1Now the Philistines gathered their forces for war and assembled at Sokoh in Judah. They pitched camp at Ephes Dammim, between Sokoh and Azekah.2Saul and the Israelites assembled and camped in the Valley of Elah and drew up their battle line to meet the Philistines.3The Philistines occupied one hill and the Israelites another, with the valley between them.4A champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out of the Philistine camp. His height was six cubits and a span.[1]5He had a bronze helmet on his head and wore a coat of scale armour of bronze weighing five thousand shekels[2];6on his legs he wore bronze greaves, and a bronze javelin was slung on his back.7His spear shaft was like a weaver’s rod, and its iron point weighed six hundred shekels.[3] His shield-bearer went ahead of him.8Goliath stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel, ‘Why do you come out and line up for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and are you not the servants of Saul? Choose a man and let him come down to me.9If he is able to fight and kill me, we will become your subjects; but if I overcome him and kill him, you will become our subjects and serve us.’10Then the Philistine said, ‘This day I defy the armies of Israel! Give me a man and let us fight each other.’11On hearing the Philistine’s words, Saul and all the Israelites were dismayed and terrified.12Now David was the son of an Ephrathite named Jesse, who was from Bethlehem in Judah. Jesse had eight sons, and in Saul’s time he was very old.13Jesse’s three eldest sons had followed Saul to the war: the firstborn was Eliab; the second, Abinadab; and the third, Shammah.14David was the youngest. The three eldest followed Saul,15but David went back and forth from Saul to tend his father’s sheep at Bethlehem.16For forty days the Philistine came forward every morning and evening and took his stand.17Now Jesse said to his son David, ‘Take this ephah[4] of roasted grain and these ten loaves of bread for your brothers and hurry to their camp.18Take along these ten cheeses to the commander of their unit. See how your brothers are and bring back some assurance[5] from them.19They are with Saul and all the men of Israel in the Valley of Elah, fighting against the Philistines.’20Early in the morning David left the flock in the care of a shepherd, loaded up and set out, as Jesse had directed. He reached the camp as the army was going out to its battle positions, shouting the war cry.21Israel and the Philistines were drawing up their lines facing each other.22David left his things with the keeper of supplies, ran to the battle lines and asked his brothers how they were.23As he was talking with them, Goliath, the Philistine champion from Gath, stepped out from his lines and shouted his usual defiance, and David heard it.24Whenever the Israelites saw the man, they all fled from him in great fear.25Now the Israelites had been saying, ‘Do you see how this man keeps coming out? He comes out to defy Israel. The king will give great wealth to the man who kills him. He will also give him his daughter in marriage and will exempt his family from taxes in Israel.’26David asked the men standing near him, ‘What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the armies of the living God?’27They repeated to him what they had been saying and told him, ‘This is what will be done for the man who kills him.’28When Eliab, David’s eldest brother, heard him speaking with the men, he burned with anger at him and asked, ‘Why have you come down here? And with whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know how conceited you are and how wicked your heart is; you came down only to watch the battle.’29‘Now what have I done?’ said David. ‘Can’t I even speak?’30He then turned away to someone else and brought up the same matter, and the men answered him as before.31What David said was overheard and reported to Saul, and Saul sent for him.32David said to Saul, ‘Let no-one lose heart on account of this Philistine; your servant will go and fight him.’33Saul replied, ‘You are not able to go out against this Philistine and fight him; you are only a young man, and he has been a warrior from his youth.’34But David said to Saul, ‘Your servant has been keeping his father’s sheep. When a lion or a bear came and carried off a sheep from the flock,35I went after it, struck it and rescued the sheep from its mouth. When it turned on me, I seized it by its hair, struck it and killed it.36Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, because he has defied the armies of the living God.37The Lord who rescued me from the paw of the lion and the paw of the bear will rescue me from the hand of this Philistine.’ Saul said to David, ‘Go, and the Lord be with you.’38Then Saul dressed David in his own tunic. He put a coat of armour on him and a bronze helmet on his head.39David fastened on his sword over the tunic and tried walking around, because he was not used to them. ‘I cannot go in these,’ he said to Saul, ‘because I am not used to them.’ So he took them off.40Then he took his staff in his hand, chose five smooth stones from the stream, put them in the pouch of his shepherd’s bag and, with his sling in his hand, approached the Philistine.41Meanwhile, the Philistine, with his shield-bearer in front of him, kept coming closer to David.42He looked David over and saw that he was little more than a boy, glowing with health and handsome, and he despised him.43He said to David, ‘Am I a dog, that you come at me with sticks?’ And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.44‘Come here,’ he said, ‘and I’ll give your flesh to the birds and the wild animals!’45David said to the Philistine, ‘You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the Lord Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.46This day the Lord will deliver you into my hands, and I’ll strike you down and cut off your head. This very day I will give the carcasses of the Philistine army to the birds and the wild animals, and the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel.47All those gathered here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the Lord saves; for the battle is the Lord’s, and he will give all of you into our hands.’48As the Philistine moved closer to attack him, David ran quickly towards the battle line to meet him.49Reaching into his bag and taking out a stone, he slung it and struck the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell face down on the ground.50So David triumphed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone; without a sword in his hand he struck down the Philistine and killed him.51David ran and stood over him. He took hold of the Philistine’s sword and drew it from the sheath. After he killed him, he cut off his head with the sword. When the Philistines saw that their hero was dead, they turned and ran.52Then the men of Israel and Judah surged forward with a shout and pursued the Philistines to the entrance of Gath[6] and to the gates of Ekron. Their dead were strewn along the Shaaraim road to Gath and Ekron.53When the Israelites returned from chasing the Philistines, they plundered their camp.54David took the Philistine’s head and brought it to Jerusalem; he put the Philistine’s weapons in his own tent.55As Saul watched David going out to meet the Philistine, he said to Abner, commander of the army, ‘Abner, whose son is that young man?’ Abner replied, ‘As surely as you live, Your Majesty, I don’t know.’56The king said, ‘Find out whose son this young man is.’57As soon as David returned from killing the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul, with David still holding the Philistine’s head.58‘Whose son are you, young man?’ Saul asked him. David said, ‘I am the son of your servant Jesse of Bethlehem.’
1 Samuel 17
King James Version
1Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephesdammim.2And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array 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 champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, 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 of brass between his shoulders.7And the staff of his spear was like a weaver' beam; and his spear' head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him.8And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? 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 ye be our servants, and serve us.10And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.11When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.12Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehemjudah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.13And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.14And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul.15But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father' sheep at Bethlehem.16And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.17And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched corn , and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy brethren;18And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.19Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.20And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the trench, as the host was going forth to the fight, and shouted for the battle.21For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army against army.22And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage, and ran into the army, and came and saluted his brethren.23And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the Philistines, and spake according to the same words: and David heard them .24And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid.25And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father' house free in Israel.26And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh 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 after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him.28And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab' anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.29And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause?30And he turned from him toward another, and spake after the same manner: and the people answered him again after the former manner.31And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them before Saul: and he sent for him.32And David said to Saul, Let no man' heart fail because of him; thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine.33And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.34And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father' sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:35And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him.36Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.37David said moreover, The LORD 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 Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and the LORD be with thee.38And Saul armed David with his armour, and he put an helmet of brass upon his head; also he armed him with a coat of mail.39And David girded his sword upon his armour, and he assayed to go; for he had not proved it . And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with these; for I have not proved them . And David 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' bag which he had, even in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine.41And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and the man that bare the shield went before him.42And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him: for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance.43And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.44And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field.45Then said David 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, whom thou hast defied.46This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines 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 in Israel.47And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD', and he will give you into our hands.48And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came and drew nigh to meet David, that David hasted, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine.49And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it , and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth.50So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David.51Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled.52And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines, until thou come to the valley, and to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even unto Gath, and unto Ekron.53And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they spoiled their tents.54And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armour in his tent.55And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell.56And the king said, Enquire thou whose son the stripling is .57And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.58And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, thou young man? And David answered, I am the son of thy servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.
