1 Samuel 17

1Los filisteos juntaron sus ejércitos para la guerra, y se reunieron en Socó, que pertenece a Judá, donde acamparon entre Socó y Asecá, en Efes-Dammim.

2Se reunieron también Saúl y los israelitas, y acamparon en el valle de Elá, y se pusieron en orden de batalla frente a los filisteos.

3Los filisteos habían tomado posición en un monte por un lado, e Israel en un monte por el otro lado, mediando entre ellos el valle.

4Y salió un campeón del ejército de los filisteos, que se llamaba Goliat, de Gat; cuya estatura era de seis codos y un palmo.

5Llevaba sobre la cabeza un yelmo de bronce y estaba vestido de una coraza escamada, siendo el peso de la coraza de cinco mil siclos de bronce.

6En las piernas llevaba grebas de bronce, y sobre sus hombros un venablo, también de bronce.

7El asta de su lanza era como el engullo de un telar, y la punta de su lanza pesaba seiscientos siclos de hierro. Delante de él iba su escudero.

8Se apostó y gritó hacia las filas de Israel, diciéndoles: “¿Por qué habéis salido a poneros en orden de batalla? ¿No soy yo un filisteo y vosotros sois siervos de Saúl? Escogeos un hombre, que descienda contra mí.

9Si él es capaz de pelear conmigo y me mata, seremos siervos vuestros; pero si yo prevalezco contra él y le mato, seréis vosotros esclavos nuestros y nos serviréis.”

10Y agregó el filisteo: “Hoy he escarnecido a las filas de Israel. Dadme un hombre, y lucharemos los dos.”

11Al oír las palabras del filisteo, Saúl y todo Israel quedaron consternados y sobrecogidos de grande miedo.

12Ahora bien, David era hijo de aquel efrateo de Betlehem de Judá, que se llamaba Isaí. Este tenía ocho hijos; en tiempo de Saúl era ya viejo y de edad muy avanzada entre los hombres.

13Los tres hijos mayores de Isaí habían ido a la guerra, en pos de Saúl. Esos tres hijos que habían ido a la guerra se llamaban Eliab, el primogénito, Abinadab, el segundo, y Sammá el tercero.

14David era el menor; y mientras los tres mayores seguían a Saúl,

15David iba y venía de junto a Saúl para apacentar el rebaño de su padre en Betlehem.

16Entretanto se acercaba el filisteo a la mañana y a la tarde, presentándose por espacio de cuarenta días.

17Y dijo Isaí a David: “Toma para tus hermanos un efa de este grano tostado, y estos diez panes, y llévalos corriendo al campamento, a tus hermanos.

18Y estos diez quesos los llevarás al jefe de su millar. Pregunta por la salud de tus hermanos, y tráeme algo de ellos como prenda.

19Saúl y ellos, y todos los hombres de Israel, están en el valle de Elá luchando contra los filisteos.”

20Al día siguiente David se levantó muy temprano, y dejando las ovejas en manos de un pastor, cargó y se puso en marcha como Isaí le había mandado. Cuando llegó al atrincheramiento, el ejército iba saliendo en orden de batalla levantando el grito de combate,

21e Israel y los filisteos se pusieron en orden de batalla, ejército contra ejército.

22Entonces David, dejando el equipaje que tenía sobre sí, en manos del guardia del bagaje, corrió hacia el ejército, y llegado allí saludó a sus hermanos.

23Estaba aún hablando con ellos, cuando he aquí que aquel campeón, el filisteo de Gat, llamado Goliat, salió de las filas de los filisteos y habló lo mismo (que antes), oyéndolo David.

24Y todos los israelitas, cuando vieron a aquel hombre, huyeron de delante de él. Tuvieron gran miedo;

25y uno de los hombres de Israel dijo: “¿Veis a ese hombre que viene subiendo? Pues sube para desafiar a Israel. Al hombre que lo mate lo colmará el rey de grandes riquezas, le dará su hija, y a la casa de su padre la eximirá de tributos en Israel.”

26Preguntó David a los que estaban junto a él: “¿Qué se hará al hombre que mate a ese filisteo, y quite el oprobio de Israel? Porque ¿quién es ese filisteo incircunciso para que insulte al ejército del Dios vivo?”

27Y le repitió la gente aquellas mismas palabras, diciendo: “Así se hará al hombre que lo mate.”

