1. Krallar (1. Samuel) 17

¹Ve yabancılar savaş için ordularını topladılar; Yahuda'nın Soko Kenti'nde bir araya gelerek Soko ile Azeka arasındaki Efermim'de ordugah kurdular.

²Saul ve İsrail adamları toplanıp vadide ordugah kurdular ve yabancıların karşısında savaş düzeni aldılar.

³Yabancılar bir yandaki dağda, İsrail ise karşı yandaki dağda duruyordu; aralarında dar bir vadi vardı.

⁴Yabancıların savaş safından Gatlı, adı Golyat olan, boyu dört arşın ve bir karış olan güçlü bir adam çıktı.

⁵Başında bir miğfer vardı ve zincirli bir zırh kuşanmıştı; zırhının ağırlığı beş bin tunç ve demir şikeldi.

⁶Bacaklarında tunç dizlikler ve omuzları arasında tunçtan yuvarlak bir kalkan vardı.

⁷Mızrağının sapı dokumacıların masurası gibiydi; mızrağının ucu altı yüz demir şikel ağırlığındaydı. Silahını taşıyan adam ise önünden gidiyordu.

⁸Durup İsrail saflarına doğru haykırdı ve onlara şöyle dedi: 'Neden savaşmak için düzen alıp çıktınız? Ben bir yabancı, siz ise Saul'un İbranileri değil misiniz? Kendinize bir adam seçin de yanıma insin.

⁹Eğer benimle dövüşmeye güç yetirebilir ve beni öldürebilirse, sizin köleleriniz oluruz; ama ben ona üstün gelir ve onu öldürürsem, siz bizim kölelerimiz olur ve bize kulluk edersiniz.'

¹⁰Yabancı şöyle devam etti: 'İşte bugün İsrail saflarına meydan okuyup onları utandırdım; bana bir adam verin de teke tek dövüşelim.'

¹¹Saul ve bütün İsrail yabancının bu sözlerini duyunca dehşete kapıldı ve çok korktu.

³²Davut Saul'a, 'Efendimin yüreği onun yüzünden yılgınlığa düşmesin' dedi, 'Kulun gidip bu yabancıyla dövüşecek.'

³³Saul Davut'a, 'Bu yabancıyla dövüşmek için onun karşısına çıkamazsın' dedi, 'Çünkü sen daha bir çocuksun, o ise gençliğinden beri bir savaşçıdır.'

³⁴Davut Saul'a, 'Kulun babasının sürüsünü güdüyordu' dedi, 'Bir aslan ya da ayı gelip sürüden bir koyun kaçırdığında,

³⁵peşinden gider, onu vurur ve avı ağzından kurtarırdım. Eğer üzerime saldırırsa, onu gırtlağından yakalar, vurup öldürürdüm.

³⁶Kulun hem aslanı hem de ayıyı öldürdü; bu sünnetsiz yabancı da onlardan biri gibi olacak. Gidip onu vurmayayım mı ve bugün İsrail'den bu utancı kaldırmayayım mı? Çünkü bu sünnetsiz kim oluyor ki, yaşayan Tanrı'nın ordusuna meydan okuyor?

³⁷Beni aslanın ve ayının pençesinden kurtaran Rab, bu sünnetsiz yabancının elinden de kurtaracaktır.' Saul Davut'a, 'Git, Rab seninle olsun' dedi.

³⁸Saul Davut'a kendi pelerinini giydirdi ve başına tunç bir miğfer koydu.

³⁹Pelerininin üzerine kılıcını kuşandırdı. Davut bunlarla bir iki kez yürümeye çalışarak yoruldu. Saul'a, 'Bunlarla yürüyemiyorum, çünkü alışkın değilim' dedi ve onları üzerinden çıkardılar.

⁴⁰Değneğini eline aldı, dereden beş düzgün taş seçip çoban dağarcığına koydu. Sapanı da elindeydi. Böylece yabancıya doğru ilerledi.

⁴²Golyat Davut'u görünce onu küçümsedi; çünkü Davut kızıl saçlı, güzel gözlü bir gençti.

⁴³Yabancı Davut'a, 'Ben köpek miyim ki üzerime değnekle ve taşlarla geliyorsun?' dedi. Davut, 'Hayır, köpekten de betersin' diye karşılık verdi. Yabancı kendi ilahlarının adıyla Davut'a lanet okudu.