1Die Philister aber zogen ihre Heere zum Kampf zusammen und versammelten sich bei Socho in Juda, und sie lagerten sich zwischen Socho und Aseka, bei Ephes-Dammin. (Jos 10:10; Jos 15:35; 1Sa 13:5; 1Sa 14:52; 1Ch 11:13; 2Ch 11:7; 2Ch 28:18)2Auch Saul und die Männer von Israel sammelten sich und schlugen ihr Lager im Terebinthental auf, und sie rüsteten sich zum Kampf gegen die Philister. (1Sa 17:19)3Und die Philister standen am jenseitigen Berg, die Israeliten aber am diesseitigen Berg, und das Tal lag zwischen ihnen.4Da trat aus dem Lager der Philister ein Vorkämpfer hervor mit Namen Goliath, aus Gat; der war sechs Ellen und eine Spanne groß[1]. (Jos 11:22; 2Sa 21:19)5Er hatte einen ehernen Helm auf seinem Kopf und trug einen Schuppenpanzer, und das Gewicht seines Panzers betrug 5 000 Schekel Erz. (1Sa 17:38)6Und er hatte eherne Schienen an seinen Beinen und einen ehernen Wurfspieß auf dem Rücken, (1Sa 17:5; 2Sa 22:35; Ps 107:16)7und der Schaft seines Speeres war wie ein Weberbaum, und die Spitze seines Speeres wog 600 Schekel Eisen; und der Schildträger ging vor ihm her. (1Ch 20:5)8Und er stellte sich hin und rief den Schlachtreihen Israels zu und sprach zu ihnen: Weshalb seid ihr ausgezogen, um euch für den Kampf zu rüsten? Bin ich nicht ein Philister, und ihr seid Sauls Knechte? Erwählt euch einen Mann, der zu mir herabkommen soll! (1Sa 8:16; 1Sa 17:34; 1Sa 17:36; 1Sa 18:22; 1Sa 18:26)9Wenn er mit mir kämpfen kann und mich erschlägt, so wollen wir eure Knechte sein; wenn ich aber im Kampf mit ihm siege und ihn erschlage, so sollt ihr unsere Knechte sein und uns dienen! (1Sa 11:1)10Und weiter sprach der Philister: Ich habe am heutigen Tag die Schlachtreihen Israels verhöhnt; gebt mir einen Mann, und lasst uns miteinander kämpfen! (1Sa 17:26; 1Sa 17:32; 2Sa 21:21)11Als Saul und ganz Israel diese Worte des Philisters hörten, entsetzten sie sich und fürchteten sich sehr. (De 31:8; Isa 51:12)
David kommt zum Heer
12David aber war der Sohn jenes Ephratiters aus Bethlehem-Juda, der Isai hieß und acht Söhne hatte; dieser Mann war zu Sauls Zeiten schon alt und betagt unter den Männern. (Ge 35:19; Ru 1:2; Ru 4:22; 1Sa 16:18; 1Sa 17:58)13Und die drei ältesten Söhne Isais waren mit Saul in den Krieg gezogen; und von den drei Söhnen, die in den Krieg gezogen waren, hieß der erstgeborene Eliab, der zweite Abinadab und der dritte Schamma; (1Ch 2:13)14David aber war der jüngste. Als nun die drei ältesten mit Saul [in den Krieg] gezogen waren, (Ge 42:13; 1Sa 16:11)15da ging David wieder von Saul weg, um in Bethlehem die Schafe seines Vaters zu hüten. (1Sa 16:19)16Der Philister aber kam morgens und abends her und stellte sich 40 Tage lang hin. (Mt 4:2; Lu 4:1)17Isai aber sprach zu seinem Sohn David: Nimm doch für deine Brüder dieses Epha geröstetes Korn und diese zehn Brote und bringe sie schnell zu deinen Brüdern ins Lager. (Ru 3:15; 1Sa 25:18; 2Sa 17:27)18Und diese zehn Stück Käse bringe dem Obersten über ihre Tausendschaft; und sieh nach deinen Brüdern, ob es ihnen gut geht, und bring ein Zeichen von ihnen mit! (Ge 37:14)19Saul und sie und alle Männer von Israel sind nämlich im Terebinthental und kämpfen gegen die Philister! (1Sa 17:2)20Da machte sich David am Morgen früh auf und überließ die Schafe einem Hüter; und er nahm [die Geschenke] und ging hin, wie Isai ihm geboten hatte; und er kam zur Wagenburg, als das Heer gerade ausgezogen war, um sich in der Schlachtreihe aufzustellen, und sie das Kriegsgeschrei erhoben hatten. (Jos 3:1; 1Sa 15:12; Lu 16:10; Lu 19:17; Joh 6:38; Joh 8:29)21Und Israel und die Philister stellten sich auf: eine Schlachtreihe gegen die andere. (1Sa 17:3)22Da ließ David die Sachen, die er trug, unter der Hand des Gepäckhüters und