1 Ajuntaram os filisteus as suas tropas para a guerra, e congregaram-se em Socó, que está em Judá, e acamparam-se entre Socó e Azeca, em Efes-Damim. 2 Porém Saul e os homens de Israel se ajuntaram, e acamparam no vale de Elá, e ali ordenaram a batalha contra os filisteus. 3 Estavam estes num monte do lado dalém, e os israelitas, no outro monte do lado daquém; e, entre eles, o vale.

4 Então, saiu do arraial dos filisteus um homem guerreiro, cujo nome era Golias, de Gate, da altura de seis côvados e um palmo. 5 Trazia na cabeça um capacete de bronze e vestia uma couraça de escamas cujo peso era de cinco mil siclos de bronze. 6 Trazia caneleiras de bronze nas pernas e um dardo de bronze entre os ombros. 7 A haste da sua lança era como o eixo do tecelão, e a ponta da sua lança, de seiscentos siclos de ferro; e diante dele ia o escudeiro. 8 Parou, clamou às tropas de Israel e disse-lhes: Para que saís, formando-vos em linha de batalha? Não sou eu filisteu, e vós, servos de Saul? Escolhei dentre vós um homem que desça contra mim. 9 Se ele puder pelejar comigo e me ferir, seremos vossos servos; porém, se eu o vencer e o ferir, então, sereis nossos servos e nos servireis. 10 Disse mais o filisteu: Hoje, afronto as tropas de Israel. Dai-me um homem, para que ambos pelejemos. 11 Ouvindo Saul e todo o Israel estas palavras do filisteu, espantaram-se e temeram muito.

12 Davi era filho daquele efrateu de Belém de Judá cujo nome era Jessé, que tinha oito filhos; nos dias de Saul, era já velho e adiantado em anos entre os homens. 13 Apresentaram-se os três filhos mais velhos de Jessé a Saul e o seguiram à guerra; chamavam-se: Eliabe, o primogênito, o segundo, Abinadabe, e o terceiro, Samá. 14 Davi era o mais moço; só os três maiores seguiram Saul. 15 Davi, porém, ia a Saul e voltava, para apascentar as ovelhas de seu pai, em Belém. 16 Chegava-se, pois, o filisteu pela manhã e à tarde; e apresentou-se por quarenta dias.

17 Disse Jessé a Davi, seu filho: Leva, peço-te, para teus irmãos um efa deste trigo tostado e estes dez pães e corre a levá-los ao acampamento, a teus irmãos. 18 Porém estes dez queijos, leva-os ao comandante de mil; e visitarás teus irmãos, a ver se vão bem; e trarás uma prova de como passam. 19 Saul, e eles, e todos os homens de Israel estão no vale de Elá, pelejando com os filisteus.

20 Davi, pois, no dia seguinte, se levantou de madrugada, deixou as ovelhas com um guarda, carregou-se e partiu, como Jessé lhe ordenara; e chegou ao acampamento quando já as tropas saíam para formar-se em ordem de batalha e, a gritos, chamavam à peleja. 21 Os israelitas e filisteus se puseram em ordem, fileira contra fileira. 22 Davi, deixando o que trouxera aos cuidados do guarda da bagagem, correu à batalha; e, chegando, perguntou a seus irmãos se estavam bem. 23 Estando Davi ainda a falar com eles, eis que vinha subindo do exército dos filisteus o duelista, cujo nome era Golias, o filisteu de Gate; e falou as mesmas coisas que antes falara, e Davi o ouviu.

24 Todos os israelitas, vendo aquele homem, fugiam de diante dele, e temiam grandemente, 25 e diziam uns aos outros: Vistes aquele homem que subiu? Pois subiu para afrontar a Israel. A quem o matar, o rei o cumulará de grandes riquezas, e lhe dará por mulher a filha, e à casa de seu pai isentará de impostos em Israel. 26 Então, falou Davi aos homens que estavam consigo, dizendo: Que farão àquele homem que ferir a este filisteu e tirar a afronta de sobre Israel? Quem é, pois, esse incircunciso filisteu, para afrontar os exércitos do Deus vivo? 27 E o povo lhe repetiu as mesmas palavras, dizendo: Assim farão ao homem que o ferir.