28Al escuchar Eliab, su hermano mayor, que David hablaba con los hombres, se irritó contra David y le dijo: “¿Para qué has venido y en qué manos has dejado aquellas pocas ovejas en el desierto? Bien conocido tengo tu orgullo y la malicia de tu corazón; pues para ver la batalla has venido.”

29Contestó David: “¿Qué he hecho yo ahora? ¿Acaso he hecho más que hablar?”

30Se apartó de él para dirigirse a otro, a quien preguntó del mismo modo; y el pueblo le dio la misma respuesta que antes.

31Algunos oyeron las palabras que habló David, y las refirieron a Saúl, el cual lo hizo llamar.

32Y dijo David a Saúl: “No se desmaye el corazón de nadie a causa de ese; tu siervo irá y luchará con ese filisteo.”

33Mas Saúl dijo a David: “Tú no tienes fuerza para ir contra ese filisteo y luchar con él; pues eres joven todavía, y él es un hombre de guerra desde su juventud.”

34David replicó a Saúl: “Cuando tu siervo apacentaba las ovejas de su padre y venía un león, o un oso, y arrebataba una oveja del rebaño,

35yo salía en su persecución; lo hería, y se la arrancaba de su boca; y cuando se levantaba contra mí, lo agarraba por la quijada, lo hería y lo mataba.

36Tu siervo ha matado tanto al león como al oso, y ese filisteo incircunciso será como uno de ellos, puesto que ha insultado al ejército del Dios vivo.”

37Y agregó David: “Yahvé que me libró de las garras del león y de las garras del oso, Él mismo me librará de la mano de ese filisteo.” Dijo entonces Saúl a David: “Ve, pues, y Yahvé sea contigo.”

38Vistió Saúl a David con su armadura, le puso un yelmo de bronce sobre la cabeza, y le cubrió con una coraza.

39Se ciñó luego David la espada sobre su armadura y comenzó a andar; porque no estaba acostumbrado a eso. Dijo David a Saúl: “No puedo andar con estas armas, porque no estoy acostumbrado”; y quitándoselas

40tomó su cayado en la mano, se escogió cinco guijarros lisos del torrente, los metió en el zurrón de pastor que traía y que le servía de bolsa, y con la honda en la mano se acercó al filisteo.

41Venía el filisteo acercándose poco a poco a David, yendo delante de él su escudero,

42y cuando miró y vio a David, lo despreció, porque era joven aún, rubio, y de hermoso aspecto.

43Y dijo el filisteo a David: “¿Soy yo acaso un perro, para que vengas contra mí con un bastón?” Y maldijo el filisteo a David por sus dioses.

44Luego dijo el filisteo a David: “Ven aquí, y daré tu carne a las aves del cielo y a las bestias del campo.”

45David contestó al filisteo: “Tú vienes contra mí con espada y lanza y venablo, mas yo voy contra ti en el nombre de Yahvé de los Ejércitos, el Dios del ejército de Israel, a quien tú has escarnecido.

46Hoy te entregará Yahvé en mi mano, y yo te mataré y te cortaré la cabeza. Y los cadáveres del ejército de los filisteos los daré hoy mismo a las aves del cielo, y a las bestias de la tierra; y toda la tierra sabrá que hay Dios en Israel.

47Y también toda esta multitud conocerá que no por espada, ni por lanza, salva Yahvé; porque Yahvé es el Señor de la batalla, y Él os ha entregado en nuestras manos.”

48Se levantó entonces el filisteo y poniéndose en marcha avanzó contra David, el cual corrió rápidamente hacia las filas de los filisteos;

49y metiendo la mano en el zurrón, sacó de allí un guijarro, lo lanzó con la honda, e hirió al filisteo en la frente; y penetró el guijarro en la frente del (filisteo), que cayó de bruces en tierra.

50Así prevaleció David sobre el filisteo con una honda y una piedra, e hirió al filisteo y le mató, sin que David tuviera espada en su mano.

51Luego David corrió y poniéndose sobre el filisteo, tomó la espada del mismo y sacándola de la vaina, lo mató y le cortó con ella la cabeza. Cuando los filisteos vieron muerto a su campeón echaron a huir,

52pero los hombres de Israel y de Judá, levantándose, alzaron el grito y persiguieron a los filisteos hasta llegar a Gat, y hasta las puertas de Acarón; y cayeron traspasados (muchos) filisteos en el camino de Saaraim, hasta Gat y Acarón.