⁴⁴Yabancı Davut'a, 'Bana yaklaş da etini gökteki kuşlara ve yerdeki hayvanlara yem edeyim' dedi.

⁴⁵Davut yabancıya, 'Sen üzerime kılıçla, mızrakla ve kalkanla geliyorsun' dedi, 'Bense bugün meydan okuduğun İsrail ordusunun Tanrısı, Orduların Rabbi'nin adıyla senin üzerine geliyorum.

⁴⁶Bugün Rab seni elime teslim edecek; seni öldürüp başını gövdenden ayıracağım. Bugün senin cesedini ve yabancıların ordusunun cesetlerini gökteki kuşlara ve yerdeki vahşi hayvanlara yem edeceğim. Böylece bütün dünya İsrail'de bir Tanrı olduğunu anlayacak.

⁴⁷Bütün bu topluluk da Rab'bin kılıçla ya da mızrakla kurtarmadığını anlayacak. Çünkü savaş Rab'bindir ve O sizi elimize teslim edecektir.

⁴⁸Yabancı kalkıp Davut'la karşılaşmak üzere ilerledi.

⁴⁹Davut elini dağarcığına sokup bir taş çıkardı, sapanla fırlattı ve yabancıyı alnından vurdu. Taş miğferini delip alnına saplandı; adam yüzüstü yere düştü.

⁵¹Davut koşup onun üzerine çıktı, adamın kılıcını çekip onu öldürdü ve başını kesti. Yabancılar güçlü savaşçılarının öldüğünü görünce kaçtılar.

⁵²İsrail ve Yahuda adamları kalkıp savaş çığlıkları attılar ve yabancıları Gat'ın girişine ve Aşkelon kapılarına kadar kovaladılar. Yabancıların yaralıları kapıların yolunda, Gat'a ve Ekron'a kadar yere serildi.

⁵³İsrailliler yabancıları kovalamaktan dönüp onların ordugahlarını yağmaladılar.

⁵⁴Davut yabancının başını alıp Yeruşalim'e götürdü, silahlarını ise kendi çadırına koydu.

¹²Davut, Yahuda'nın Beytlehem kentinden Efratlı bir adamın oğlu olduğunu söyledi; bu adamın adı İşay'dı ve sekiz oğlu vardı. Saul'un günlerinde bu adam yaşlanmış, insanlar arasında yaşlılar sırasına girmişti.

¹³İşay'ın üç büyük oğlu savaşta Saul'un ardınca gitmişlerdi. Savaşa giden oğullarının adları şunlardı: İlk oğlu Eliab, ikincisi Aminadab ve üçüncüsü Şamma.

¹⁴Davut en küçükleriydi. Üç büyük oğul ise Saul'un ardınca gitmişti.

¹⁵Davut babasının koyunlarını gütmek için Beytlehem'e, Saul'un yanından gidip geliyordu.

¹⁶Yabancı sabah akşam ortaya çıkıp kırk gün boyunca boy gösterdi.

¹⁷İşay oğlu Davut'a, 'Kardeşlerin için şu bir efa unla on somun ekmeği al, hemen ordugaha, kardeşlerinin yanına götür' dedi.

¹⁸Şu on kalıp peyniri de binbaşıya götür. Kardeşlerinin esenliğini öğren ve neye ihtiyaçları olduğunu öğren.

¹⁹Saul ve bütün İsrail adamları Meşe Vadisi'nde yabancılarla savaşmaktalar.

²⁰Davut sabah erkenden kalktı, sürüyü bir bekçiye bıraktı. İşay'ın buyurduğu gibi erzakı alıp yola çıktı. Ordugaha vardığında, askerler savaş çığlıkları atarak savaş düzenine girmek üzere çıkıyorlardı.

²¹İsraillilerle yabancılar karşı karşıya savaş düzeni aldılar.

²²Davut getirdiği eşyaları bekçiye bıraktı, savaş saflarına koştu ve kardeşlerinin yanına varıp esenliklerini sordu.

