A   The Philistines geathered their hoste to battel, and came together to Socoth which is in Iuda, and pitched betwene Sococh ∧ Azekah, in þe; coast of Dammin. And Saul and the m&ebar; of Israel came together, and pitched in the Oke valley, and put them selues in araye, to fyght agaynst the Philistines. And the Philistines stode on an hyll on the one syde, and Israel stode on an hyll on the other syde; and there was a valeye betwene them: And there came a man betwene them both, out of the tentes of the Philistines, named Goliath ^note of Gath syxe cubytes and an handbredth l&obar;ge, and had an helmet of brasse vpon hys heed, and a coate of mayle about hym. And the weyght of hys coate of mayle was fyue thousande sykles of brasse. And he had bootes of brasse vpon his legges, and a shylde of brasse vpon his shoulders. And the shafte of his spere was like a weuers beame. And his speare heed weyed .vj. h&ubar;dred sikles of yron. And one bearynge a shylde went before hym.

And he stode and cryed agaynst the hoste of Israel, ∧ sayde vnto th&ebar;: Why are ye come out in araye to battell? am not I a Philistine and you serua&ubar;tes to Saul? chose you a m&abar; from amonge you, ∧ lett him come downe to me. And yf he be able to fyght with me, ∧ to beate me, then will we be youre seruauntes. B   But yf I can ouercome him and beate him, then shall ye be oure seruauntes, ∧ serue vs. And the Philistine sayde: I defye the host of Israel this daye, geue me a man, þt; we maye fight together: When Saul and all Israel hearde those wordes of the Philistine, they Goliath. were discouraged, ∧ greatly afrayed. Dauid was the sonne of an Ephrathite (of wh&obar; m&ebar;cyon is made afore) of Bethlehem Iuda, named Isai, whych had eight sonnes. And was an olde man in the dayes of Saul, and came to age amonge men. And the thre eldest sonnes of Isai went, and folowed Saul to the battell. And the names of hys thre sonnes that went to battell, were: Eliab the eldest, ∧ the next, Abinadab, and the thyrde S&abar;ma, and Dauid was þe; least. And the thre eldest went after Saul. Dauid also went and departed fr&obar; Saul, to fede his fathers shepe at Bethlehem. And the Philistine came forth in the mornynge and euenynge, and &rhand; continued fourtye dayes.

And Isai sayde vnto Dauid his sonne take for thy brethr&ebar; an Epha of this parched corne and these ten loaues, and brynge it vnto the hoste to thy brethr&ebar;. And carye these ten freshe cheses vnto þe; captayne, ∧ loke howe thy brethren fare, and &rhand; fett out their pledge. And Saul and they, and all the m&ebar; of Israel were in the oke valey, fightinge with þe; Philistines. And Dauid rose vp erlye in the mornynge, and lefte þe; shepe with a keper, ∧ toke and went as Isai had comma&ubar;ded him, and came with in þe; compasse of the host. And the hoste went out in araye, and showted in the battell: C   for Israel ∧ the Philistines had put th&ebar; selues in araye, the one agaynst þe; other. And Dauid toke downe the gear from him, and put them vnder the handes of the keper of the vessels, ∧ ranne into þe; hoste, and came, and saluted his brethren. And as he talked &wt; them, Beholde: there stode a m&abar; in the myddes (Goliath þe; Philistine by name) of Gath out of the araye of the Philistines, ∧ spake of the maner aboue rehersed, that Dauid hearde it. And all the men of Israel, when they sawe the man, ranne awaye from hym, and were sore afrayed. And euery man of Israel sayde: Sawe ye thys man come forth? euen to reuyle Israel is he come. ^noteAnd to hym þt; beateth hym, wyll the kynge geue great ryches, and will geue him his daughter therto: yee ∧ make his fathers house fre in Israel.

And Dauid spake to the men that stode by, and sayde: What shalbe done to the man that beateth this Philistine, ∧ taketh awaye the shame fr&obar; Israel? And what is thys vncircumcised Philistine, that he shulde reuyle the hoste of the lyuinge God? And the people answered him (after this maner,) sayinge: so shall it be done to the m&abar;, that beateth hym. D   And Eliab his eldest brother hearde wh&ebar; he spake vnto the men, and Eliab was angrye &wt; Dauid, and sayde: Why camest þu; downe hither? and with whom hast thou lefte those few shepe in þe; wildernesse? I know thy pryde, and the malyce of thyne herte, þt; thou art come downe to se þe; battell. And Dauid sayd:

Goliath. And what haue I nowe done? is there not a worde ? And he departed from hym into the presence of another, and spake of þe; same maner, and the people answered hym agayne, as before.