lief zur Schlachtreihe, und er ging hinein und fragte seine Brüder nach ihrem Wohlergehen. (Ge 43:26; Ex 18:6)23Während er noch mit ihnen redete, siehe, da kam der Vorkämpfer mit Namen Goliath, der Philister aus Gat, aus den Schlachtreihen der Philister herauf und redete wie zuvor, sodass David es hörte. (1Sa 17:4)24Aber alle Männer von Israel flohen vor dem Mann, sobald sie ihn sahen, und fürchteten sich sehr. (Nu 13:33; De 9:2)25Und die Männer von Israel sprachen: Habt ihr diesen Mann gesehen, der da heraufkommt? Denn er ist aufgetreten, um Israel zu verhöhnen! Darum, wer ihn schlägt, den will der König sehr reich belohnen und ihm seine Tochter geben, und er will sein Vaterhaus in Israel frei machen. (Jos 15:16)26Da redete David zu den Männern, die bei ihm standen, und sprach: Was wird dem Mann zuteilwerden, der diesen Philister schlägt und die Schande von Israel abwendet? Denn wer ist dieser Philister, dieser Unbeschnittene, dass er die Schlachtreihen des lebendigen Gottes verhöhnt? (1Sa 14:6; Ps 69:10; Ps 89:51; Jer 10:10; Heb 10:29; Heb 12:21)27Da redete das Volk wie zuvor zu ihm und sprach: Das wird dem Mann zuteilwerden, der ihn schlägt! (1Sa 17:25)28Aber Eliab, sein ältester Bruder, hörte ihn mit den Männern reden. Da entbrannte Eliabs Zorn gegen David, und er sprach: Warum bist du herabgekommen? Und bei wem hast du dort in der Wüste die wenigen Schafe gelassen? Ich kenne deine Vermessenheit und die Bosheit deines Herzens wohl; denn nur um den Kampf zu sehen bist du herabgekommen! (Ge 37:4; Ge 37:8; Ge 37:11; Pr 27:4; 1Co 13:5)29David antwortete: Was habe ich denn jetzt getan? Es war ja nur ein Wort! (Pr 15:1; 1Pe 3:9)30Und er wandte sich von ihm ab zu einem anderen und wiederholte seine vorige Frage. Da antwortete ihm das Volk wie zuvor. (1Sa 17:27)31Und als man die Worte hörte, die David sagte, meldete man es dem Saul; und er ließ ihn holen. (Pr 22:29)
David besiegt Goliath
32Und David sprach zu Saul: Niemand soll seinetwegen den Mut sinken lassen; dein Knecht wird hingehen und mit diesem Philister kämpfen! (De 20:2; 1Sa 14:6; Ps 27:1; Ps 118:6)33Saul aber sprach zu David: Du kannst nicht hingehen, um gegen diesen Philister zu kämpfen, denn du bist noch ein Knabe; dieser aber ist ein Kriegsmann von Jugend auf! (1Sa 17:42)34David aber sprach zu Saul: Dein Knecht hütete die Schafe seines Vaters; wenn nun ein Löwe oder ein Bär kam und ein Schaf von der Herde hinwegtrug, (Job 10:16; Isa 31:4; Jer 49:19; Ho 13:8)35dann lief ich ihm nach und schlug ihn und entriss es seinem Rachen. Und wenn er sich gegen mich erhob, ergriff ich ihn bei seinem Bart und schlug ihn und tötete ihn. (Jud 14:5; 2Sa 23:20; Am 3:12)36Sowohl den Löwen als auch den Bären hat dein Knecht erschlagen, und dieser Philister, dieser Unbeschnittene, soll wie einer von jenen sein; denn er hat die Schlachtreihen des lebendigen Gottes verhöhnt! (1Sa 17:26; Isa 37:23)37Weiter sprach David: Der HERR, der mich von dem Löwen und Bären errettet hat, Er wird mich auch von diesem Philister erretten! Und Saul sprach zu David: Geh hin, und der HERR sei mit dir! (Jos 1:9; Jos 1:17; Ru 2:4; 1Sa 20:13; Ps 18:18; Ps 63:8; Ps 118:6; Ro 8:31; 2Co 1:10; 2Ti 4:17; Re 17:14)38Und Saul legte David seine Rüstung an und setzte einen ehernen Helm auf seinen Kopf und legte ihm einen Schuppenpanzer um. (1Sa 17:5)39Danach gürtete David sein Schwert über seine Kleider und bemühte sich zu gehen; denn er hatte es noch nicht versucht. Da sprach David zu Saul: Ich kann darin nicht gehen; denn ich bin es nicht gewohnt! Und David legte es von sich ab. (Ho 1:7; Zec 4:6; 2Co 10:4)40Und er nahm seinen Stab in die Hand und erwählte sich fünf glatte Steine aus dem Bach und legte sie in die Hirtentasche, die er