53Después de volver de la persecución de los filisteos los hijos de Israel saquearon su campamento.

54Y tomando David la cabeza del filisteo, la llevó a Jerusalén; mas las armas del mismo las puso en su tienda.

55Cuando Saúl vio a David salir al encuentro del filisteo, dijo a Abner, jefe del ejército: “¿De quién es hijo este joven, Abner?” A lo que respondió Abner: “Por tu vida, oh rey, que no lo sé.”

56Y dijo el rey: “Pregunta de quién es hijo el muchacho.”

57Cuando David volvió después de dar muerte al filisteo, lo tomó Abner y lo llevó a la presencia de Saúl, con la cabeza del filisteo en su mano.

58Saúl le preguntó: “¿De quién eres hijo, joven mío?” Y respondió David: “Soy hijo de tu siervo Isaí betlehemita.”

1Congregantes autem Philisthiim agmina sua in prælium, convenerunt in Socho Judæ: et castrametati sunt inter Socho et Azeca in finibus Dommim.

2Porro Saul et filii Israël congregati venerunt in Vallem terebinthi, et direxerunt aciem ad pugnandum contra Philisthiim.

3Et Philisthiim stabant super montem ex parte hac, et Israël stabat supra montem ex altera parte: vallisque erat inter eos.

4Et egressus est vir spurius de castris Philisthinorum nomine Goliath, de Geth, altitudinis sex cubitorum et palmi:

5et cassis ærea super caput ejus, et lorica squamata induebatur. Porro pondus loricæ ejus, quinque millia siclorum æris erat:

6et ocreas æreas habebat in cruribus, et clypeus æreus tegebat humeros ejus.

7Hastile autem hastæ ejus erat quasi liciatorium texentium: ipsum autem ferrum hastæ ejus sexcentos siclos habebat ferri: et armiger ejus antecedebat eum.

8Stansque clamabat adversum phalangas Israël, et dicebat eis: Quare venistis parati ad prælium? numquid ego non sum Philisthæus, et vos servi Saul? eligite ex vobis virum, et descendat ad singulare certamen.

9Si quiverit pugnare mecum, et percusserit me, erimus vobis servi: si autem ego prævaluero, et percussero eum, vos servi eritis, et servietis nobis.

10Et aiebat Philisthæus: Ego exprobravi agminibus Israël hodie: date mihi virum, et ineat mecum singulare certamen.

11Audiens autem Saul et omnes Israëlitæ sermones Philisthæi hujuscemodi, stupebant, et metuebant nimis.

12David autem erat filius viri Ephrathæi, de quo supra dictum est, de Bethlehem Juda, cui nomen erat Isai, qui habebat octo filios, et erat vir in diebus Saul senex, et grandævus inter viros.

13Abierunt autem tres filii ejus majores post Saul in prælium: et nomina trium filiorum ejus qui perrexerunt ad bellum, Eliab primogenitus, et secundus Abinadab, tertiusque Samma.

14David autem erat minimus. Tribus ergo majoribus secutis Saulem,

15abiit David, et reversus est a Saul ut pasceret gregem patris sui in Bethlehem.

16Procedebat vero Philisthæus mane et vespere, et stabat quadraginta diebus.

17Dixit autem Isai ad David filium suum: Accipe fratribus tuis ephi polentæ, et decem panes istos, et curre in castra ad fratres tuos,

18et decem formellas casei has deferes ad tribunum: et fratres tuos visitabis, si recte agant: et cum quibus ordinati sunt, disce.

19Saul autem, et illi, et omnes filii Israël, in Valle terebinthi pugnabant adversum Philisthiim.

20Surrexit itaque David mane, et commendavit gregem custodi: et onustus abiit, sicut præceperat ei Isai. Et venit ad locum Magala, et ad exercitum, qui egressus ad pugnam vociferatus erat in certamine.

21Direxerat enim aciem Israël, sed et Philisthiim ex adverso fuerant præparati.

22Derelinquens ergo David vasa quæ attulerat sub manu custodis ad sarcinas, cucurrit ad locum certaminis, et interrogabat si omnia recte agerentur erga fratres suos.

