1 Sam 16:18 Then one of the young men said, "Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite who is a skillful musician, a mighty man of valor, a warrior, one prudent in speech, and a handsome man; and the LORD is with him."
1 Sam 16:19 So Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, "Send me your son David who is with the flock."
1 Sam 16:20 Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread and a jug of wine and a young goat, and sent them to Saul by David his son.
1 Sam 16:21 Then David came to Saul and attended him; and Saul loved him greatly, and he became his armor bearer.
1 Sam 16:22 Saul sent to Jesse, saying, "Let David now stand before me, for he has found favor in my sight."
1 Sam 16:23 So it came about whenever the evil spirit from God came to Saul, David would take the harp and play it with his hand; and Saul would be refreshed and be well, and the evil spirit would depart from him.
1 Sam 17:1 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.
1 Sam 17:2 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.
1 Sam 17:3 The Philistines stood on the mountain on one side while Israel stood on the mountain on the other side, with the valley between them.
1 Sam 17:4 Then a champion came out from the armies of the Philistines named Goliath, from Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.
1 Sam 17:5He had a bronze helmet on his head, and he was clothed with scale-armor which weighed five thousand shekels of bronze.
1 Sam 17:6He also had bronze greaves on his legs and a bronze javelin slung between his shoulders.
1 Sam 17:7 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.
1 Sam 17:8 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.
1 Sam 17:9 "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."
1 Sam 17:10 Again the Philistine said, "I defy the ranks of Israel this day; give me a man that we may fight together."
1 Sam 17:11 When Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, they were dismayed and greatly afraid.
1 Sam 17:12 ¶ 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.
1 Sam 17:13 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.
1 Sam 17:14 David was the youngest. Now the three oldest followed Saul,