²³Davut onlarla konuşurken, yabancı saflarından Gatlı Golyat adındaki o Filistli savaşçı öne çıktı ve önceki gibi meydan okudu; Davut bunu duydu.

²⁴Bütün İsrail adamları o adamı görünce önünden kaçtılar ve çok korktular.

²⁵İsrail adamları şöyle diyordu: 'Öne çıkan bu adamı gördünüz mü? İsrail'e meydan okumak için çıkıyor. Onu öldüren adamı kral büyük bir zenginlikle ödüllendirecek, ona kızını verecek ve babasının evini İsrail'de vergiden muaf tutacak.'

²⁶Davut yanındaki adamlara sordu: 'Bu yabancıyı öldürüp İsrail'den bu utancı kaldıracak adama ne yapılacak? Bu sünnetsiz yabancı kim oluyor ki, yaşayan Tanrı'nın ordusuna meydan okuyor?'

²⁷Halk ona önceki sözleri tekrarlayarak, 'Onu öldüren adama böyle yapılacak' dedi.

²⁸Büyük ağabeyi Eliab, Davut'un adamlarla konuştuğunu duyunca ona çok öfkelendi. 'Neden buraya indin?' dedi, 'Çöldeki o birkaç koyunu kime bıraktın? Senin kibrini ve yüreğinin kötülüğünü biliyorum; sırf savaşı görmek için indin.'

²⁹Davut, 'Şimdi ne yaptım?' dedi, 'Sadece bir soru sordum.'

³⁰Ağabeyinden ayrılıp başkasına yöneldi ve aynı soruyu sordu. Halk da ona önceki gibi yanıt verdi.

³¹Davut'un söylediği sözler duyulup Saul'a iletildi. Saul onu yanına çağırttı.

⁴¹Yabancı da Davut'a doğru ilerliyordu; kalkanını taşıyan adam da önündeydi. Yabancı baktı,

⁵⁰Böylece Davut, bir sapan ve bir taşla yabancıya üstün geldi; onu vurup öldürdü. Davut'un elinde kılıç yoktu.

⁵⁵Saul, Davut'un yabancıyla karşılaşmaya çıktığını görünce ordu komutanı Abner'e, 'Abner, bu genç kimin oğlu?' diye sordu. Abner, 'Kralın canı hakkı için, bilmiyorum ey kral' dedi.

⁵⁶Kral, 'Bu gencin kimin oğlu olduğunu araştır' dedi.

⁵⁷Davut yabancıyı öldürüp döndüğünde, Abner onu alıp Saul'un huzuruna çıkardı. Yabancının başı hâlâ Davut'un elindeydi.

⁵⁸Saul ona, 'Kimin oğlusun, ey genç?' diye sordu. Davut, 'Kulun Beytlehemli İşay'ın oğluyum' diye yanıt verdi.

¹ΚΑΙ συνάγουσιν ἀλλόφυλοι τὰς παρεμβολὰς αὐτῶν εἰς πόλεμον καὶ συνάγονται εἰς Σοκχὼθ τῆς ᾿Ιουδαίας καὶ παρεμβάλλουσιν ἀνὰ μέσον Σοκχὼθ καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον ᾿Αζηκὰ ᾿Εφερμέμ.

²καὶ Σαοὺλ καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες ᾿Ισραὴλ συνάγονται καὶ παρεμβάλλουσιν ἐν τῇ κοιλάδι αὐτοὶ καὶ παρατάσσονται εἰς πόλεμον ἐξεναντίας τῶν ἀλλοφύλων.

³καὶ ἀλλόφυλοι ἵστανται ἐπὶ τοῦ ὄρους ἐνταῦθα, καὶ ᾿Ισραὴλ ἵσταται ἐπὶ τοῦ ὄρους ἐνταῦθα, καὶ ὁ αὐλὼν ἀνὰ μέσον αὐτῶν.