23Cumque adhuc ille loqueretur eis, apparuit vir ille spurius ascendens, Goliath nomine, Philisthæus de Geth, de castris Philisthinorum: et loquente eo hæc eadem verba audivit David.

24Omnes autem Israëlitæ, cum vidissent virum, fugerunt a facie ejus, timentes eum valde.

25Et dixit unus quispiam de Israël: Num vidistis virum hunc, qui ascendit? ad exprobrandum enim Israëli ascendit. Virum ergo qui percusserit eum, ditabit rex divitiis magnis, et filiam suam dabit ei, et domum patris ejus faciet absque tributo in Israël.

26Et ait David ad viros qui stabant secum, dicens: Quid dabitur viro qui percusserit Philisthæum hunc, et tulerit opprobrium de Israël? quis enim est hic Philisthæus incircumcisus, qui exprobravit acies Dei viventis?

27Referebat autem ei populus eumdem sermonem, dicens: Hæc dabuntur viro qui percusserit eum.

28Quod cum audisset Eliab frater ejus major, loquente eo cum aliis, iratus est contra David, et ait: Quare venisti, et quare dereliquisti pauculas oves illas in deserto? Ego novi superbiam tuam, et nequitiam cordis tui: quia ut videres prælium, descendisti.

29Et dixit David: Quid feci? numquid non verbum est?

30Et declinavit paululum ab eo ad alium: dixitque eumdem sermonem. Et respondit ei populus verbum sicut prius.

31Audita sunt autem verba quæ locutus est David, et annuntiata in conspectu Saul.

32Ad quem cum fuisset adductus, locutus est ei: Non concidat cor cujusquam in eo: ego servus tuus vadam, et pugnabo adversus Philisthæum.

33Et ait Saul ad David: Non vales resistere Philisthæo isti, nec pugnare adversus eum, quia puer es: hic autem vir bellator est ab adolescentia sua.

34Dixitque David ad Saul: Pascebat servus tuus patris sui gregem, et veniebat leo vel ursus, et tollebat arietem de medio gregis:

35et persequebar eos, et percutiebam, eruebamque de ore eorum: et illi consurgebant adversum me, et apprehendebam mentum eorum, et suffocabam, interficiebamque eos.

36Nam et leonem et ursum interfeci ego servus tuus: erit igitur et Philisthæus hic incircumcisus quasi unus ex eis. Nunc vadam, et auferam opprobrium populi: quoniam quis est iste Philisthæus incircumcisus, qui ausus est maledicere exercitui Dei viventis?

37Et ait David: Dominus qui eripuit me de manu leonis, et de manu ursi, ipse me liberabit de manu Philisthæi hujus. Dixit autem Saul ad David: Vade, et Dominus tecum sit.

38Et induit Saul David vestimentis suis, et imposuit galeam æream super caput ejus, et vestivit eum lorica.

39Accinctus ergo David gladio ejus super vestem suam, cœpit tentare si armatus posset incedere: non enim habebat consuetudinem. Dixitque David ad Saul: Non possum sic incedere, quia non usum habeo. Et deposuit ea,

40et tulit baculum suum, quem semper habebat in manibus: et elegit sibi quinque limpidissimos lapides de torrente, et misit eos in peram pastoralem quam habebat secum, et fundam manu tulit: et processit adversum Philisthæum.

41Ibat autem Philisthæus incedens, et appropinquans adversum David, et armiger ejus ante eum.

42Cumque inspexisset Philisthæus, et vidisset David, despexit eum. Erat enim adolescens, rufus, et pulcher aspectu.

43Et dixit Philisthæus ad David: Numquid ego canis sum, quod tu venis ad me cum baculo? Et maledixit Philisthæus David in diis suis:

44dixitque ad David: Veni ad me, et dabo carnes tuas volatilibus cæli et bestiis terræ.

45Dixit autem David ad Philisthæum: Tu venis ad me cum gladio, et hasta, et clypeo: ego autem venio ad te in nomine Domini exercituum, Dei agminum Israël quibus exprobrasti

46hodie, et dabit te Dominus in manu mea, et percutiam te, et auferam caput tuum a te: et dabo cadavera castrorum Philisthiim hodie volatilibus cæli, et bestiis terræ, ut sciat omnis terra quia est Deus in Israël,

47et noverit universa ecclesia hæc, quia non in gladio nec in hasta salvat Dominus: ipsius enim est bellum, et tradet vos in manus nostras.

