1 Samuel 17:12–31

¹²Now David was ^jthe son of that ^kEphrathite of Beth-lehem-judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had ^leight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul. ¹³And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the battle: and the ^mnames of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah. ¹⁴And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul. ¹⁵But David went and returned from Saul ⁿto feed his father’s sheep at Beth-lehem. ¹⁶And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days. ¹⁷And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy brethren; ¹⁸And ^ocarry these ten ^†cheeses unto the ^†captain of their thousand, and look ^phow thy brethren fare, and take their pledge. ¹⁹Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines. ²⁰And David 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 ^||trench, as the host was going forth to the ^||fight, and shouted for the battle. ²¹For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army against army. ²²And David left ^†his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage, and ran into the army, and came and ^†saluted his brethren. ²³And as he talked with them, behold, there came up ^qthe champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the Philistines, and spake ^raccording to the same words: and David heard them. ²⁴And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled ^†from him, and were sore afraid. ²⁵And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and ^swill give him his daughter, and make his father’s house free in Israel. ²⁶And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away ^tthe reproach from Israel? for who is this ^uuncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of ^xthe living God? ²⁷And the people answered him after this manner, saying, ^ySo shall it be done to the man that killeth him. ²⁸And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab’s anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle. ²⁹And David said, What have I now done? ^zIs there not a cause? ³⁰And he turned from him toward another, and ^aspake after the same manner: and the people answered him again after the former ^†manner. ³¹And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them before Saul: and he ^†sent for him.