AThe Philistynes gathered their hoost
to þe; battayl, and came together to
Socho in Iuda, ∧ pitched their tentes
betwene Socho ∧ Aseka, at the ende of
Damin. But Saul ∧ the m&ebar; of Israel came
together, ∧ pitched in the Oke valley, ∧ prepared
them selues to the battayll agaynst
the Philistynes. And the Philistynes stode
vpon a hyll on the one syde, and the Israelites
vpon a hyll on the other syde, so that there
was a valley betwene them.
Then stepte there forth from am&obar;ge the
Philistynes a stoute bolde man, named Goliath
of note Gath, sixe cubites and an hande
breth hye, and had an helmet of stele on his
heade, and a fast habergion vpon him, and
the weight of his habergion was fyue thousande
Sicles of stele, and harnesse of stele
had he vpon his legges, and a shylde of stele
vpon his shulders: and the shaft of his
speare was like a weuers lome, and the yron
of his speare had sixe hundreth Sicles of
yron, and his wapen bearer wente before
him.
B And he stode and called vnto the hoost of
Israel, and sayde vnto them: Wherfore are
ye come forth to prepare youre selues to the
battayll? Am not I a Philistyne, and ye the
seruauntes of Saul? Chose one amonge you
to come downe vnto me: yf he can fighte agaynst
me and slaye me, then wil we be youre
seruauntes: but yf I can ouercome him
and slaye him, then shal ye be oure seruauntes,
to do vs seruyce. And the Philistyne sayde:
I haue spok&ebar; di&esset;danedly vnto the hoost
of Israel this daye. Geue me one, and let vs
fighte together. Whan Saul and all Israel
herde these wordes of þe; Philistyne, they were
astonnyed, and sore afrayed.
But Dauid was the sonne of a man of
Ephrata of Bethleem Iuda, whose name
was Isai, which had eight sonnes, and was
an olde man in Sauls tyme, and was well
strycken in age amonge men. And the thre eldest
sonnes of Isai were gone with Saul
to the battayll. And there names were these:
Eliab the first borne, Abinadab the seconde,
and Samma the thirde. But Dauid was
the yongest of all. So whan the thre eldest
were gone with Saul to the battayll, Dauid
wente agayne from Saul, to kepe his fathers
shepe at Bethleem. But the Philistyne
stepte forth early in the mornynge and at
euen, and stode there fortye dayes.
C Isai sayde vnto Dauid his sonne: Take
this Epha of firmentye for thy brethren,
and these ten loaues of bred (and runne to
the hoost vnto thy brethren) ∧ these ten new
cheses, and brynge them to þe; captayne, and
loke how thy brethren do, whether it go well
with them or no, and take what they byd
the. But Saul and they, and all the men of
Israel were in the Oke valley, and foughte
agaynst the Philistynes.
Then Dauid gat him vp early in the mornynge,
and commytted the shepe to þe; keper,
and toke his burthen, wente his waye, as
Isai commaunded him, and came to the t&ebar;t.
And the hoost was gone forth, and had prepared
them selues, and cried in the battayl:
For Israel had set them selues in araye, and
the Philistynes were agaynst their hoost in
their araye also.
Then lefte Dauid the vessell that he bare,
with the keper of the stuffe, and ranne to
the hoost, and wente in, and saluted his brethren.
And whyle he was yet talkynge with
them, beholde, then came vp the stoute bolde
man, whose name was Goliath, the Philistine
of Gath, out of the Philistynes hoost,
and spake like as afore, and Dauid herde it.
But euery man of Israel, whan he sawe the
man, fled from him, and was sore afrayed of
him.
And euery man in Israel sayde: Haue ye
sene the man commynge vp hither? For he
is come vp hither, to speake di&esset;danedly vnto
Israel. And who so euer smyteth him, him
wyll the kynge make ryche, and geue him
his doughter, and make his fathers house
fre in Israel.
D Then sayde Dauid vnto the men that stode
by him: What shalbe done to the man,
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that smyteth this Philistyne, and turneth
this shame awaye from Israel? For what
is he this Philistyne this vncirc&ubar;cysed, that
defyeth the hoost of þe; lyuynge God? Then
the people tolde him as afore. Thus shall it
be done vnto þe; man that smyteth him. And
Eliab his greater brother herde him talke
with the men, and was very wroth agaynst
Dauid, and sayde: Wherfore art thou come
downe? and why hast thou left a fewe shepe
in the wyldernesse? I knowe thy presumptuousnesse
well ynough, and the wickednesse
of thine hert: for thou art come downe to se
the battayll. Dauid answered: What haue
I downe now? Is there not an occasion?
And he turned him selfe from him vnto another,
and spake acordinge as he had sayde before.
Then the people answered him like as
afore.
And whan they herde the wordes which
Dauid sayde, they tolde them in the presence
of Saul, and he caused him be fetched.
