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Goliath’s Challenge

Now the Philistines gathered their armies for battle; and they were gathered at Socoh which belongs to Judah, and they camped between Socoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim.

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Goliath's Challenge

And the Philistines assembled their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Sochoh, which belongs to Judah, and encamped between Sochoh and Azekah, in Ephesdammim.

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Saul and the men of Israel were gathered and camped in the valley of Elah, and drew up in battle array to encounter the Philistines.

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And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and encamped in the valley of terebinths, and set the battle in array against the Philistines.

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The Philistines stood on the mountain on one side while Israel stood on the mountain on the other side, with the valley between them.

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And the Philistines stood on the mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on the mountain on the other side; and the ravine was between them.

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Then a champion came out from the armies of the Philistines named Goliath, from Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.

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And there went out a champion from the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.

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He had a bronze helmet on his head, and he was clothed with scale-armor which weighed five thousand shekels of bronze.

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And he had a helmet of bronze upon his head, and he was clothed with a corselet of scales; and the weight of the corselet was five thousand shekels of bronze.

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He also had bronze greaves on his legs and a bronze javelin slung between his shoulders.

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And he had greaves of bronze upon his legs, and a javelin of bronze between his shoulders.

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The shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s beam, and the head of his spear weighed six hundred shekels of iron; his shield-carrier also walked before him.

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And the shaft of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron; and the shield-bearer went before him.

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He stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel and said to them, “Why do you come out to draw up in battle array? Am I not the Philistine and you servants of Saul? Choose a man for yourselves and let him come down to me.

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And he stood and cried to the ranks of Israel, and said to them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I the Philistine, and ye servants of Saul? choose for yourselves a man, and let him come down to me.

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“If he is able to fight with me and kill me, then we will become your servants; but if I prevail against him and kill him, then you shall become our servants and serve us.”

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If he be able to fight with me, and to smite me, then will we be your servants; but if I overcome and smite him, then shall ye be our servants and serve us.

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Again the Philistine said, “I defy the ranks of Israel this day; give me a man that we may fight together.”

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And the Philistine said, I have defied the ranks of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.

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When Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, they were dismayed and greatly afraid.

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And Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, and they were dismayed and greatly afraid.

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Now David was the son of the Ephrathite of Bethlehem in Judah, whose name was Jesse, and he had eight sons. And Jesse was old in the days of Saul, advanced in years among men.

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Jesse Sends David

Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem-Judah whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons; and the man was old in the days of Saul, advanced [in years] among men.

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The three older sons of Jesse had gone after Saul to the battle. And the names of his three sons who went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and the second to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.

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And the three eldest of the sons of Jesse had gone and followed Saul to the battle; and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and the second to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.

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David was the youngest. Now the three oldest followed Saul,

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And David was the youngest; and the three eldest had followed Saul.

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but David went back and forth from Saul to tend his father’s flock at Bethlehem.

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But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem.

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The Philistine came forward morning and evening for forty days and took his stand.

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And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.

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Then Jesse said to David his son, “Take now for your brothers an ephah of this roasted grain and these ten loaves and run to the camp to your brothers.

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And Jesse said to David his son, Take, I pray, for thy brethren, this ephah of parched [corn] and these ten loaves, and carry them quickly to the camp to thy brethren;

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“Bring also these ten cuts of cheese to the commander of their thousand, and look into the welfare of your brothers, and bring back news of them.

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and carry these ten cheeses to the captain of the thousand, and visit thy brethren to see how they are, and take a pledge of them.

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“For Saul and they and all the men of Israel are in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.”

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Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel [were] in the valley of terebinths, fighting against the Philistines.

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David Accepts the Challenge

So David arose early in the morning and left the flock with a keeper and took the supplies and went as Jesse had commanded him. And he came to the circle of the camp while the army was going out in battle array shouting the war cry.

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David Accepts the Challenge

And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took his charge and went, as Jesse had commanded him. And he came to the wagon-defence; and the host which was going forth to the battle-array shouted for the fight.

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Israel and the Philistines drew up in battle array, army against army.

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And Israel and the Philistines put the battle in array, rank against rank.

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Then David left his baggage in the care of the baggage keeper, and ran to the battle line and entered in order to greet his brothers.

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And David left the things he was carrying in the hand of the keeper of the baggage, and ran into the ranks, and came and saluted his brethren.

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As he was talking with them, behold, the champion, the Philistine from Gath named Goliath, was coming up from the army of the Philistines, and he spoke these same words; and David heard them.

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And as he talked with them, behold there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the ranks of the Philistines, and spoke according to the same words; and David heard [them].

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When all the men of Israel saw the man, they fled from him and were greatly afraid.

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And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him and were greatly afraid.

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The men of Israel said, “Have you seen this man who is coming up? Surely he is coming up to defy Israel. And it will be that the king will enrich the man who kills him with great riches and will give him his daughter and make his father’s house free in Israel.”

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And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that comes up? for to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who smites him, him will the king enrich with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel.

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Then David spoke to the men who were standing by him, saying, “What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should taunt the armies of the living God?”

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And David spoke to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that smites this Philistine, and takes away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?

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The people answered him in accord with this word, saying, “Thus it will be done for the man who kills him.”

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And the people told him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that smites him.

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Now Eliab his oldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab’s anger burned against David and he said, “Why have you come down? And with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your insolence and the wickedness of your heart; for you have come down in order to see the battle.”

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And Eliab, his eldest brother, heard while he spoke to the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why art thou come down? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride and the naughtiness of thy heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.

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But David said, “What have I done now? Was it not just a question?”

