¹Now the P’lishtim [Immigrants] gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Sokhoh [bushy] , which [belongs] to Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] , and pitched between Sokhoh [bushy] and ‘Azekah [Dug Over] , in Efes-Damim [edge of blood] .

²And Sha’ul [desired] and the men of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] were gathered together, and pitched by the valley of Elah [an oak] , and set the battle in array (to put on; to clothe) against the P’lishtim [Immigrants] .

³And the P’lishtim [Immigrants] stood on a mountain on the one side, and Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] stood on a mountain on the other side: and [there was] a valley between them.

⁴And there went out a champion out of the camp of the P’lishtim [Immigrants] , named Golyat [splendor] , of Gat [Winepress] , whose height [was] six cubits and a span.

⁵And [he had] an helmet of brass upon his head, and he [was] armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat [was] five thousand shekels of brass.

⁶And [he had] greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target (small shield; buckler) of brass between his shoulders.

⁷And the staff of his spear [was] like a weaver’s beam; and his spear’s head [weighed] six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him.

⁸And he stood and cried unto the armies of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] , and said unto them, Why are you2f come out to set [your] battle in array (to put on; to clothe) ? [am] not I a P’lishtim [immigrants] , and you2f servants to Sha’ul [desired] ? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me.

⁹If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your servants: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall you2f be our servants, and serve us.

¹⁰And the P’lishtim [immigrants] said, I defy the armies of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.

¹¹When Sha’ul [desired] and all Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] heard those words of the P’lishtim [immigrants] , they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.

¹²Now David [beloved] [was] the son of that Efrat [ashiness: fruitfulness] of Beit-Lechem [House of Bread] in Y’hudah, whose name [was] Yishai [I possess] ; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men [for] an old man in the days of Sha’ul [desired] .

¹³And the three eldest sons of Yishai [I possess] went [and] followed Sha’ul [desired] to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle [were] ‘Eli’av [My Father is God] the firstborn, and next unto him Avinadav [my father is noble] , and the third Shammah [astonishment] .

¹⁴And David [beloved] [was] the youngest: and the three eldest followed Sha’ul [desired] .

¹⁵But David [beloved] went and returned from Sha’ul [desired] to feed his father’s sheep at Beit-Lechem [House of Bread] .

¹⁶And the P’lishtim [immigrants] drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.

¹⁷And Yishai [I possess] said unto David [beloved] his son, Take now for youi brethren an eifah of this parched [corn] , and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to youi brethren;

¹⁸And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of [their] thousand, and look how youi brethren fare, and take their pledge.

¹⁹Now Sha’ul [desired] , and they, and all the men of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] , [were] in the valley of Elah [an oak] , fighting with the P’lishtim [Immigrants] .

²⁰And David [beloved] rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Yishai [I possess] had commanded him; and he came to the trench, as the host was going forth to the fight, and shouted for the battle.

²¹For Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] and the P’lishtim [Immigrants] had put the battle in array (to put on; to clothe) , army against army.

²²And David [beloved] left his carriage (baggage) in the hand of the keeper of the carriage (baggage) , and ran into the army, and came and saluted his brethren.

²³And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the P’lishtim [immigrants] of Gat [Winepress] , Golyat [splendor] by name, out of the armies of the P’lishtim [Immigrants] , and spoke according to the same words: and David [beloved] heard [them] .

²⁴And all the men of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] , when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid.

²⁵And the men of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] said, Have you2f seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] is he come up: and it shall be, [that] the man who kills him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father’s house free in Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] .

²⁶And David [beloved] spoke to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that kills this P’lishtim [immigrants] , and takes away the reproach (disgrace; shame) from Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] ? for who [is] this uncircumcised P’lishtim [immigrants] , that he should defy the armies of the living God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] ?

²⁷And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that kills him.

²⁸And ‘Eli’av [My Father is God] his eldest brother heard when he spoke unto the men; and ‘Eli’av [My Father is God] ’s anger was kindled against David [beloved] , and he said, Why came youi down here? and with whom have youi left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know youi pride, and the naughtiness of youi heart; for youi are come down that youi might see the battle.

²⁹And David [beloved] said, What have I now done? [Is there] not a cause?

³⁰And he turned from him toward another, and spoke after the same manner: and the people answered him again after the former manner.

³¹And when the words were heard which David [beloved] spoke, they rehearsed [them] before Sha’ul [desired] : and he sent for him.

³²And David [beloved] said to Sha’ul [desired] , Let no man’s heart fail because of him; youi servant will go and fight with this P’lishtim [immigrants] .

³³And Sha’ul [desired] said to David [beloved] , youi are not able to go against this P’lishtim [immigrants] to fight with him: for youi [are but] a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.

