORD, who delivered me from the claws of the lion and the bear, will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine." "Go," said Saul, "and may the LORD be with you."Read from KJV · The Reformation Spirit - Dead or Alive?
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"Come here," he called to David, "and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field!"Read from KJV · The Reformation Spirit - Dead or Alive?
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But David said to the Philistine, "You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD of Hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.Read from KJV · The Reformation Spirit - Dead or Alive?
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This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand. This day I will strike you down, cut off your head, and give the carcasses of the Philistines to the birds of the air and the creatures of the earth. Then the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel.Read from KJV · The Reformation Spirit - Dead or Alive?
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And all those assembled here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the LORD saves; for the battle is the LORD's, and He will give all of you into our hands."Read from KJV · The Reformation Spirit - Dead or Alive?