And Dauid sayde vnto Saul: Let no mans
hert be discoraged because of him. Thy seruaunt
shall go, and fighte with the Philistyne.
Neuertheles Saul sayde vnto Dauid:
Thou art not able to go agaynst this Phylistyne
to fighte with him, for thou art but a
childe: but this is a man of warre from his
youth vp.
E Dauid sayde vnto Saul: Thy seruaunt
kepte his fathers shepe, and there came a
lyon and a Bere, and caried awaye a shepe
from the flocke, then wente I forth after
him, and smote him, and delyuered it out of
his mouth. noteAnd whan he wolde haue bene
vpon me, I toke him by his beerde, and
smote him, and slewe him. So thy seruaunt
smote both the Lyon and þe; Bere. Therfore
shall this Philistyne this vncircumcysed be
euen as one of them: for he hath defyed the
hoost of the lyuynge God. And Dauid sayde:
The LORDE that delyuered me from þe;
Lyon and Beer, shall delyuer me also from
this Philistyne.
And Saul sayde vnto Dauid: Go thy
waye, the LORDE be with the. And Saul
clothed Dauid with his clothes, and set an
helmet of stele vpon his heade, and put an
habergion vp&obar; him. And Dauid girded his
swerde aboue his clothes, and beganne to
go, for he had neuer bene vsed to it afore.
Then sayde Dauid vnto Saul: I can not go
thus, for I haue not bene vsed to it, and so
he laied it from him, and toke his staff in his
hande, and chose fyue slighte stones out of
the ryuer, and put them in the shepardes
bagge which he had by him, and toke a slynge
in his hande, and made him to the Philistyne.
And the Philistyne wente forth, and
made him to Dauid, and his wapen bearer
before him.
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F Now whan the Philistyne loked ∧ sawe
Dauid, he thoughte scorne of him: for he
was but a childe, well coloured, and beutyfull
to loke vpon. And the Philistyne sayde
vnto Dauid: Am I a dogg then, that thou
commest vnto me with a staffe? And he cursed
Dauid by his God, and sayde vnto Dauid:
Come hither to me, I wil geue thy flesh
to the foules vnder the heauen, and to the
beastes in the felde. Neuertheles Dauid sayde
vnto the Philistyne: Thou commest vnto
me with swerde, speare and shylde. But I
come vnto the in the name of the LORDE
Zebaoth the God of the hoost of Israel,
whom thou hast despysed. This daye shall
the LORDE delyuer the in to my h&abar;de, that
I maye smyte the, and take thy heade from
the, and geue the bodies of the hoost of the
Philistynes this daye vnto the foules vnder
the heauen, and to the wylde beestes vpon
the earth, that all the londe maye knowe þt;
Israel hath a God. And all this congregacion
shal knowe, that the LORDE saueth nether
thorow swerde ner speare: for the battayll
is the LORDES, ∧ he shal delyuer you
in to oure handes.
Now whan the Philistyne gat him vp,
and wente forth and drue nye vnto Dauid,
Dauid made haiste, and ranne from þe; hoost
vnto the Philistyne. And Dauid put his h&abar;de
in his bagg, and toke out a stone, ∧ thrue
it with the slynge, note and hytt the Philistyne
euen in the fore heade, so that the stone stacke
in his fore heade, and he fell downe to the
grounde vpon his face.
G So Dauid ouercame þe; Philistyne with
the slynge and with þe; stone, and smote him,
and slewe him. And for so moch as Dauid
had no swerde in his hande, he ranne and
stode ouer þe; Philistyne, note and toke his swerde,
-- --
and drue it out of the sheeth, and slewe
him, and smote of his heade withall. Whan
the Philistynes sawe that the strongest of
them was deed, note they fled. And the men of
Israel and Iuda gat th&ebar; vp, and cryed and
folowed vpon the Philistynes, tyll they came
vnto the valley, and to the Portes of
Ekron. And the Philistynes fell downe slayne
vnto Gath and to Ekron. And the children
of Israel turned agayne from chasynge
of the Philistynes, and spoyled their tentes.
But Dauid toke the heade of the Philistyne,
and broughte it vnto Ierusalem, as
for is armoure, he layed it in his tente.
Whan Saul sawe Dauid go forth agaynst
the Philistyne, he saide vnto note Abner
his chefe captayne: Abner, whose sonne is
this childe? Abner sayde: As truly as thy
soule lyueth O kynge, I wote not. The kynge
sayde: Axe th&ebar; whose sonne the yonge
m&abar; is. Now whan Dauid came agayne from
the slaughter of the Philistyne, Abner toke
him, and broughte him before Saul, and he
had the Philistynes heade in his hande.
And Saul sayde vnto him: Whose sonne
art thou, thou yonge man? Dauid sayde: I
am a sonne of thy seruaunt Isai the Bethleemite.
