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  17:1 ¶
And the Philistines gather their armies to battle, and gather themselves to Succoth{gr.Socchoth} of Judah{gr.Judaea}, and encamp between Succoth{gr.Socchoth} and Azeca Ephermen. |
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17:1 ¶
Now the Philistinesº
gathered togetherººº
their armiesº
to battle,º
and were gathered togetherºº
at Shochoh,º
whichº
[belongeth] to Judah,º
and pitchedºº
betweenº
Shochohº
and Azekah,º
in Ephesdammim.º |
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17:2
And Saul and the men of Israel gather together, and they encamp in the valley, and set the battle in array against the Philistines. |
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17:2
And Saulº
and the menº
of Israelº
were gathered together,ºº
and pitchedºº
by the valleyº
of Elah,º
and set the battleº
in arrayºº
againstºº
the Philistines.º |
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17:3
And the Philistines stand on the mountain on one side, and Israel stands on the mountain on the other side, and the valley was between them. |
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17:3
And the Philistinesº
stoodºº
onº
a mountainº
on the one side,ºº
and Israelº
stoodºº
onº
a mountainº
on the other side:ºº
and [there was] a valleyº
betweenº
them. |
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17:4 ¶
And there went forth a mighty man out of the army of the Philistines, Goliath, by name, out of Gath{gr.Geth}, his height [was] four cubits and a span. |
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17:4 ¶
And there went outºº
a championºº
out of the campºº
of the Philistines,º
namedº
Goliath,º
of Gath,ºº
whose heightº
[was] sixº
cubitsº
and a span.º |
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17:5
And [he had] a helmet upon his head, and he wore a breastplate of chain armour; and the weight of his breastplate [was] five thousand shekels of brass and iron. |
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17:5
And [he had] an helmetº
of brassº
uponº
his head,º
and heº
[was] armedºº
with a coatº
of mail;º
and the weightº
of the coatº
[was] fiveº
thousandº
shekelsº
of brass.º |
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17:6
And greaves of brass [were] upon his legs, and a brazen target [was] between his shoulders. |
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17:6
And [he had] greavesº
of brassº
uponº
his legs,º
and a targetº
of brassº
betweenº
his shoulders.º |
|
17:7
And the staff of his spear [was] like a weaver's beam, and the spear's head [was formed] of six hundred shekels of iron; and his armour-bearer went before him. |
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17:7
And the staffººº
of his spearº
[was] like a weaver'sºº
beam;º
and his spear'sº
headº
[weighed] sixº
hundredº
shekelsº
of iron:º
and one bearingºº
a shieldº
wentºº
beforeº
him. |
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17:8
And he stood and cried to the army of Israel, and said to them, Why are ye come forth to set yourselves in battle array against us? Am not I a Philistine, and ye Hebrews of Saul? Choose for yourselves a man, and let him come down to me. |
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17:8
And he stoodºº
and criedºº
untoº
the armiesº
of Israel,º
and saidºº
unto them, Whyº
are ye come outºº
to set [your] battleº
in array?ºº
[am] notº
Iº
a Philistine,º
and yeº
servantsº
to Saul?º
chooseºº
you a manº
for you, and let him come downºº
toº
me. |
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17:9
And if he shall be able to fight against me, and shall smite me, then will we be your servants: but if I should prevail and smite him, ye shall be our servants, and serve us. |
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17:9
Ifº
he be ableºº
to fightºº
withº
me, and to killºº
me, then will we beº
your servants:º
but ifº
Iº
prevailºº
against him, and killºº
him, then shall ye beº
our servants,º
and serveºº
us. |
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17:10
And the Philistine said, Behold, I have defied the armies of Israel this very day: give me a man, and we will both of us fight in single combat. |
