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and there was a Valley be- are come to a PERPETUAL END: and thou haft deftroyed Cities, their Mxtween them. MORIAL is perifhed with them.

4 And there went out a Champion out of the Camp of the Philistines, named Goliah, of Gath, whofe Height was fix Cubits and a Span.

5 And he had an Helmet of Brass upon his Head, and he was armed with a Coat of Mail and the Weight of the Coat was five thousand Shekels of Brafs.

6 And he had Greaves of Brafs upon his Legs, and a Target of Brafs between his Shoulders.

7 And the Staff of his Spear was like a Weaver's Beam, and his Spear's Head weighed fix hundred Shekels of Iron: and One bearing a Shield. went before him.

8 And he stood and cried unto the Armies of Ifrael, and faid unto them, Why are ye come out to fet your Battle in aray? Am not I a Philiftine, and you Servants to Saul? chufe 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 fhall ye be our Servants, and ferve us.

10 And the Philiftine faid, I defie the Armies of Ifrael

7 But the LORD fhall endure for ever: he hath prepared his THкONE for JUDGMENT

8 And he fhall judge the WORLD in RIGHTEOUSNESS, he fhall MINISTER Judgment to the PEOPLE in UPRIGHT

NESS.

9 The LORD alfo will be a REFUGE

for the OPPRESSED, a REFUGE in Times of Trouble.

10 And they that KNOW thy NAME will put their Truft in thee: for thou, LORD, haft not FORSAKEN them that SEEK Thee.

11 Sing PRAISES to the LORD, which dwelleth in ZION: declare among the People his Doings.

12 When he maketh INQUISITION for Blood, he remembreth them: he forgetteth not the Cry of the HUMBLE.

13 Have Mercy upon me, O LORD, confider my Trouble which I fuffer of them that hate me, thou that LIFTEST me up from the GATES of

DEATH:

14 That I may fhew forth all thy Praife in the Gates of the Daughter of Zion: I will rejoyce in thy Salva

tion.

Is The Heathen are funk down in the Pit that they made in the Net which they hid, is their own Foot

taken.

16 The LORD is known by the Judgment which he executeth: the Wicked is fnared in the Work of his Own Hands.

17 The Wicked fhall be turned into Hell, and all the Nations that

forget GOD.

18 For the Needy fhall not alway be forgotten: the Expectation of the Poor thall not perish for ever. prevail, let the Heathen be judged in thy fight.

19 Arife, O LORD, let not Man

20 Put them in fear, O LORD: that the Nations may know them

felves to be but Men.

this Day; give me a Man, that we may fight together.

11 When Saul and all Ifrael heard thofe Words of the Phi

liftine, they were difmayed, and greatly afraid.

12 Now

12 Now David was the fon of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem-judah, whofe name was Jeffe, and he had eight fons: and the Man went among Men for an old Man in the Days of Saul.

13 And the three eldest fons of Jeffe went, and followed Saul to the Battle: and the Names of his three Sons that went to the Battle, were Eliab the first-born, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.

14 And David was the youngeft: and the three eldeft followed Saul.

15 But David went and returned from Saul to feed his Father's Sheep at Beth-lehem.

16 And the Philiftine drew near Morning and Evening, and prefented himself forty Days.

17 And Jeffe faid 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.

18 And carry these ten Cheefes unto the Captain of their thoufand, and look how thy Brethren fare, and take their Pledge,

19 Now Saul, and they, and all the Men of Ifrael were in the Valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.

20 And David rofe up early in the Morning, and left the Sheep with a Keeper, and took and went, as Jeffe had commanded him; and he came to the Trench, as the Hoft was going forth to the Fight, and fhouted for the Battle.

21 For Ifrael and the Philiftines had put the Battle in aray, 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 faluted his Brethren.

23 And as he talked with them, behold there came up the Champion, (the Philiftine of Gath, Goliah by Name) out of the Armies of the Philiftines, and fpake according to the fame Words and David heard them.

24 And all the Men of Ifrael, when they faw the Man, fled from him, and were fore afraid.

25 And the Men of Ifrael faid, Have ye feen this Man that is come up? furely to defy Ifrael is he come up and it fhall be that the Man who killeth him, the King will enrich him with great Riches, and will give him his Daughter, and make his Father's Houfe free in Ifrael.

26 And David fpake to the Men that stood by him, fay

ing, What shall be done to the Man that killeth this Philiftine, and taketh away the Reproach from Ifrael? for who is this uncircumcifed Philiftine, that he should defy the Armies of the LIVING GOD?

27 And the People answered him after this manner, faying, So fhall it be done to the Man that killeth him.

28 And Eliab his eldest Brother heard when he spake unto the Men; and Eliab's Anger was kindled against David, and he faid, Why cameft thou down hither? and with whom haft 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.

