^{1 Ref} Now the Philistines got their armies together for war, and came together at Socoh in the land of Judah, and took up their position between Socoh and Azekah in Ephes-dammim.

^{2 Ref} And Saul and the men of Israel came together and took up their position in the valley of Elah, and put their forces in order against the Philistines.

³ The Philistines were stationed on the mountain on one side and Israel on the mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.

^{4 Ref} And a fighter came out from the tents of the Philistines, named Goliath of Gath; he was more than six cubits tall.

⁵ And he had a head-dress of brass on his head, and he was dressed in a coat of metal, the weight of which was five thousand shekels of brass.

^{6 Ref} His legs were covered with plates of brass and hanging on his back was a javelin of brass.

^{7 Ref} The stem of his spear was as long as a cloth-worker's rod, and its head was made of six hundred shekels' weight of iron: and one went before him with his body-cover.

^{8 Ref} He took up his position and in a loud voice said to the armies of Israel, Why have you come out to make war? Am I not a Philistine and you servants of Saul? Send out a man for yourselves and let him come down to me.

^{9 Ref} If he is able to have a fight with me and overcome me, then we will be your servants: but if I am able to overcome him, then you will be our servants and do work for us.

^{10 Ref} And the Philistine said, I have put to shame the armies of Israel this day; give me a man so that we may have a fight together.

^{11 Ref} And Saul and all Israel, hearing those words of the Philistine, were troubled and full of fear.

^{12 Ref} Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth-lehem-judah named Jesse, who had eight sons; and he was an old man in Saul's day, and far on in years.

^{13 Ref} And the three oldest sons of Jesse had gone with Saul to the fight: the names of the three who went to the fight were Eliab, the oldest, and Abinadab the second, and Shammah the third.

^{14 Ref} And David was the youngest: and the three oldest were with Saul's army.

^{15 Ref} Now David went to and from Saul, looking after his father's sheep at Beth-lehem.

^{16 Ref} And the Philistine came near every morning and evening for forty days.

^{17 Ref} And Jesse said to his son David, Take now for your brothers an ephah of this dry grain and these ten cakes of bread, and go quickly with them to the tents to your brothers;

^{18 Ref} And take these ten cheeses to the captain of their thousand, and see how your brothers are and come back with a sign to say how they are.