1Filistrene samlede igen deres hær for at gå i krig. De samledes i Soko i Juda og slog lejr i Efes-Dammim mellem Soko og Azeka.2Saul og israelitterne samledes og slog lejr ved Elahdalen, og de gjorde sig klar til kamp.3Filistrene og israelitterne stod således ansigt til ansigt på hver sin bjergskråning med kun dalen imellem sig.4Filistrene havde en kriger, Goliat fra Gat, som var næsten tre meter høj.5Hans rustning bestod af en hjelm af bronze, et brystpanser af bronze, der vejede over 50 kilo,*6og benskinner af bronze. På ryggen bar han et kastespyd af bronze.7Skaftet på hans kampspyd var flere tommer tykt og med en spydspids af jern, der vejede næsten syv kilo. Foran ham gik hans våbendrager med et stort skjold.8Goliat trådte frem foran de øvrige filistre og råbte over til israelitterne: „Hvorfor har I stillet hele hæren op til kamp? Vi kan da bare ordne sagen ved en lille tvekamp! Jeg er filistrenes største krigshelt. I er selvfølgelig kun Sauls slaver, men vælg bare en af jeres mænd til at komme herned og kæmpe med mig.9Hvis han vinder over mig og slår mig ihjel, bliver vi jeres slaver. Men hvis jeg vinder over ham og slår ham ihjel, bliver I vores slaver.10Jeg udfordrer Israels hær til at sende en mand her hen til mig, hvis I altså tør.”11Da Saul og israelitterne hørte, hvad Goliat sagde, blev de skrækslagne og tabte fuldstændig modet.12Det samme gentog sig i 40 dage. Hver eneste morgen og aften trådte kæmpen frem og udfordrede israelitterne. Nu havde David jo syv ældre brødre, der alle var sønner af Isaj, som boede i Betlehem i Judas stammeområde. De tre ældste—Eliab, Abinadab og Shamma—var med i Sauls hær. David, der var yngst, tjente hos Saul, men var netop nu i Betlehem, hvor han hjalp sin gamle far med at vogte fårene og gederne.17En dag sagde Isaj til David: „Tag den her sæk ristede korn og de her ti brød med til dine brødre i Sauls hær,18og giv de her ti stykker ost til deres anfører. Find ud af, hvordan dine brødre har det, og sørg for at bringe et brev eller noget andet med tilbage fra dem.19De er sammen med Saul og hele hæren i Elahdalen.”20David overlod så fårene til en anden hyrde, og tidligt næste morgen tog han af sted. Han ankom til udkanten af lejren, netop som hæren var ved at stille op til kamp og udstødte kampråbet.21Israelitterne og filistrene stillede op over for hinanden på hver sin side af dalen.22David efterlod sin bagage hos manden, der havde opsyn med forsyningerne, og skyndte sig ud for at finde sine brødre.23Mens han talte med dem, trådte Goliat frem og stillede sig op foran filisterhæren, og David hørte, hvordan han råbte sin udfordring til israelitterne.24Så snart Israels krigere så ham, flygtede de skrækslagne.25„Sikken en kæmpe,” sagde krigerne til hinanden, „han kommer hver dag for at håne Israels hær. Kongen har udlovet en belønning til den, der slår kæmpen ihjel. Han bliver rig, han får kongens datter til kone, og hele hans slægt bliver fritaget for at betale skat.”26David henvendte sig nu til nogle af de omkringstående og spurgte: „Hvad får den mand, der slår filisteren ihjel og gør en ende på hans forhånelser? Hvem er egentlig denne ugudelige, uomskårne filister, der tror, han kan tillade sig at håne den levende Guds hær?”27Han fik det samme svar igen om den udlovede dusør.28Men da Davids ældste bror, Eliab, hørte, hvad David talte med mændene om, blev han vred. „Hvad bestiller du egentlig her?” skældte han. „Har du efterladt de stakkels får i ørkenen? Jeg kender dig. Du er både hovmodig og selvisk. Du er bare kommet for at se på kampen.”29„Hvad har jeg nu gjort?” forsvarede David sig. „Der er vel ikke noget forkert i at spørge?”30Så gik han hen til nogle andre mænd og stillede samme spørgsmål. De gav ham det samme svar.