28 Ouvindo-o Eliabe, seu irmão mais velho, falar àqueles homens, acendeu-se-lhe a ira contra Davi, e disse: Por que desceste aqui? E a quem deixaste aquelas poucas ovelhas no deserto? Bem conheço a tua presunção e a tua maldade; desceste apenas para ver a peleja. 29 Respondeu Davi: Que fiz eu agora? Fiz somente uma pergunta. 30 Desviou-se dele para outro e falou a mesma coisa; e o povo lhe tornou a responder como dantes.

31 Ouvidas as palavras que Davi falara, anunciaram-nas a Saul, que mandou chamá-lo. 32 Davi disse a Saul: Não desfaleça o coração de ninguém por causa dele; teu servo irá e pelejará contra o filisteu. 33 Porém Saul disse a Davi: Contra o filisteu não poderás ir para pelejar com ele; pois tu és ainda moço, e ele, guerreiro desde a sua mocidade. 34 Respondeu Davi a Saul: Teu servo apascentava as ovelhas de seu pai; quando veio um leão ou um urso e tomou um cordeiro do rebanho, 35 eu saí após ele, e o feri, e livrei o cordeiro da sua boca; levantando-se ele contra mim, agarrei-o pela barba, e o feri, e o matei. 36 O teu servo matou tanto o leão como o urso; este incircunciso filisteu será como um deles, porquanto afrontou os exércitos do Deus vivo. 37 Disse mais Davi: O Senhor me livrou das garras do leão e das do urso; ele me livrará das mãos deste filisteu. Então, disse Saul a Davi: Vai-te, e o Senhor seja contigo. 38 Saul vestiu a Davi da sua armadura, e lhe pôs sobre a cabeça um capacete de bronze, e o vestiu de uma couraça. 39 Davi cingiu a espada sobre a armadura e experimentou andar, pois jamais a havia usado; então, disse Davi a Saul: Não posso andar com isto, pois nunca o usei. E Davi tirou aquilo de sobre si. 40 Tomou o seu cajado na mão, e escolheu para si cinco pedras lisas do ribeiro, e as pôs no alforje de pastor, que trazia, a saber, no surrão; e, lançando mão da sua funda, foi-se chegando ao filisteu.

41 O filisteu também se vinha chegando a Davi; e o seu escudeiro ia adiante dele. 42 Olhando o filisteu e vendo a Davi, o desprezou, porquanto era moço ruivo e de boa aparência. 43 Disse o filisteu a Davi: Sou eu algum cão, para vires a mim com paus? E, pelos seus deuses, amaldiçoou o filisteu a Davi. 44 Disse mais o filisteu a Davi: Vem a mim, e darei a tua carne às aves do céu e às bestas-feras do campo. 45 Davi, porém, disse ao filisteu: Tu vens contra mim com espada, e com lança, e com escudo; eu, porém, vou contra ti em nome do Senhor dos Exércitos, o Deus dos exércitos de Israel, a quem tens afrontado. 46 Hoje mesmo, o Senhor te entregará nas minhas mãos; ferir-te-ei, tirar-te-ei a cabeça e os cadáveres do arraial dos filisteus darei, hoje mesmo, às aves dos céus e às bestas-feras da terra; e toda a terra saberá que há Deus em Israel. 47 Saberá toda esta multidão que o Senhor salva, não com espada, nem com lança; porque do Senhor é a guerra, e ele vos entregará nas nossas mãos.