And they that hearde the wordes whych Dauid spake, rehearsed them before Saul, which caused him to be fett. And Dauid sayd to Saul: Let no mannes hert fayle hym because of him. Thy seruaunt wyll go, ∧ fyght with yonder Philistine. And Saul sayde to Dauid agayne: þu; art not able to go agaynst yonder Philistine, to fyght &wt; him. For thou art but a chylde, but he is a m&abar; of warre eu&ebar; fr&obar; his youth. Dauid answered vnto Saul. Thy seruaunt kept his fathers shepe, ∧ there came ^note a Lyon and lykewise a Beare, ∧ toke a shepe out of the flocke. And I went out after him, and smote hym, and toke it out of his mouth. And when he arose agaynst me, I caught him by the bearde, and smote hym, ∧ slue hym. E   And so thy seruaunt slue the Lyon ∧ þe; beare (also) hath thy serua&ubar;t slayne. And truly thys vncirc&ubar;cised Philistine shalbe as one of th&ebar; (Now, wyll I go, ∧ take awaye the rebuke of the people, for what is thys vncircumcysed Philistine?) seynge he hath rayled on the hoste of þe; lyuing God. And Dauid spake moreouer: the Lorde that deliuered me out of the hande of þe; Lyon ∧ out of the hande of þe; beare, he shall delyuer me also out of the hande of this Philistine:

And Saul sayde vnto Dauid: go, and the Lorde shall be with the. And Saul put hys rayment vpon Dauid, and put an helmet of brasse vpon hys heed, ∧ put a coate of mayle vp&obar; him, and gyrded Dauid with hys awne swerde vpon his rayment And he assayed to go. And because he neuer proued it, Dauid sayde vnto Saul: I cannot go with these, for I haue not vsed myselfe therto: and Dauid put them of hym, and toke hys staffe in hys hande, and chose him fyue smoth stones oute of a broke, and put th&ebar; in a sheperdes bagge which he had, ∧ in a slynge poke: ∧ his slynge was in his h&abar;de, ∧ he went to the Philistine.

And the Philistine came and drue nere agaynst Dauid, and the man þt; bare the shilde went before hym. And when the Philistine loked aboute, F   and sawe Dauid, he disdayned him, for he was but y&obar;ge, and well coloured, and goodlye to loke vpon. And the Philistine said vnto Dauid: am I a dogge, that thou comest to me with a staffe? and the Philistine cursed Dauid in the name of his goddes. And the Philistine sayde to Dauid: come to me, ∧ I wyll geue thy fleshe vnto the foules of the ayre, ∧ to the beastes of the felde. Then sayde Dauid to the Philistine: thou comest to me wyth a swerde, a speare and a shylde: But I come to the in the name of the Lord of hostes, the God of the hoste of Israel, whom thou hast rayled vpon. This daye shall the Lorde delyuer the into my hande, and I shall smyte the, ∧ take thine heed from the, and wyll geue þe; karcases of the hoste of the Philistines thys daye vnto the foules of the ayre, and to the beastes of the erth, that all they whych be in the worlde, maye knowe, that there is a God in Israel. And all thys congregacyon shall knowe, that the Lord saueth not with swerd and speare. For þe; battell is the Lordes, and he shall geue you into oure handes.

And wh&ebar; the Philistine arose to come and drawe nie vnto Dauid, Dauid hasted, ∧ r&abar;ne into the battayll euen agaynst the Philistine. And Dauid put his hande in hys bagge, and toke out a stone, and slange it, ∧ smote the Philistine in his forheed, þt; the stone souncke into his forheed ^note and he felle grouelynge to the erth. And so Dauid ouercame the Philistine with a slyng and a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slue hym, euen whan Dauid had no swerde in hys hande. But Dauid r&abar;ne, and stode vpon the Philistine, G   ∧ toke hys swerde, and drue it out of hys sheth, and slue hym, ∧ cutte of hys heed therwith. And when the Philistines sawe, that theyr champyon was deed ^note they fled. And the men of Israel and of Iuda arose, and showted, ∧ folowed after the Philistines, vntyll they came to the valeye, and vnto the gates of Akaron. And the Philistines fell downe wounded by the waye to Saaraiim, euen vnto Gath ∧ Akaron. And the chyldren of Israel returned fr&obar; chasynge after the Philistines, and spoyled theyr tentes. And Dauid toke the heed of the Philistine, and brought it to Ierusal&ebar;: But he put his armoure in hys tente.

When Saul sawe Dauid go forth agaynst the Philistine, he sayde vnto ^note Abner þe; captayne of his hoste: Abner, whose sonne is this yong man? Abner answered: as truly as thy soule lyueth (O kynge) I c&abar;not tell. And the kynge sayde: Enquere thou whose sonne the youngelynge is. And when Dauid was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner toke hym, and brought hym before Saul, wyth the heed of the Philistine in hys hande. And Saul sayde to hym: whose sonne art thou, thou yonge man? Dauid answered: I am the sonne of thy seruaunt Isai the Bethlehemite.

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