48Cum ergo surrexisset Philisthæus, et veniret, et appropinquaret contra David, festinavit David et cucurrit ad pugnam ex adverso Philisthæi.

49Et misit manum suam in peram, tulitque unum lapidem, et funda jecit, et circumducens percussit Philisthæum in fronte: et infixus est lapis in fronte ejus, et cecidit in faciem suam super terram.

50Prævaluitque David adversum Philisthæum in funda et lapide, percussumque Philisthæum interfecit. Cumque gladium non haberet in manu David,

51cucurrit, et stetit super Philisthæum, et tulit gladium ejus, et eduxit eum de vagina sua: et interfecit eum, præciditque caput ejus. Videntes autem Philisthiim quod mortuus esset fortissimus eorum, fugerunt.

52Et consurgentes viri Israël et Juda vociferati sunt, et persecuti sunt Philisthæos usque dum venirent in vallem, et usque ad portas Accaron: cecideruntque vulnerati de Philisthiim in via Saraim, et usque ad Geth, et usque ad Accaron.

53Et revertentes filii Israël postquam persecuti fuerant Philisthæos, invaserunt castra eorum.

54Assumens autem David caput Philisthæi, attulit illud in Jerusalem: arma vero ejus posuit in tabernaculo suo.

55Eo autem tempore quo viderat Saul David egredientem contra Philisthæum, ait ad Abner principem militiæ: De qua stirpe descendit hic adolescens, Abner? Dixitque Abner: Vivit anima tua, rex, si novi.

56Et ait rex: Interroga tu, cujus filius sit iste puer.

57Cumque regressus esset David, percusso Philisthæo, tulit eum Abner, et introduxit coram Saule, caput Philisthæi habentem in manu.

58Et ait ad eum Saul: De qua progenie es, o adolescens? Dixitque David: Filius servi tui Isai Bethlehemitæ ego sum.

1Now the Philistines gathering together their troops to battle, assembled at Socho of Juda, and camped between Socho and Azeca in the borders of Dommim.

2And Saul and the children of Israel being gathered together came to the valley of Terebinth, and they set the army in array to fight against the Philistines.

3And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.

4And there went out a man baseborn from the camp of the Philistines named Goliath, of Geth, whose height was six cubits and a span:

5And he had a helmet of brass upon his head, and he was clothed with a coat of mail with scales, and the weight of his coat of mail was five thousand sicles of brass:

6And he had greaves of brass on his legs, and a buckler of brass covered his shoulders.

7And the staff of his spear was like a weaver’s beam, and the head of his spear weighed six hundred sicles of iron: and his armourbearer went before him.

8And standing he cried out to the bands of Israel, and said to them: Why are you come out prepared to fight? am not I a Philistine, and you the servants of Saul? Choose out a man of you, and let him come down and fight hand to hand.

9If he be able to fight with me, and kill me, we will be servants to you: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, you shall be servants, and shall serve us.

10And the Philistine said: I have defied the bands of Israel this day: Give me a man, and let him fight with me hand to hand.

11And Saul and all the Israelites hearing these words of the Philistine were dismayed, and greatly afraid.

12Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem Juda before mentioned, whose name was Isai, who had eight sons, and was an old man in the days of Saul, and of great age among men.

13And his three eldest sons followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle, were Eliab the firstborn, and the second Abinadab, and the third Samma.

14But David was the youngest. So the three eldest having followed Saul,

15David went, and returned from Saul, to feed his father’s flock at Bethlehem.

16Now the Philistine came out morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.

17And Isai said to David his son: Take for thy brethren an ephi of frumenty, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy brethren.

18And carry these ten little cheeses to the tribune: and go see thy brethren, if they are well: and learn with whom they are placed.

19But Saul, and they, and all the children of Israel were in the valley of Terebinth fighting against the Philistines.

20David therefore arose in the morning, and gave the charge of the flock to the keeper: and went away loaded as Isai had commanded him. And he came to the place of Magala, and to the army, which was going out to fight, and shouted for the battle.

21For Israel had put themselves in array, and the Philistines who stood against them were prepared.

22And David leaving the vessels which he had brought, under the care of the keeper of the baggage, ran to the place of the battle and asked if all things went well with his brethren.