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17:10
And the Philistineº
said,ºº
Iº
defyººº
the armiesº
of Israelº
thisº
day;º
giveºº
me a man,º
that we may fightºº
together.º |
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17:11
And Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, and they were dismayed, and greatly terrified. |
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17:11
When Saulº
and allº
Israelº
heardººº
thoseº
wordsº
of the Philistine,º
they were dismayed,ºº
and greatlyº
afraid.ºº |
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17:12
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17:12 ¶
Now Davidº
[was] the sonº
of thatº
Ephrathiteºº
of Bethlehemjudah,ººº
whose nameº
[was] Jesse;º
and he had eightº
sons:º
and the manº
wentºº
among menºº
[for] an oldº
manºº
in the daysº
of Saul.º |
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17:13
[Absent from Manuscript] |
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17:13
And the threeº
eldestº
sonsº
of Jesseº
wentººº
[and] followedºº
Saulº
to the battle:º
and the namesº
of his threeº
sonsº
thatº
wentºº
to the battleº
[were] Eliabº
the firstborn,º
and nextº
unto him Abinadab,º
and the thirdº
Shammah.º |
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17:14
[Absent from Manuscript] |
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17:14
And Davidº
[was] the youngest:º
and the threeº
eldestº
followedººº
Saul.º |
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17:15
[Absent from Manuscript] |
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17:15
But Davidº
wentºº
and returnedºº
fromºº
Saulº
to feedººº
his father'sº
sheepº
at Bethlehem.º |
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17:16
[Absent from Manuscript] |
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17:16
And the Philistineº
drew nearºº
morningºº
and evening,ºº
and presentedºº
himselfº
fortyº
days.º |
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17:17
[Absent from Manuscript] |
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17:17
And Jesseº
saidºº
unto Davidº
his son,º
Takeºº
nowº
for thy brethrenº
an ephahº
of thisº
parchedº
[corn], and theseº
tenº
loaves,º
and runºº
to the campº
to thy brethren;º |
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17:18
[Absent from Manuscript] |
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17:18
And carryºº
theseº
tenº
cheesesºº
unto the captainº
of [their] thousand,º
and lookºº
howº
thy brethrenº
fare,º
and takeºº
their pledge.º |
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17:19
[Absent from Manuscript] |
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17:19
Now Saul,º
and they,º
and allº
the menº
of Israel,º
[were] in the valleyº
of Elah,º
fightingºº
withº
the Philistines.º |
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17:20
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17:20 ¶
And Davidº
rose up earlyºº
in the morning,º
and leftººº
the sheepº
withº
a keeper,ºº
and took,ºº
and went,ººº
asº
Jesseº
had commandedºº
him; and he cameºº
to the trench,º
as the hostº
was going forthºº
toº
the fight,º
and shoutedºº
for the battle.º |
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17:21
[Absent from Manuscript] |
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17:21
For Israelº
and the Philistinesº
had put the battle in array,ºº
armyº
againstºº
army.º |
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17:22
[Absent from Manuscript] |
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17:22
And Davidº
leftººº
his carriageº
inº
the handº
of the keeperºº
of the carriage,º
and ranºº
into the army,º
and cameºº
and salutedººº
his brethren.º |
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17:23
[Absent from Manuscript] |
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17:23
And as heº
talkedºº
withº
them, behold,º
there came upºº
the champion,ºº
the Philistineº
of Gath,ºº
Goliathº
by name,º
out of the armiesºººº
of the Philistines,º
and spakeºº
according to the sameº
words:º
and Davidº
heardºº
[them]. |
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17:24
[Absent from Manuscript] |