29 And David faid, What have I now done? Is there not a Cause?

30 And he turned from him towards another, and spake after the fame manner: and the People anfwered him again after the former manner.

31 And when the Words were heard which David spake, they rehearfed them before Saul: and he fent for him.

32 And David faid to Saul, Let no Man's Heart fail because of him; thy Servant will go and fight with this Philiftine.

33 And Saul faid to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philiftine, to fight with him for thou art but a Youth, and he a Man of War from his youth.

34 And David faid unto Saul, Thy Servant kept his Father's Sheep, and there came a LION, and a BEAR, and took a LAMB out of the Flock :

* John x. 28 I give unto them ETERNAL LIFE; and they shall never PERISH, neither shall any PLUCK them out of my Hand.

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 fmote him, and flew him. 36 Thy Servant flew both the LION and the BEAR: and this uncircumcifed PHILISTINE fhall be as one of them, seeing he hath DEFIED the Armies of the LIVING GOD.

29 MY FATHER which gave THEM me, is GREATER than all and none is able to pluck them out of my Father's Hand.

37 David faid 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 faid unto David, Go, and the LORD be with thee.

38 And Saul armed David with his Armour, and he put an Helmet of Brafs upon his Head, and alfo he armed him with a Coat of Mail.

39 And David girded his Sword upon his Armour, and he affayed to go, for he had not proved it and David faid unto Saul, I cannot go with thefe: 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 fmooth Stones out of the Brook, and put them in a Shepherd's Bag which he had, even in a Scrip, and his Sling was in his Hand, and he drew near to the Philistine.

41 And the Philiftine came on, and drew near unto David, and the Man that bare the Shield went before him.

42 And when the Philiftine looked about and faw David, he difdained him: for he was but a Youth, and ruddy, and of a fair Countenance.

43 And the Philiftine faid unto David, Am I a Dog, that thou comeft to me with Staves? and the Philiftine curfed David by his Gods.

44 And the Philiftine faid to David, Come to me, and I will give thy Flesh unto the Fowls of the Air, and to the Beafts of the Field.

45 Then faid David to the Philiftine, Thou comest to me with a Sword, and with a Spear, and with a Shield; but I come to thee in the Name of the LORD of HOSTS, the God of the ARMIES of ISRAEL, whom thou hast defied.

46 This Day will the LORD deliver thee into mine. Hand, and I will fmite thee, and take thine Head from thee, and I will give the Carcafes of the Hoft of the Philistines this Day unto 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 Ifrael.

47 And all this Affembly fhall know that the LORD faveth not with Sword and Spear: for the Battle is the LORD's, and he will give you into our Hands.

48 And it came to pafs when the Philiftine arofe, and came and drew nigh to meet David, that David hafted, and ran toward the Army to meet the Philiftine.

49 And David put his Hand in his Bag, and took thence a Stone, and flang it, and fmote the Philistine in his Forehead, that the Stone funk into his Forehead; and he fell upon his Face to the Earth.

50 So David prevailed over the Philiftine with a Sling and with a Stone, and fmote the Philiftine, and flew him; but there was no Sword in the Hand of David.

51 Therefore David ran and ftood upon the Philiftine, and took his Sword, and drew it out of the Sheath thereof, and flew him, and cut off his Head therewith. And when the Philistines faw their Champion was dead, they fled.

52 And the Men of Ifrael and of Judah arofe, and fhouted, and purfued the Philiftines until thou come to the Valley, and to the Gates of Ekron: and the Wounded of the Philistines fell down by the Way to Shaaraim, even unto Gath, and unto Ekron.

53 And the Children of Ifrael returned from chafing after the Philistines, and they spoiled their Tents.

54 And David took the Head of the Philiftine, and brought it to Jerufalem; but he put his Armour in his

Tent.

55 And when Saul faw David go forth against the Philiftine, he faid unto Abner the Captain of the Hoft, Abner, whofe Son is this Youth? and Abner faid, As thy Soul liveth, O King, I cannot tell.

56 And the King faid, Enquire thou whofe Son the Stripling is.

57 And as David returned from the Slaughter of the Phi liftine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul, with the Head of the Philiftine in his Hand.

58 And Saul faid to him, Whofe Son art thou, thou young Man? And David anfwered, I am the Son of thy Servant Jeffe the Beth-lehemite.

CHA P. XVIII.

1 Jonathan loveth David: 5 Saul envying his Praife, 10 feeketh to kill him in his Fury: 12 Fearing him for his good Success, 17 he offereth him bis Daughter for a Snare.

Ver. 1 AND it came to pafs when he had made an end of

A fpeaking unto Saul, that the Soul of Jonathan

was knit with the Soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own Soul.

2 And Saul took him that Day, more home to his Father's Houfe.

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