⁴καὶ ἐξῆλθεν ἀνὴρ δυνατὸς ἐκ τῆς παρατάξεως τῶν ἀλλοφύλων Γολιὰθ ὄνομα αὐτῶν ἐκ Γέθ, ὕψος αὐτοῦ τεσσάρων πήχεων καὶ σπιθαμῆς·

⁵καὶ περικεφαλαία ἐπὶ τῆς κεφαλῆς αὐτοῦ, καὶ θώρακα ἁλυσιδωτὸν αὐτὸς ἐνδεδυκώς, καὶ ὁ σταθμὸς τοῦ θώρακος αὐτοῦ πέντε χιλιάδες σίκλων χαλκοῦ καὶ σιδήρου·

⁶καὶ κνημῖδες χαλκαῖ ἐπὶ τῶν σκελῶν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀσπὶς χαλκῆ ἀνὰ μέσον τῶν ὤμων αὐτοῦ·

⁷καὶ ὁ κοντὸς τοῦ δόρατος αὐτοῦ ὡσεὶ μέσακλον ὑφαινόντων, καὶ ἡ λόγχη αὐτοῦ ἑξακοσίων σίκλων σιδήρου· καὶ ὁ αἴρων τὰ ὅπλα αὐτοῦ προεπορεύετο αὐτοῦ.

⁸καὶ ἔστη καὶ ἀνεβόησεν εἰς τὴν παράταξιν ᾿Ισραὴλ καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· τί ἐκπορεύεσθε παρατάξασθαι πολέμῳ ἐξεναντίας ἡμῶν; οὐκ ἐγώ εἰμι ἀλλόφυλος καὶ ὑμεῖς ῾Εβραῖοι τοῦ Σαούλ; ἐκλέξασθε ἑαυτοῖς ἄνδρα καὶ καταβήτω πρός με,

⁹καὶ ἐὰν δυνηθῇ πολεμῆσαι πρός με καὶ ἐὰν πατάξῃ με, καὶ ἐσόμεθα ὑμῖν εἰς δούλους· ἐὰν δὲ ἐγὼ δυνηθῶ καὶ πατάξω αὐτόν, ἔσεσθε ἡμῖν εἰς δούλους καὶ δουλεύσετε ἡμῖν.

¹⁰καὶ εἶπεν ὁ ἀλλόφυλος· ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ὠνείδισα τὴν παράταξιν ᾿Ισραὴλ σήμερον ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ταύτῃ· δότε μοι ἄνδρα, καὶ μονομαχήσομεν ἀμφότεροι.

¹¹καὶ ἤκουσε Σαοὺλ καὶ πᾶς ᾿Ισραὴλ τὰ ῥήματα τοῦ ἀλλοφύλου ταῦτα καὶ ἐξέστησαν καὶ ἐφοβήθησαν σφόδρα.*

³²Καὶ εἶπε Δαυὶδ πρὸς Σαούλ· μὴ δὴ συμπεσέτω καρδία τοῦ Κυρίου μου ἐπ᾿ αὐτόν· ὁ δοῦλός σου πορεύσεται καὶ πολεμήσει μετὰ τοῦ ἀλλοφύλου τούτου.

³³καὶ εἶπε Σαοὺλ πρὸς τὸν Δαυὶδ· οὐ μὴ δυνήσῃ πορευθῆναι πρὸς τὸν ἀλλόφυλον τοῦ πολεμεῖν μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ, ὅτι παιδάριον εἶ σύ, καὶ αὐτὸς ἀνὴρ πολεμιστὴς ἐκ νεότητος αὐτοῦ.

³⁴καὶ εἶπε Δαυὶδ πρὸς Σαούλ· ποιμαίνων ἦν ὁ δοῦλός σου τῷ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ ποιμνίῳ, καὶ ὅταν ἤρχετο ὁ λέων καὶ ἡ ἄρκος καὶ ἐλάμβανε πρόβατον ἐκ τῆς ἀγέλης,

³⁵καὶ ἐξεπορευόμην ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπάταξα αὐτὸν καὶ ἐξέσπασα ἐκ τοῦ στόματος αὐτοῦ, καὶ εἰ ἐπανίστατο ἐπ᾿ ἐμέ, καὶ ἐκράτησα τοῦ φάρυγγος αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπάταξα καὶ ἐθανάτωσα αὐτόν.

