1 Samuel 17:4-23

4Then a champion named Goliath, from Gath, came out from the Philistine camp. He was nine feet, nine inches tall

5and wore a bronze helmet and bronze scale armor that weighed one hundred twenty-five pounds.

6There was bronze armor on his shins, and a bronze javelin was slung between his shoulders.

7His spear shaft was like a weaver’s beam, and the iron point of his spear weighed fifteen pounds. In addition, a shield-bearer was walking in front of him.

8He stood and shouted to the Israelite battle formations, “Why do you come out to line up in battle formation?” He asked them, “Am I not a Philistine and are you not servants of Saul? Choose one of your men and have him come down against me.

9If he wins in a fight against me and kills me, we will be your servants. But if I win against him and kill him, then you will be our servants and serve us.”

10Then the Philistine said, “I defy the ranks of Israel today. Send me a man so we can fight each other!”

11When Saul and all Israel heard these words from the Philistine, they lost their courage and were terrified.

12Now David was the son of the Ephrathite from Bethlehem of Judah named Jesse. Jesse had eight sons and during Saul’s reign was already an old man.

13Jesse’s three oldest sons had followed Saul to the war, and their names were Eliab, the firstborn, Abinadab, the next, and Shammah, the third,

14and David was the youngest. The three oldest had followed Saul,

15but David kept going back and forth from Saul to tend his father’s flock in Bethlehem.

16Every morning and evening for forty days the Philistine came forward and took his stand.

17One day Jesse had told his son David, “Take this half-bushel of roasted grain along with these ten loaves of bread for your brothers and hurry to their camp.

18Also take these ten portions of cheese to the field commander. Check on the well-being of your brothers and bring a confirmation from them.

19They are with Saul and all the men of Israel in the Valley of Elah fighting with the Philistines.”

20So David got up early in the morning, left the flock with someone to keep it, loaded up, and set out as Jesse had charged him. He arrived at the perimeter of the camp as the army was marching out to its battle formation shouting their battle cry.

21Israel and the Philistines lined up in battle formation facing each other.

22David left his supplies in the care of the quartermaster and ran to the battle line. When he arrived, he asked his brothers how they were.

23While he was speaking with them, suddenly the champion named Goliath, the Philistine from Gath, came forward from the Philistine battle line and shouted his usual words, which David heard.