hatte, und zwar in die Schleudersteintasche, und er nahm seine Schleuder zur Hand und näherte sich dem Philister. (Jud 15:15)41Und der Philister kam auch daher und näherte sich David, und sein Schildträger ging vor ihm her.42Als nun der Philister den David sah und anschaute, da verachtete er ihn; denn er war ein Knabe, rötlich und von schöner Gestalt. (1Sa 16:12; Ps 123:4; 1Co 1:26)43Und der Philister sprach zu David: Bin ich denn ein Hund, dass du mit Stöcken zu mir kommst? Und der Philister fluchte David bei seinen Göttern. (2Sa 3:8; 2Sa 16:9; 2Ki 8:13)44Und der Philister sprach zu David: Komm her zu mir, ich will dein Fleisch den Vögeln des Himmels und den Tieren des Feldes geben! (1Ki 20:11)45David aber sprach zu dem Philister: Du kommst zu mir mit Schwert und mit Speer und mit Wurfspieß; ich aber komme zu dir im Namen des HERRN der Heerscharen, des Gottes der Schlachtreihen Israels, die du verhöhnt hast! (1Sa 2:2; 1Sa 2:10; 2Ch 14:10; 2Ch 32:8; Ps 20:8; Ps 124:8; Ps 125:1; Pr 18:10; 2Co 3:5; 2Co 10:4)46An diesem heutigen Tag wird dich der HERR in meine Hand ausliefern, und ich werde dich erschlagen und deinen Kopf von dir nehmen, und ich werde die Leichname des Heeres der Philister an diesem Tag den Vögeln unter dem Himmel und den wilden Tieren der Erde geben, damit die ganze Erde erkenne, dass Israel einen Gott hat! (De 28:26; Jos 4:24; 1Ki 18:36; Ps 46:11; Jer 19:7)47Und diese ganze Gemeinde soll erkennen, dass der HERR nicht durch Schwert oder Spieß errettet; denn der Kampf ist die Sache des HERRN, und Er wird euch in unsere Hand geben! (Ps 44:7; Ho 1:7; Zec 4:6; 2Co 2:14; 1Jo 5:4)48Und es geschah, als sich der Philister aufmachte und daherkam und sich David näherte, da eilte David und lief der Schlachtreihe entgegen, auf den Philister zu. (Ps 27:1)49Und David streckte seine Hand in die Tasche und nahm einen Stein heraus; und er schleuderte und traf den Philister an seine Stirn, sodass der Stein in seine Stirn drang und er auf sein Angesicht zur Erde fiel. (1Ki 22:34; 2Ki 9:24)50So überwand David den Philister mit der Schleuder und mit dem Stein, und er erschlug den Philister und tötete ihn. Und weil David kein Schwert in seiner Hand hatte, (Jud 3:31; Jud 15:15; 1Jo 4:4; Re 12:11)51lief er und trat auf den Philister und nahm dessen Schwert und zog es aus der Scheide und tötete ihn und schlug ihm damit den Kopf ab. Als aber die Philister sahen, dass ihr Held tot war, flohen sie. (Ex 14:25; Jos 10:11; 1Sa 17:46; 1Sa 21:10; 2Sa 23:21)52Und die Männer von Israel und Juda machten sich auf und erhoben ein Kriegsgeschrei und jagten den Philistern nach, bis man in die Ebene kommt, und bis zu den Toren Ekrons. Und die erschlagenen Philister lagen auf dem Weg von Schaaraim bis nach Gat und bis nach Ekron. (Jos 13:3; Jos 15:36; Jos 15:45; 1Sa 5:10)53Und die Söhne Israels kehrten von der Verfolgung der Philister zurück und plünderten ihr Lager. (Jer 30:16; Eze 38:13)54David aber nahm den Kopf des Philisters und brachte ihn nach Jerusalem; seine Waffen aber legte er in sein Zelt. (1Sa 17:57; 1Sa 25:39; 1Ki 2:32; Ne 4:4)55Als aber Saul sah, wie David gegen den Philister auszog, sprach er zu Abner, dem Heerführer: Abner, wessen Sohn ist dieser Bursche da? Abner aber sprach: So wahr deine Seele lebt, o König, ich weiß es nicht! (1Sa 14:50)56Der König sprach: So erfrage doch, wessen Sohn dieser junge Mann ist! (1Sa 16:18; 1Sa 16:21; 1Sa 17:12; 1Sa 17:58)57Sobald nun David nach der Erlegung des Philisters zurückkehrte, nahm ihn Abner und brachte ihn vor Saul; und der Kopf des Philisters war in seiner Hand. (1Sa 17:54)58Und Saul sprach zu ihm: Knabe, wessen Sohn bist du? David sprach: Ich bin ein Sohn deines Knechtes Isai, des Bethlehemiten. (1Sa 17:56)