David kæmper mod Goliat
31Det rygtedes hurtigt i lejren, hvad David havde sagt. Da kong Saul fik det at vide, sendte han bud efter ham.32„Du må ikke lade dig slå ud af den overmodige filister,” sagde David til Saul. „Jeg skal nok gøre det af med ham.”33„Det kan du ikke,” sukkede Saul. „Du er ung og uerfaren, mens den mand har været kriger fra sin ungdom af.”34Men David svarede: „Jeg har i årevis vogtet min fars får. Hvis der kom en løve eller en bjørn og tog et lam fra hjorden,35løb jeg efter dyret, fældede det med min slynge og rev lammet ud af gabet på det. Hvis dyret så angreb mig, greb jeg fat i dets pels og slog det ihjel.36Jeg har slået både løver og bjørne ihjel, og nu skal det gå den her uomskårne filister på samme måde, for han har udfordret den levende Guds hær.37Den Gud, som frelste mig fra løvers og bjørnes kløer, vil også hjælpe mig imod den filister.” „Godt,” svarede Saul, „så gå imod ham. Og må Herren være med dig.”38Saul gav nu David sin egen rustning med både bronzehjelm og brynje.39David spændte bæltet med sværdet om livet, men han kunne ikke bevæge sig med alt det på. Han havde jo aldrig prøvet det før. „Jeg kan dårligt bevæge mig i den mundering,” sagde han og tog det hele af igen.40I stedet udvalgte han sig fem glatte sten ved bækken og lagde dem i sin hyrdetaske, og med sin hyrdestav og sin slynge gik han Goliat i møde.41Goliat kom gående hen imod David med skjoldbæreren foran sig. Da han fik øje på ham, snerrede han i foragt over den lille rødmossede fyr, der vovede sig frem imod ham.43„Hvad regner du mig for? En hund?” brølede han til David. „Du kommer jo imod mig med en kæp!” Så forbandede han David ved alle sine guder44og tilføjede: „Kom herhen, så skal jeg gøre dig til føde for fuglene og de vilde dyr!”45Men David råbte tilbage: „Du kommer imod mig med sværd, spyd og lanse, men jeg kommer imod dig i Herrens navn! Du har hånet ham, skønt han er Anføreren for de himmelske hære og for Israels styrker!46Derfor vil Herren gøre det af med dig i dag. Jeg vil slå dig ihjel og hugge hovedet af dig, så det er dig og dine folk, der bliver til føde for fuglene og de vilde dyr. På den måde får hele verden at se, at der er en Gud i Israel!47Og Israel skal lære, at Herren ikke giver sejr ved sværd og spyd, når han vil gennemføre sine planer. I dag vil han udlevere jer til os.”48Da Goliat nærmede sig, løb David ham i møde.49Han stak hånden i sin hyrdetaske, fiskede en sten op, slyngede den rundt og lod den flyve mod filisterens hoved. Stenen borede sig ind i Goliats pande, og han faldt næsegrus til jorden.50Sådan fældede David filisterkæmpen med en sten fra sin slynge. Da han ikke havde noget sværd,51løb han hen og trak Goliats sværd af skeden og huggede hovedet af kæmpen. Ved det syn gik der panik i filisterhæren. De vendte om og tog flugten, da det gik op for dem, at deres helt var død.52Da udstødte Israels og Judas mænd et krigshyl og stormede efter filistrene, og de forfulgte dem helt til Gat og Ekrons byporte. Døde og sårede filistre lå spredt fra Sha’arajim til Gat og Ekron.53Derefter vendte israelitterne tilbage og plyndrede filistrenes rømmede lejr.54Men David sikrede sig Goliats hoved og tog det senere med til Jerusalem, mens filisterens våben blev anbragt i hans telt.*55Dengang Saul så David gå imod kæmpen Goliat, spurgte han sin hærfører Abner: „Abner, hvilken familie er det nu den der unge fyr kommer fra?” „Jeg aner det ikke,” svarede Abner.56„Så find ud af det!” sagde kongen.57Efter at David havde dræbt Goliat, og han kom tilbage med kæmpens hoved i hånden, førte Abner ham straks til Saul.58„Sig mig, unge mand,” sagde Saul, „hvem er din far?” David svarede: „Jeg er søn af Isaj, der bor i Betlehem.”
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.
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