³⁴And David [beloved] said unto Sha’ul [desired] , You1s servant kept his father’s sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:

³⁵And I went out after him, and struck him, and delivered [it] out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught [him] by his beard, and struck him, and killed him.

³⁶You1s servant killed both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised P’lishtim [immigrants] shall be as one of them, seeing he has defied the armies of the living God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] .

³⁷David [beloved] said moreover, The Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) that 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 P’lishtim [immigrants] . And Sha’ul [desired] said unto David [beloved] , Go, and the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) be with youi .

³⁸And Sha’ul [desired] armed David [beloved] with his armour, and he put an helmet of brass upon his head; also he armed him with a coat of mail.

³⁹And David [beloved] girded his sword upon his armour, and he assayed (attempted; tested; analyzed) to go; for he had not proved [it] . And David [beloved] said unto Sha’ul [desired] , I cannot go with these; for I have not proved [them] . And David [beloved] put them off him.

⁴⁰And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd’s bag which he had, even in a scrip; and his sling [was] in his hand: and he drew near to the P’lishtim [immigrants] .

⁴¹And the P’lishtim [immigrants] came on and drew near unto David [beloved] ; and the man that bore the shield [went] before him.

⁴²And when the P’lishtim [immigrants] looked about, and saw David [beloved] , he disdained him: for he was [but] a youth, and ruddy (reddish hair or complexion) , and of a fair Countenance (Face, appearance; show favor) .

⁴³And the P’lishtim [immigrants] said unto David [beloved] , [Am] I a dog, that youi come to me with rods (clubs)? And the P’lishtim [immigrants] cursed David [beloved] by his gods.

⁴⁴And the P’lishtim [immigrants] said to David [beloved] , Come to me, and I will give youi flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field.

⁴⁵Then said David [beloved] to the P’lishtim [immigrants] , youi come to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to youi in the name of the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) Tz’va’ot [of the Heavenly Armies] , the God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] of the armies of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] , whom youi have defied.

⁴⁶This day will the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) deliver youi into my hand; and I will strike youi , and take youi head from youi ; and I will give the carcasses of the host of the P’lishtim [Immigrants] this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] in Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] .

⁴⁷And all this assembly shall know that the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) saves not with sword and spear: for the battle [is] the Lord -Yehōvah’s [Messiah Pre-Incarnate] , and he will give you into our hands.

⁴⁸And it came to pass, when the P’lishtim [immigrants] arose, and came and drew near to meet David [beloved] , that David [beloved] hasted, and ran toward the army to meet the P’lishtim [immigrants] .

⁴⁹And David [beloved] put his hand in his bag, and took there a stone, and slang [it] , and struck the P’lishtim [immigrants] in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth.

⁵⁰So David [beloved] prevailed over the P’lishtim [immigrants] with a sling and with a stone, and struck the P’lishtim [immigrants] , and killed him; but [there was] no sword in the hand of David [beloved] .

⁵¹Therefore David [beloved] ran, and stood upon the P’lishtim [immigrants] , and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and killed him, and cut off his head with that. And when the P’lishtim [Immigrants] saw their champion was dead, they fled.

⁵²And the men of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] and of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] arose, and shouted, and pursued the P’lishtim [Immigrants] , until youi come to the valley, and to the gates of ‘Ekron [Torn Up by the Roots] . And the wounded of the P’lishtim [Immigrants] fell down by the way to Sha’arayim [double gate] , even unto Gat [Winepress] , and unto ‘Ekron [Torn Up by the Roots] .

⁵³And the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] returned from chasing after the P’lishtim [Immigrants] , and they spoiled their tents.

⁵⁴And David [beloved] took the head of the P’lishtim [immigrants] , and brought it to Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace] ; but he put his armour in his tent.

⁵⁵And when Sha’ul [desired] saw David [beloved] go forth against the P’lishtim [immigrants] , he said unto Avner [my father is a lamp] , the captain of the host, Avner [my father is a lamp] , whose son [is] this youth? And Avner [my father is a lamp] said, [As] youi soul lives, O king, I cannot tell.

⁵⁶And the king said, Enquire youi whose son the stripling [is] .

⁵⁷And as David [beloved] returned from the slaughter of the P’lishtim [immigrants] , Avner [my father is a lamp] took him, and brought him before Sha’ul [desired] with the head of the P’lishtim [immigrants] in his hand.

⁵⁸And Sha’ul [desired] said to him, Whose son [are] youi , [you ] young man? And David [beloved] answered, I [am] the son of youi servant Yishai [I possess] the Beit-Lachmi [house of bread] .