48 Sucedeu que, dispondo-se o filisteu a encontrar-se com Davi, este se apressou e, deixando as suas fileiras, correu de encontro ao filisteu. 49 Davi meteu a mão no alforje, e tomou dali uma pedra, e com a funda lha atirou, e feriu o filisteu na testa; a pedra encravou-se-lhe na testa, e ele caiu com o rosto em terra. 50 Assim, prevaleceu Davi contra o filisteu, com uma funda e com uma pedra, e o feriu, e o matou; porém não havia espada na mão de Davi. 51 Pelo que correu Davi, e, lançando-se sobre o filisteu, tomou-lhe a espada, e desembainhou-a, e o matou, cortando-lhe com ela a cabeça. Vendo os filisteus que era morto o seu herói, fugiram. 52 Então, os homens de Israel e Judá se levantaram, e jubilaram, e perseguiram os filisteus, até Gate e até às portas de Ecrom. E caíram filisteus feridos pelo caminho, de Saaraim até Gate e até Ecrom. 53 Então, voltaram os filhos de Israel de perseguirem os filisteus e lhes despojaram os acampamentos. 54 Tomou Davi a cabeça do filisteu e a trouxe a Jerusalém; porém as armas dele pô-las Davi na sua tenda.

55 Quando Saul viu sair Davi a encontrar-se com o filisteu, disse a Abner, o comandante do exército: De quem é filho este jovem, Abner? Respondeu Abner: Tão certo como tu vives, ó rei, não o sei. 56 Disse o rei: Pergunta, pois, de quem é filho este jovem. 57 Voltando Davi de haver ferido o filisteu, Abner o tomou e o levou à presença de Saul, trazendo ele na mão a cabeça do filisteu. 58 Então, Saul lhe perguntou: De quem és filho, jovem? Respondeu Davi: Filho de teu servo Jessé, belemita.

1 Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongs to Judah, and pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephesdammim.

2 And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines.

3 And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.

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

5 And he had an helmet of brass on his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.

6 And he had greaves of brass on his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders.

7 And the staff of his spear was like a weaver' beam; and his spear' head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him.

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

9 If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your servants: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall you be our servants, and serve us.

10 And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.

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

12 Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehemjudah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.

13 And the three oldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.

14 And David was the youngest: and the three oldest followed Saul.

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

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

17 And Jesse said to David his son, Take now for your brothers an ephah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp of your brothers;

18 And carry these ten cheeses to the captain of their thousand, and look how your brothers fare, and take their pledge.

19 Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.

20 And 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.

21 For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army against army.

22 And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage, and ran into the army, and came and saluted his brothers.

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

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

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

26 And David spoke to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that kills 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?

27 And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that kills him.

28 And Eliab his oldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab' anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why came you down here? and with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride, and the naughtiness of your heart; for you are come down that you might see the battle.

29 And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause?

30 And he turned from him toward another, and spoke after the same manner: and the people answered him again after the former manner.

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

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

33 And Saul said to David, You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him: for you are but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.

34 And David said to Saul, Your servant kept his father' sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:

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

36 Your servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he has defied the armies of the living God.

37 David said moreover, The LORD that 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 the LORD be with you.

38 And Saul armed David with his armor, and he put an helmet of brass on his head; also he armed him with a coat of mail.

39 And David girded his sword on his armor, and he assayed to go; for he had not proved it. And David said to Saul, I cannot go with these; for I have not proved them. And David put them off him.

40 And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd' bag which he had, even in a money; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine.

41 And the Philistine came on and drew near to David; and the man that bore the shield went before him.

42 And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him: for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance.

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

44 And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field.

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

46 This day will the LORD deliver you into my hand; and I will smite you, and take your head from you; and I will give the carcasses of the host of the Philistines this day to the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.

47 And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saves not with sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD', and he will give you into our hands.

48 And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came, and drew near to meet David, that David hastened, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine.

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

50 So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David.

51 Therefore David ran, and stood on the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled.

52 And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines, until you come to the valley, and to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even to Gath, and to Ekron.

53 And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they spoiled their tents.

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

55 And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? And Abner said, As your soul lives, O king, I cannot tell.

56 And the king said, Inquire you whose son the stripling is.

57 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.

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