1 Samuel 17:1-16.
1 Samuel 17:1-16
Goliath Challenges Israel's Army
"The Philistines got ready for war and brought their troops together
to attack the town of Socoh in Judah. They set up camp at
Ephes-Dammim, between Socoh and Azekah. - King Saul and the Israelite
army set up camp on a hill overlooking Elah Valley, and they got ready
to fight the Philistine army that was on a hill on the other side of
the valley. The Philistine army had a hero named Goliath who was from
the town of Gath and was over nine feet tall. - He wore a bronze
helmet and had bronze armor to protect his chest and legs. The chest
armor alone weighed about one hundred twenty-five pounds. He carried a
bronze sword strapped on his back, and his spear was so big that the
iron spearhead alone weighed more than fifteen pounds. A soldier
always walked in front of Goliath to carry his shield.
Goliath went out and shouted to the army of Israel:
Why are you lining up for battle? I'm the best soldier in our army,
and all of you are in Saul's army. Choose your best soldier to come
out and fight me! If he can kill me, our people will be your slaves.
But if I kill him, your people will be our slaves. Here and now I
challenge Israel's whole army! Choose someone to fight me! Saul and
his men heard what Goliath said, but they were so frightened of
Goliath that they couldn't do a thing.
David Decides to Challenge Goliath
David's father Jesse was an old man, who belonged to the Ephrath clan
and lived in Bethlehem in Judah. Jesse had eight sons: - the oldest
was Eliab, the next was Abinadab, and Shammah was the third. The three
of them had gone off to fight in Saul's army. David was Jesse's
youngest son. He took care of his father's sheep, and he went back
and forth between Bethlehem and Saul's camp. Goliath came out and gave
his challenge every morning and every evening for forty days."
God bless you.
Goliath Challenges Israel's Army
"The Philistines got ready for war and brought their troops together
to attack the town of Socoh in Judah. They set up camp at
Ephes-Dammim, between Socoh and Azekah. - King Saul and the Israelite
army set up camp on a hill overlooking Elah Valley, and they got ready
to fight the Philistine army that was on a hill on the other side of
the valley. The Philistine army had a hero named Goliath who was from
the town of Gath and was over nine feet tall. - He wore a bronze
helmet and had bronze armor to protect his chest and legs. The chest
armor alone weighed about one hundred twenty-five pounds. He carried a
bronze sword strapped on his back, and his spear was so big that the
iron spearhead alone weighed more than fifteen pounds. A soldier
always walked in front of Goliath to carry his shield.
Goliath went out and shouted to the army of Israel:
Why are you lining up for battle? I'm the best soldier in our army,
and all of you are in Saul's army. Choose your best soldier to come
out and fight me! If he can kill me, our people will be your slaves.
But if I kill him, your people will be our slaves. Here and now I
challenge Israel's whole army! Choose someone to fight me! Saul and
his men heard what Goliath said, but they were so frightened of
Goliath that they couldn't do a thing.
David Decides to Challenge Goliath
David's father Jesse was an old man, who belonged to the Ephrath clan
and lived in Bethlehem in Judah. Jesse had eight sons: - the oldest
was Eliab, the next was Abinadab, and Shammah was the third. The three
of them had gone off to fight in Saul's army. David was Jesse's
youngest son. He took care of his father's sheep, and he went back
and forth between Bethlehem and Saul's camp. Goliath came out and gave
his challenge every morning and every evening for forty days."
God bless you.
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