³⁶καὶ τὸν λέοντα καὶ τὴν ἄρκον ἔτυπτεν ὁ δοῦλός σου, καὶ ἔσται ὁ ἀλλόφυλος ὁ ἀπερίτμητος ὡς ἓν τούτων· οὐχὶ πορεύσομαι καὶ πατάξω αὐτόν, καὶ ἀφελῶ σήμερον ὄνειδος ἐξ ᾿Ισραήλ; διότι τίς ὁ ἀπερίτμητος οὗτος, ὃς ὠνείδισε παράταξιν Θεοῦ ζῶντος;

³⁷Κύριος, ὃς ἐξείλατό με ἐκ χειρὸς τοῦ λέοντος καὶ ἐκ χειρὸς τῆς ἄρκου, αὐτὸς ἐξελεῖταί με ἐκ χειρὸς τοῦ ἀλλοφύλου τοῦ ἀπεριτμήτου τούτου. καὶ εἶπε Σαοὺλ πρὸς Δαυίδ· πορεύου, καὶ ἔσται Κύριος μετὰ σοῦ.

³⁸καὶ ἐνέδυσε Σαοὺλ τὸν Δαυὶδ μανδύαν καὶ περικεφαλαίαν χαλκῆν περὶ τὴν κεφαλήν αὐτοῦ

³⁹καὶ ἔζωσε τὸν Δαυὶδ τὴν ρομφαίαν αὐτοῦ ἐπάνω τοῦ μανδύου αὐτοῦ. καὶ ἐκοπίασε περιπατήσας ἅπαξ καὶ δίς· καὶ εἶπε Δαυὶδ πρὸς Σαούλ· οὐ μὴ δύνωμαι πορευθῆναι ἐν τούτοις, ὅτι οὐ πεπείραμαι. καὶ ἀφαιροῦσιν αὐτὰ ἀπ᾿ αὐτοῦ.

⁴⁰καὶ ἔλαβε τὴν βακτηρίαν αὐτοῦ ἐν τῇ χειρὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐξελέξατο ἑαυτῷ πέντε λίθους λείους ἐκ τοῦ χειμάρρου καὶ ἔθετο αὐτοὺς ἐν τῷ καδίῳ τῷ ποιμαινικῷ τῷ ὄντι αὐτῷ εἰς συλλογὴ καὶ σφενδόνην αὐτοῦ ἐν τῇ χειρὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ προσῆλθε πρὸς τὸν ἄνδρα τὸν ἀλλόφυλον. 41**

⁴²καὶ εἶδε Γολιὰθ τὸν Δαυὶδ καὶ ἐξητίμασεν αὐτόν, ὅτι αὐτὸς ἦν παιδάριον καὶ αὐτὸς πυρράκης μετὰ κάλλους ὀφθαλμῶν.

⁴³καὶ εἶπεν ὁ ἀλλόφυλος πρὸς Δαυίδ· ὡσεὶ κύων ἐγώ εἰμι, ὅτι σὺ ἔρχῃ ἐπ᾿ ἐμὲ ἐν ράβδῳ καὶ λίθοις; καὶ εἶπε Δαυίδ· οὐχί, ἀλλ᾿ ἢ χείρων κυνός. καὶ κατηράσατο ὁ ἀλλόφυλος τὸν Δαυὶδ ἐν τοῖς θεοῖς αὐτοῦ.

⁴⁴καὶ εἶπεν ὁ ἀλλόφυλος πρὸς Δαυίδ· δεῦρο πρός με, καὶ δώσω τὰς σάρκας σου τοῖς πετεινοῖς τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ τοῖς κτήνεσι τῆς γῆς.

⁴⁵καὶ εἶπε Δαυὶδ πρὸς τὸν ἀλλόφυλον· σὺ ἔρχῃ πρός με ἐν ρομφαίᾳ καὶ ἐν δόρατι καὶ ἐν ἀσπίδι, κἀγὼ πορεύομαι πρός σε ἐν ὀνόματι Κυρίου Θεοῦ Σαβαὼθ παρατάξεως ᾿Ισραήλ, ἣν ὠνείδισας σήμερον·

⁴⁶καὶ ἀποκλείσει σε Κύριος σήμερον εἰς τὴν χεῖρά μου, καὶ ἀποκτενῶ σε καὶ ἀφελῶ τὴν κεφαλήν σου ἀπὸ σοῦ καὶ δώσω τὰ κῶλά σου καὶ τὰ κῶλα παρεμβολῆς ἀλλοφύλων ἐν ταύτῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τοῖς πετεινοῖς τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ τοῖς θηρίοις τῆς γῆς, καὶ γνώσεται πᾶσα ἡ γῆ, ὅτι ἔστι Θεὸς ἐν ᾿Ισραήλ·