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17:24
And allº
the menº
of Israel,º
when they sawººº
the man,º
fledºº
fromºº
him,º
and were soreº
afraid.ºº |
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17:25
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17:25
And the menº
of Israelº
said,ºº
Have ye seenºº
thisº
manº
that is come up?ºº
surelyº
to defyººº
Israelº
is he come up:ºº
and it shall be,º
[that] the manº
whoº
killethºº
him, the kingº
will enrichºº
him with greatº
riches,º
and will giveºº
him his daughter,º
and makeºº
his father'sº
houseº
freeº
in Israel.º |
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17:26
[Absent from Manuscript] |
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17:26
And Davidº
spakeºº
toº
the menºº
that stoodºº
byº
him, saying,ºº
Whatº
shall be doneºº
to the manº
thatº
killethººº
thisº
Philistine,º
and taketh awayºº
the reproachº
fromºº
Israel?º
forº
whoº
[is] thisº
uncircumcisedº
Philistine,º
thatº
he should defyºº
the armiesº
of the livingº
Elohim?º |
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17:27
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17:27
And the peopleº
answeredºº
him after thisº
manner,º
saying,ºº
Soº
shall it be doneºº
to the manº
thatº
killethºº
him. |
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17:28
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17:28 ¶
And Eliabº
his eldestº
brotherº
heardºº
when he spakeºº
untoº
the men;ºº
and Eliab'sº
angerº
was kindledºº
against David,º
and he said,ºº
Whyº
camest thou downºº
hither? and withº
whomº
hast thou leftºº
thoseº
fewº
sheepº
in the wilderness?º
Iº
knowººº
thy pride,º
and the naughtinessº
of thine heart;º
forº
thou art come downºº
thatº
thou mightest seeºº
the battle.º |
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17:29
[Absent from Manuscript] |
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17:29
And Davidº
said,ºº
Whatº
have I nowº
done?ºº
[Is there] notº
a cause?º |
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17:30
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17:30 ¶
And he turnedºº
fromºº
himº
towardº
another,ººº
and spakeºº
after the sameº
manner:º
and the peopleº
answeredº
him againºº
after the formerº
manner.º |
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17:31
[Absent from Manuscript] |
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17:31
And when the wordsº
were heardºº
whichº
Davidº
spake,ºº
they rehearsedºº
[them] beforeº
Saul:º
and he sentºº
for him. |
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17:32 ¶
And David said to Saul, Let not, I pray thee, the heart of my lord be dejected within him: thy servant will go, and fight with this Philistine. |
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17:32 ¶
And Davidº
saidºº
toº
Saul,º
Let noº
man'sº
heartº
failºº
becauseº
of him; thy servantº
will goººº
and fightºº
withº
thisº
Philistine.º |
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17:33
And Saul said to David, Thou wilt not in anywise be able to go against this Philistine to fight with him, for thou art a mere youth, and he a man of war from his youth. |
|
17:33
And Saulº
saidºº
toº
David,º
Thou art notº
ableºº
to goººº
againstº
thisº
Philistineº
to fightºº
withº
him: forº
thouº
[art but] a youth,º
and heº
a manº
of warº
from his youth.ºº |
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17:34
And David said to Saul, Thy servant was tending the flock for his father; and when a lion came and a she-bear, and took a sheep out of the flock, |
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17:34
And Davidº
saidºº
untoº
Saul,º
Thy servantº
keptººº
his father'sº
sheep,º
and there cameºº
a lion,º
and a bear,º
and tookºº
a lambººº
out of the flock:ºº |
|
17:35
then I went forth after him, and smote him, and drew [the spoil] out of his mouth: and as he rose up against me, then I caught hold of his throat, and smote him, and slew him. |
|
17:35
And I went outºº
afterº
him, and smoteºº
him, and deliveredºº
[it] out of his mouth:ºº
and when he aroseºº
againstº
me, I caughtºº
[him] by his beard,º
and smoteºº
him, and slewºº
him. |
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17:36
Thy servant smote both the lion and the bear, and the uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them: shall I not go and smite him, and remove this day a reproach from Israel? For who [is] this uncircumcised one, who has defied the army of the living God? |
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17:36
Thy servantº
slewºº
bothºº
the lionº
andº
the bear:º
and thisº
uncircumcisedº
Philistineº
shall beº
as oneº
ofº
them, seeingº
he hath defiedºº
the armiesº
of the livingº
Elohim.º |
|
17:37
The Lord who delivered me out of the paw of the lion and out the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this uncircumcised Philistine. And Saul said to David, Go, and the Lord shall be with thee. |
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17:37
Davidº
saidºº
moreover, Yahwehº
thatº
deliveredºº
me out of the pawºº
of the lion,º
and out of the pawºº
of the bear,º
heº
will deliverºº
me out of the handºº
of thisº
Philistine.º
And Saulº
saidºº
untoº
David,º
Go,ººº
and Yahwehº
beº
withº
thee. |
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17:38 ¶
And Saul clothed David with a military coat, and [put] his brazen helmet on his head. |
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17:38 ¶
And Saulº
armedººº
Davidº
with his armour,º
and he putºº
an helmetº
of brassº
uponº
his head;º
also he armedºº
him with a coat of mail.º |
|
17:39
And he girt David with his sword over his coat: and he made trial walking [with them] once and again: and David said to Saul, I shall not be able to go with these, for I have not proved [them]: so they remove them from him. |
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17:39
And Davidº
girdedººº
his swordº
uponºº
his armour,º
and he assayedºº
to go;ººº
forº
he had notº
provedºº
[it]. And Davidº
saidºº
untoº
Saul,º
I cannotººº
goººº
with these;º
forº
I have notº
provedºº
[them]. And Davidº
putºº
them offºº
him. |
|
17:40
And he took his staff in his hand, and he chose for himself five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in the shepherd's scrip which he had for his store, and his sling was in his hand; and he approached the Philistine. |
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17:40
And he tookºº
his staffº
in his hand,º
and choseºº
him fiveº
smoothº
stonesº
out ofº
the brook,º
and putºº
them in a shepherd'sºº
bagº
whichº
he had, even in a scrip;º
and his slingº
[was] in his hand:º
and he drew nearºº
toº
the Philistine.º |
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17:41
[Absent from Manuscript] |
|
17:41
And the Philistineº
cameººº
onºº
and drew nearº
untoº
David;º
and the manº
that bareºº
the shieldº
[went] beforeº
him. |
|
17:42
And Goliath saw David, and despised him; for he was a lad, and ruddy, with a fair countenance. |
|
17:42
And when the Philistineº
looked about,ºº
and sawººº
David,º
he disdainedºº
him: forº
he wasº
[but] a youth,º
and ruddy,º
and ofº
a fairº
countenance.º |
|
17:43
And the Philistine said to David, Am I as a dog, that thou comest against me with a staff and stones? [and David said, Nay, but worse than a dog]. And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. |
|
17:43
And the Philistineº
saidºº
untoº
David,º
[Am] Iº
a dog,º
thatº
thouº
comestºº
toº
me with staves?º
And the Philistineº
cursedººº
Davidº
by his elohim.º |
|
17:44
And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh to the birds of the air, and to the beasts of the earth. |
|
17:44
And the Philistineº
saidºº
toº
David,º
Comeººº
toº
me, and I will giveººº
thy fleshº
unto the fowlsº
of the air,º
and to the beastsº
of the field.º |
|
17:45
And David said to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with sword, and with spear, and with shield; but I come to thee in the name of the Lord God of hosts of the army of Israel, which thou hast defied |
|
17:45
Then saidºº
Davidº
toº
the Philistine,º
Thouº
comestºº
toº
me with a sword,º
and with a spear,º
and with a shield:º
but Iº
comeºº
toº
thee in the nameº
of Yahwehº
Sabaoth,º
the Elohimº
of the armiesº
of Israel,º
whomº
thou hast defied.ºº |
|
17:46
this day. And the Lord shall deliver thee this day into my hand; and I will slay thee, and take away thy head from off thee, and will give thy limbs and the limbs of the army of the Philistines this day to the birds of the sky, and to the wild beasts of the earth; and all the earth shall know that there is a God in Israel. |
|
17:46
Thisº
dayº
will Yahwehº
deliverºº
thee into mine hand;º
and I will smiteºº
thee, and takeººº
thine headº
fromºº
thee; and I will giveºº
the carcasesº
of the hostº
of the Philistinesº
thisº
dayº
unto the fowlsº
of the air,º
and to the wild beastsº
of the earth;º
that allº
the earthº
may knowºº
thatº
there isº
an Elohimº
in Israel.º |
|
17:47
And all this assembly shall know that the Lord delivers not by sword or spear, for the battle [is] the Lord's, and the Lord will deliver you into our hands. |
|
17:47
And allº
thisº
assemblyº
shall knowºº
thatº
Yahwehº
savethºº
notº
with swordº
and spear:º
forº
the battleº
[is] Yahweh's,º
and he will giveºº
you into our hands.º |
|
17:48
And the Philistine arose and went to meet David. |
|
17:48
And it came to pass,º
whenº
the Philistineº
arose,ºº
and cameººº
and drew nighºº
to meetºº
David,º
that Davidº
hasted,ºº
and ranºº
toward the armyº
to meetºº
the Philistine.º |
|
17:49
And David stretched out his hand to his scrip, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine on his forehead, and the stone penetrated through the helmet into his forehead, and he fell upon his face to the ground. |
|
17:49
And Davidº
putººº
his handº
inº
his bag,º
and tookºº
thenceºº
a stone,º
and slangºº
[it], and smoteººº
the Philistineº
inº
his forehead,º
that the stoneº
sunkºº
into his forehead;º
and he fellºº
uponº
his faceº
to the earth.º |
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17:50
[Absent from Manuscript] |
|
17:50
So Davidº
prevailedºº
overº
the Philistineº
with a slingº
and with a stone,º
and smoteººº
the Philistine,º
and slewºº
him; but [there was] noº
swordº
in the handº
of David.º |
|
17:51
And David ran, and stood upon him, and took his sword, and slew him, and cut off his head: and the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, and they fled. |
|
17:51
Therefore Davidº
ran,ºº
and stoodºº
uponº
the Philistine,º
and tookººº
his sword,º
and drewºº
it out of the sheathºº
thereof, and slewºº
him, and cut offººº
his headº
therewith. And when the Philistinesº
sawºº
their championº
was dead,ºº
they fled.ºº |
|
17:52
And the men of Israel and Judah{gr.Juda} arose, and shouted and pursued them as far as the entrance to Gath{gr.Geth}, and as far as the gate of Askelon{gr.Ascalon}: and the slain men of the Philistines fell in the way of the gates, both to Gath{gr.Geth}, and to Ekron{gr.Accaron}. |
|
17:52
And the menºº
of Israelº
and of Judahº
arose,ºº
and shouted,ºº
and pursuedººº
the Philistines,º
untilº
thou comeºº
to the valley,º
and toº
the gatesº
of Ekron.º
And the woundedº
of the Philistinesº
fell downºº
by the wayº
to Shaaraim,º
even untoº
Gath,º
and untoº
Ekron.º |
|
17:53
And the men of Israel returned from pursuing after the Philistines, and they destroyed their camp. |
|
17:53
And the childrenº
of Israelº
returnedºº
from chasingººº
afterº
the Philistines,º
and they spoiledººº
their tents.º |
|
17:54
And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armour in his tent. |
|
17:54
And Davidº
tookººº
the headº
of the Philistine,º
and broughtºº
it to Jerusalem;º
but he putºº
his armourº
in his tent.º |
|
17:55
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|
17:55 ¶
And when Saulº
sawººº
Davidº
go forthºº
againstºº
the Philistine,º
he saidºº
untoº
Abner,º
the captainº
of the host,º
Abner,º
whoseº
sonº
[is] thisº
youth?º
And Abnerº
said,ºº
[As] thy soulº
liveth,º
O king,º
I cannotº
tell.ºº |
|
17:56
[Absent from Manuscript] |
|
17:56
And the kingº
said,ºº
Enquireºº
thouº
whoseº
sonº
the striplingº
[is]. |
|
17:57
[Absent from Manuscript] |
|
17:57
And as Davidº
returnedºº
from the slaughterººº
ofº
the Philistine,º
Abnerº
tookºº
him, and broughtºº
him beforeº
Saulº
with the headº
of the Philistineº
in his hand.º |
|
17:58
[Absent from Manuscript] |
|
17:58
And Saulº
saidºº
toº
him, Whoseº
sonº
[art] thou,º
[thou] young man?º
And Davidº
answered,ºº
I [am] the sonº
of thy servantº
Jesseº
the Bethlehemite.º |