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And David said, What have I now done? Was it not laid upon me?

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Then he turned away from him to another and said the same thing; and the people answered the same thing as before.

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And he turned from him to another, and spoke after the same manner; and the people answered him again after the former manner.

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David Kills Goliath

When the words which David spoke were heard, they told them to Saul, and he sent for him.

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David Slays Goliath

And the words were heard which David spoke, and they rehearsed them before Saul; and he sent for him.

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David said to Saul, “Let no man’s heart fail on account of him; your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.”

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And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him: thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine.

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Then Saul said to David, “You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for you are but a youth while he has been a warrior from his youth.”

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And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.

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But David said to Saul, “Your servant was tending his father’s sheep. When a lion or a bear came and took a lamb from the flock,

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And David said to Saul, Thy servant fed his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and also a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock.

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I went out after him and attacked him, and rescued it from his mouth; and when he rose up against me, I seized him by his beard and struck him and killed him.

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And I went after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth; and when he arose against me, I seized him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him.

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“Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear; and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, since he has taunted the armies of the living God.”

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Thy servant smote both the lion and the bear; and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, because he has defied the armies of the living God.

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And David said, “The LORD who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear, He will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.” And Saul said to David, “Go, and may the LORD be with you.”

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And David said, Jehovah who delivered me out of the paw of the lion and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said to David, Go, and Jehovah be with thee.

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Then Saul clothed David with his garments and put a bronze helmet on his head, and he clothed him with armor.

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And Saul clothed David with his dress, and put a helmet of bronze upon his head, and clothed him with a corselet.

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David girded his sword over his armor and tried to walk, for he had not tested them. So David said to Saul, “I cannot go with these, for I have not tested them.” And David took them off.

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And David girded his sword upon his dress, and endeavoured to go; for he had not yet tried [it]. And David said to Saul, I cannot go in these; for I have never tried [them]. And David put them off him.

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He took his stick in his hand and chose for himself five smooth stones from the brook, and put them in the shepherd’s bag which he had, even in his pouch, and his sling was in his hand; and he approached the Philistine.

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And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in the shepherd's bag that he had, into the pocket; and his sling was in his hand. And he drew near to the Philistine.

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Then the Philistine came on and approached David, with the shield-bearer in front of him.

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And the Philistine came on and approached David; and the man that bore the shield was before him.

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When the Philistine looked and saw David, he disdained him; for he was but a youth, and ruddy, with a handsome appearance.

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And when the Philistine looked about and saw David, he disdained him; for he was a youth, and ruddy, and besides of a beautiful countenance.

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The Philistine said to David, “Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.

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And the Philistine said to David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.

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The Philistine also said to David, “Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the sky and the beasts of the field.”

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And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh to the fowls of the heavens and to the beasts of the field.

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Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword, a spear, and a javelin, but I come to you in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have taunted.

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And David said to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with sword, and with spear, and with javelin; but I come to thee in the name of Jehovah of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.

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“This day the LORD will deliver you up into my hands, and I will strike you down and remove your head from you. And I will give the dead bodies of the army of the Philistines this day to the birds of the sky and the wild beasts of the earth, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel,

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This day will Jehovah deliver thee up into my hand; and I will smite thee, and take thy head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the camp of the Philistines this day to the fowl of the heavens and to the wild beasts of the earth. And all the earth shall know that Israel has a God;

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and that all this assembly may know that the LORD does not deliver by sword or by spear; for the battle is the LORD’S and He will give you into our hands.”

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and all this congregation shall know that Jehovah saves not with sword and spear; for the battle is Jehovah's, and he will give you into our hands.

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Then it happened when the Philistine rose and came and drew near to meet David, that David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet the Philistine.

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And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came and advanced to meet David, that David hasted, and ran towards the ranks to meet the Philistine.

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And David put his hand into his bag and took from it a stone and slung it, and struck the Philistine on his forehead. And the stone sank into his forehead, so that he fell on his face to the ground.

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And David put his hand into the bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, and the stone sank into his forehead; and he fell on his face to the earth.

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Thus David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone, and he struck the Philistine and killed him; but there was no sword in David’s hand.

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So David overcame the Philistine with a sling and a stone, and smote the Philistine and killed him; and there was no sword in the hand of David.

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Then David ran and stood over the Philistine and took his sword and drew it out of its sheath and killed him, and cut off his head with it. When the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled.

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And David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of its sheath, and killed him completely, and cut off his head with it. And when the Philistines saw that their hero was dead, they fled.

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The men of Israel and Judah arose and shouted and pursued the Philistines as far as the valley, and to the gates of Ekron. And the slain Philistines lay along the way to Shaaraim, even to Gath and Ekron.

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And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines, until thou comest to the ravine and to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell down on the way to Shaaraim, even to Gath, and to Ekron.

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The sons of Israel returned from chasing the Philistines and plundered their camps.

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And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they pillaged their camps.

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Then David took the Philistine’s head and brought it to Jerusalem, but he put his weapons in his tent.

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And David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armour in his tent.

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Now when Saul saw David going out against the Philistine, he said to Abner the commander of the army, “Abner, whose son is this young man?” And Abner said, “By your life, O king, I do not know.”

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Saul Notices David

And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this young man? And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell.

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The king said, “You inquire whose son the youth is.”

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And the king said, Inquire thou whose son this youth is.

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So when David returned from killing the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul with the Philistine’s head in his hand.

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And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

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Saul said to him, “Whose son are you, young man?” And David answered, “I am the son of your servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.”

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And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, young man? And David said, I am the son of thy servant Jesse the Beth-lehemite.

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