23And as he talked with them, that baseborn man whose name was Goliath, the Philistine, of Geth, shewed himself coming up from the camp of the Philistines: and he spoke according to the same words, and David heard them.

24And all the Israelites when they saw the man, fled from his face, fearing him exceedingly.

25And some one of Israel said: Have you seen this man that is come up, for he is come up to defy Israel. And the man that shall slay him, the king will enrich with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and will make his father’s house free from tribute in Israel.

26And David spoke to the men that stood by him, saying: What shall be given to the man that shall kill this Philistine, and shall take away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?

27And the people answered him the same words saying: These things shall be given to the man that shall slay him.

28Now when Eliab his eldest brother heard this, when he was speaking with others, he was angry with David, and said: Why earnest thou hither? and why didst thou leave those few sheep in the desert? I know thy pride, and the wickedness of thy heart: that thou art come down to see the battle.

29And David said: What have I done? is there not cause to speak?

30And he turned a little aside from him to another: and said the same word. And the people answered him as before.

31And the words which David spoke were heard, and were rehearsed before Saul.

32And when he was brought to him, he said to him: Let not any man’s heart be dismayed in him: I thy servant will go, and will fight against the Philistine.

33And Saul said to David: Thou art not able to withstand this Philistine, nor to fight against him: for thou art but a boy, but he is a warrior from his youth.

34And David said to Saul: Thy servant kept his father’s sheep, and there came a lion, or a bear, and took a ram out of the midst of the flock:

35And I pursued after them, and struck them, and delivered it out of their mouth: and they rose up against me, and I caught them by the throat, and I strangled and killed them.

36For I thy servant have killed both a lion and a bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be also as one of them. I will go now, and take away the reproach of the people: for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, who hath dared to curse the army of the living God?

37And David said: The Lord who delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said to David: Go, and the Lord be with thee.

38And Saul clothed David with his garments, and put a helmet of brass upon his head, and armed him with a coat of mail.

39And David having girded his sword upon his armour, began to try if he could walk in armour: for he was not accustomed to it. And David said to Saul: I cannot go thus, for I am not used to it. And he laid them off,

40And he took his staff, which he had always in his hands: and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them into the shepherd’s scrip, which he had with him, and he took a sling in his hand, and went forth against the Philistine.

41And the Philistine came on, and drew nigh against David, and his armourbearer before him.

42And when the Philistine looked, and beheld David, he despised him. For he was a young man, ruddy, and of a comely countenance.

43And the Philistine said to David: Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with a staff? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.

44And he said to David: Come to me, and I will give thy flesh to the birds of the air, and to the beasts of the earth.

45And David said to the Philistine: Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, which thou hast defied.

46This day, and the Lord will deliver thee into my hand, and I will slay thee, and take away thy head from thee: and I will give the carcasses of the army of the Philistines this day to the birds of the air, and to the beasts of the earth: that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.

47And all this assembly shall know, that the Lord saveth not with sword and spear: for it is his battle, and he will deliver you into our hands.

48And when the Philistine arose and was coming, and drew nigh to meet David, David made haste, and ran to the fight to meet the Philistine.

49And he put his hand into his scrip, and took a stone, and cast it with the sling, and fetching it about struck the Philistine in the forehead: and the stone was fixed in his forehead, and he fell on his face upon the earth.

50And David prevailed over the Philistine, with a sling and a stone, and he struck, and slew the Philistine. And as David had no sword in his hand,

51He ran, and stood over the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath, and slew him, and cut off his head. And the Philistines seeing that their champion was dead, fled away.

52And the men of Israel and Juda rising up shouted, and pursued after the Philistines till they came to the valley and to the gates of Accaron, and there fell many wounded of the Philistines in the way of Saraim, and as far as Geth, and as far as Accaron.

53And the children of Israel returning, after they had pursued the Philistines, fell upon their camp.

54And David taking the head of the Philistine brought it to Jerusalem: but his armour he put in his tent.

55Now at the time that Saul saw David going out against the Philistines, he said to Abner the captain of the army: Of what family is this young man descended, Abner? And Abner said: As thy soul liveth, O king, I know not.

56And the king said: Inquire thou, whose son this man is.

57And when David was returned, after the Philistine was slain, Abner took him, and brought him in before Saul, with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

58And Saul said to him: Young man, of what family art thou? And David said: I am the son of thy servant Isai the Bethlehemite.