⁴⁷καὶ γνώσεται πᾶσα ἡ ἐκκλησία αὕτη ὅτι οὐκ ἐν ρομφαίᾳ καὶ δόρατι σῴζει Κύριος, ὅτι τοῦ Κυρίου ὁ πόλεμος, καὶ παραδώσει Κύριος ὑμᾶς εἰς χεῖρας ἡμῶν.

⁴⁸καὶ ἀνέστη ὁ ἀλλόφυλος καὶ ἐπορεύθη εἰς συνάντησιν Δαυίδ.

⁴⁹καὶ ἐξέτεινε Δαυὶδ τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸ κάδιον καὶ ἔλαβεν ἐκεῖθεν λίθον ἕνα καὶ ἐσφενδόνισε καὶ ἐπάταξε τὸν ἀλλόφυλον ἐπὶ τὸ μέτωπον αὐτοῦ, καὶ διέθυ ὁ λίθος διά τῆς περικεφαλαίας εἰς τὸ μέτωπον αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔπεσεν ἐπί πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν. 50***

⁵¹καὶ ἔδραμε Δαυὶδ καὶ ἐπέστη ἐπ᾿ αὐτὸν καὶ ἔλαβε τὴν ρομφαίαν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐθανάτωσεν αὐτὸν καὶ ἀφεῖλε τὴν κεφαλήν αὐτοῦ. καὶ εἶδον οἱ ἀλλόφυλοι ὅτι τέθνηκεν ὁ δυνατὸς αὐτῶν, καὶ ἔφυγον.

⁵²καὶ ἀνίστανται ἄνδρες ᾿Ισραὴλ καὶ ᾿Ιούδα καὶ ἠλάλαξαν καὶ κατεδίωξαν ὀπίσω αὐτῶν ἕως εἰσόδου Γὲθ καὶ ἕως τῆς πύλης ᾿Ασκάλωνος, καὶ ἔπεσον τραυματίαι τῶν ἀλλοφύλων ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ τῶν πυλῶν καὶ ἕως Γὲθ καὶ ἕως ᾿Ακκαρών.

⁵³καὶ ἀνέστρεψαν ἄνδρες ᾿Ισραὴλ ἐκκλίνοντες ὀπίσω τῶν ἀλλοφύλων καὶ κατεπάτουν τὰς παρεμβολὰς αὐτῶν.

⁵⁴καὶ ἔλαβε Δαυὶδ τὴν κεφαλὴν τοῦ ἀλλοφύλου, καὶ ἤνεγκεν αὐτὴν εἰς ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ καὶ τὰ σκεύη αὐτοῦ ἔθηκεν ἐν τῷ σκηνώματι αὐτοῦ. 55-58**** _________________ *

¹²Καὶ εἶπε Δαυὶδ υἱὸς ἀνθρώπου ᾿Εφραθαίου· οὗτος ἐκ Βηθλεὲμ ᾿Ιούδα, καὶ ὄνομα αὐτῷ ᾿Ιεσσαί, καὶ αὐτῷ ὀκτῲ υἱοί· καὶ ὁ ἀνὴρ ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις Σαοὺλ πρεσβύτερος ἐληλυθὼς ἐν ἀνδράσι.

¹³καὶ ἐπορεύθησαν οἱ τρεῖς υἱοὶ ᾿Ιεσσαὶ οἱ μείζονες ὀπίσω Σαοὺλ εἰς πόλεμον, καὶ ὄνομα τῶν υἱῶν αὐτοῦ τῶν πορευθέντων εἰς τὸν πόλεμον, ᾿Ελιὰβ ὁ πρωτότοκος αὐτοῦ καὶ ὁ δεύτερος αὐτοῦ ᾿Αμιναδὰβ καὶ ὁ τρίτος αὐτοῦ Σαμμά.

¹⁴καὶ Δαυὶδ αὐτός ἐστιν ὁ νεώτερος καὶ οἱ τρεῖς οