Hello and Welcome
to His Words are Life.
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I'm Kelly Mowrer and
we're reading in the book of
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1st Samuel. God, through
Samuel has instructed king Saul
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To go against the Amalakites
and utterly destroy them,
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every living thing. And
Saul and his army go against
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them but they spare the king,
and they spare all of the good
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and the best of the livestock.
We're going to pick up their
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story now. Before we do
let's pray together. Dear God,
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please forgive us when
we've been like king Saul,
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and not utterly obey Jesus,
fully obey Jesus, willfully
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disregarded some part of
what you have asked us to do.
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We ask you to cleanse
our hearts, forgive our sins,
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and come and give us
your spirit that our obedience
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may be to your glory.
Be with us now as we read.
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Thank you for loving us. Amen.
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We're in 1st Samuel, and chapter
15, picking up with verse 10.
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Then came the word of
the Lord unto Samuel, saying,
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It repenteth me that I
have set up Saul to be king:
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for he is turned back
from following me, and hath not
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performed my commandments. And
it grieved Samuel; and he cried
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unto the Lord all night.
And when Samuel rose early
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to meet Saul in the morning,
it was told Samuel, saying,
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Saul came to Carmel, and,
behold, he set him up a place
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and is gone about, and passed
on, and gone down to Gilgal.
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And Samuel came to
Saul: and Saul said unto him,
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Blest be thou of the Lord: I
have performed the commandment
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of the Lord. And Samuel said,
What meaneth then this bleating
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of the sheep in mine ears, and
the lowing of the oxen which I
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hear? And Saul said, They have
brought them from the Amalekites
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for the people spared the best
of the sheep and of the oxen,
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to sacrifice unto the Lord
thy God; and the rest we have
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utterly destroyed. Then Samuel
said unto Saul, Stay, and I will
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tell the what the Lord
hath said to me this night.
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And he said unto him, Say
on. And Samuel said, When thou
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wast little in thine own sight,
wast thou not made the head
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of the tribes of Israel,
and the Lord anointed thee king
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over Israel? And the Lord
sent thee on a journey, and said
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Go and utterly destroy
the sinners the Amalekites,
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and fight against them
until they be consumed.
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Wherefore then didst thou
not obey the voice of the Lord,
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but didst fly upon the spoil,
and didst evil in the sight of
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the Lord? And Saul said
unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed
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the voice of the Lord, and
have gone the way which the Lord
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sent me, and have brought Agag
the king of Amalek, and have
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utterly destroyed the
Amalekites. But the people
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took of the spoil, sheep and
oxen, the chief of the things
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which should have been utterly
destroyed, to sacrifice unto the
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Lord thy God in Gilgal.
And Samuel said, Hath the Lord
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as great delight in
burnt offerings and sacrifices,
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as in obeying the voice of the
Lord? Behold, to obey is better
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than sacrifice, and to
hearken than the fat of rams.
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For rebellion is as the sin
of witchcraft, and stubbornness
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is as iniquity and Idolatry.
Because thou hast rejected
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the word of the Lord, he hath
also rejected thee from being
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king. And Saul said
unto Samuel, I have sinned:
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for I have transgressed
the commandment of the Lord,
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and thy words: because I feared
the people, and obeyed their
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voice. Now therefore, I
pray thee, pardon my sin, and
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turn again with me, that I
may worship the Lord. And Samuel
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said unto Saul, I
will not return with thee:
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for thou hast rejected the
word of the Lord, and the Lord
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hath rejected thee
from being king over Israel.
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And as Samuel turned about
to go away, he laid hold upon
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the skirt of his mantle, and it
rent. And Samuel said unto him
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The Lord hath rent the kingdom
of Israel from thee this day,
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and hath given it to a neighbor
of thine, that is better than
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thou. And also the Strength of
Israel will not lie nor repent:
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for he is not a man, that
he should repent. Then he said,
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I have sinned: yet honor me now,
I pray thee, before the elders
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of my people and before Israel,
and turn again with me, that
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I may worship the Lord thy God.
So Samuel turned again after
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Saul and Saul worshipped
the Lord. Then said Samuel,
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Bring ye hither to me Agag the
king of the Amalekites. And Agag
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came unto him delicately. And
Agag said, Surely the bitterness
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of death is past. And Samuel
said, As thy sword hath made
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women childless, so shall thy
mother be childless among women.
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And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces
before the Lord in Gilgal.
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Then Samuel went to Ramah;
and Saul went up to his house to
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Gibeah of Saul. And Samuel came
no more to see Saul until the
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day of his death: nevertheless
Samuel mourned for Saul:
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and the Lord repented that he
had made Saul king over Israel.
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We're continuing in
1st Samuel, chapter 16,
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and this is the
King James Version.
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And the Lord said unto
Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn
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for Saul, seeing I have rejected
him from reigning over Israel?
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fill thine horn with oil,
and go, I will send the to Jesse
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the Bethlehemite: for I
have provided me a king among
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his sons. And Samuel said,
How can I go? if Saul hear it,
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he will kill me. And the Lord
said, Take an heifer with thee,
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and say, I am come to sacrifice
to the Lord. And call Jesse
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to the sacrifice, and I will
shew thee what thou shalt do:
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and thou shalt anoint unto
me him whom I name unto thee.
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And Samuel did that
which the Lord spake, and came
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to Bethlehem. And the elders of
the town trembled at his coming,
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and said, Comest thou peaceably?
And he said, Peaceably:
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I am come to sacrifice unto
the Lord: sanctify yourselves,
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and come with me to the
sacrifice. And he sanctified
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Jesse and his sons, and
called them to the sacrifice.
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And it came to pass, when
they were come, that he looked
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on Eliab, and said, Surely the
Lord's anointed is before him.
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But the Lord said unto Samuel,
Look not on his countenance,
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or on the height of his stature;
because I have refused him:
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for the Lord seeth not as man
seeth; for man looketh on the
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outward appearance, but
the Lord looketh on the heart.
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Then Jesse called Abinadab,
and made him pass before Samuel.
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And he said, Neither
hath the Lord chosen this.
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Then Jesse made Shammah to
pass by. And he said, Neither
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hath the Lord chosen this. Again
Jesse made seven of his sons
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to pass before Samuel.
And Samuel said unto Jesse,
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The Lord hath not chosen these.
And Samuel said unto Jesse,
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Are here all thy children?
And he said, There remaineth yet
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the youngest, and,
behold, he keepeth the sheep.
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And Samuel said unto
Jesse, Send and fetch him:
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for we will not sit down till
he come hither. And he sent,
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and brought him in. Now he was
ruddy, and withal of a beautiful
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countenance, and goodly to look
to. And the Lord said, Arise,
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anoint him: for this is he.
Then Samuel took the horn of oil
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and anointed him in the midst
of his brethren: and the spirit
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of the Lord came upon
David from that day forward.
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So Samuel rose up, and went
to Ramah. But the spirit of the
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Lord departed from Saul,
and an evil spirit from the Lord
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troubled him. And
Saul's servants said unto him,
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Behold now, an evil
spirit from God troubleth thee.
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Let our Lord now command thy
servants, which are before thee,
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to seek out a man, who is
a cunning player on an harp:
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and it shall come to pass, when
the evil spirit from God is upon
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thee, that he shall play with
his hand, and thou shalt be well
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And Saul said unto his servants,
Provide me now a man that can
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play well, and bring him to
me. Then answered one of the
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servants, and said, Behold,
I have seen a son of Jesse
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the Bethlehemite,
that is cunning in playing,
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and a mighty valiant man,
and a man of war, and prudent
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in matters, and a comely person,
and the Lord is with him.
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Wherefore Saul sent messengers
unto Jesse, and said, Send me
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David thy son, which is with
the sheep. And Jesse took an ass
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laden with bread, and a bottle
of wine, and a kid, and sent
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them by David his son unto
Saul. And David came to Saul,
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and stood before him:
and he loved him greatly;
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and he became his armour bearer.
And Saul sent to Jesse, saying,
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Let David, I pray thee, stand
before me; for he hath found
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favor in my sight. And it came
to pass, when the evil spirit
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from God was upon Saul, that
David took an harp, and played
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with his hand: so Saul
was refreshed, and was well,
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and the evil
spirit departed from him.
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We're continuing to read
in 1st Samuel, chapter 17,
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and this is the
King James Version.
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Now the Philistines gathered
together their armies to battle,
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and were gathered together
at Shochoh, which belongeth
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to Judah, and pitched
between Shochoh and Azekah,
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in Ephesdammim. And Saul and
the men of Israel were gathered
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together, and pitched by
the valley of Elah, and set the
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battle in array against the
Philistines. And the Philistines
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stood on a mountain on one side,
and Israel stood on a mountain
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on the other side, and
there was a valley between them.
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And there went out a
champion out of the camp of the
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Philistines, named Goliath, of
Gath, whose height was 6 cubits
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and a span. And he had an helmet
of brass upon his head, and he
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was armed with a coat of mail;
and the weight of the coat was
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5,000 shekels of brass. And
he had greaves of brass upon his
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legs, and a target of
brass between his shoulders.
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And the staff of his
spear was like a weaver's beam:
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and his spear's head
weighed 600 shekels of iron:
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and one bearing a shield went
before him. And he stood and
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cried unto the armies of Israel,
and said unto them, Why are ye
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come out to set your battle
in array? am not I a Philistine,
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and ye servants to Saul? choose
you a man for you, and let him
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come down to me. If he be able
to fight with me, and to kill me
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then will we be your servants:
but if I prevail against him,
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and kill him, then shall ye
be our servants, and serve us.
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And the Philistine said, I defy
the armies of Israel this day;
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give me a man, that
we may fight together.
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When Saul and all Israel heard
those words of the Philistine,
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they were dismayed, and greatly
afraid. Now David was the son
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of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem
Judah, whose name was Jesse;
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and he had 8 sons: and the man
went among men for an old man
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in the days of Saul. And the
3 eldest sons of Jesse went and
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followed Saul to the battle:
and the names of his 3 sons
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that went to the battle were
Eliab the firstborn, and next
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unto them Abinadab, and the
third Shammah. And David was
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the youngest: and the 3 eldest
followed Saul. But David went
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and returned from Saul to feed
his father's sheep at Bethlehem.
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And the Philistine drew
near morning and evening,
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and presented himself 40 days.
And Jesse said unto David his
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son, Take now for thy brethren
an ephah of this parched corn,
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and these 10 loaves, and
run to the camp to thy brethren;
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and carry these ten cheeses
unto the captain of their
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thousand, and look how thy
brethren fare, and take their
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pledge. Now Saul, and they, and
all the men of Israel, were in
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the valley of Elah, fighting
with the Philistines. And David
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rose up early in the
morning, and left the sheep
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with a keeper, and took and
went, as Jesse had commanded
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him; and he came to the trench,
as the host was going forth to
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fight, and shouted for
the battle. For Israel and the
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Philistines had put the battle
in array, army against army.
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And David left his carriage
in the hand of the keeper
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of the carriage, and ran into
the army, and came and saluted
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his brethren. And as he talked
with them, behold, there came up
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the champion, the Philistine
of Gath, Goliath by name,
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out of the armies of
the Philistines, and spake
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according to the same
words: and David heard them.
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And all the men of Israel, when
they saw the man, fled from him,
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and were sore afraid. And
the men of Israel said, Have ye
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seen this man that is come
up? surely to defy Israel is he
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come up? and it shall be,
that the man who killeth him,
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the king will enrich him with
great riches, and will give him
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his daughter, and make his
father's house free in Israel.
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And David spake to the
men that stood by him, saying,
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What shall be done to the man
that killeth this Philistine,
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and taketh away the reproach
from Israel? for who is this
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uncircumcised Philistine,
that he should defy the armies
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of the living God? - Thank you
for being with me to read today.
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We'll pick up the story of
David and Goliath next time
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and until then, may God
keep us secure in His love,
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and in His way. Goodbye.
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