1 Samuel 17:1–10

¹And the Philistines gather their camps to battle, and are gathered to Shochoh, which is to Judah, and encamp between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephes-Dammim; ²and Saul and the men of Israel have been gathered, and encamp by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array to meet the Philistines. ³And the Philistines are standing on the mountain on this side, and the Israelites are standing on the mountain on that side, and the valley is between them. ⁴And there goeth out a man of the duellists from the camps of the Philistines, Goliath is his name, from Gath; his height is six cubits and a span, ⁵and a helmet of brass is on his head, and with a scaled coat of mail he is clothed, and the weight of the coat of mail is five thousand shekels of brass, ⁶and a frontlet of brass is on his feet, and a javelin of brass between his shoulders, ⁷and the wood of his spear is like a beam of weavers’, and the flame of his spear is six hundred shekels of iron, and the bearer of the buckler is going before him. ⁸And he standeth and calleth unto the ranks of Israel, and saith to them, ‘Why are ye come out to set in array the battle? am not I the Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose for you a man, and let him come down unto me; ⁹if he be able to fight with me, and have smitten me, then we have been to you for servants; and if I am able for him, and have smitten him, then ye have been to us for servants, and have served us.’ ¹⁰And the Philistine saith, ‘I have reproached the ranks of Israel this day; give to me a man, and we fight together.’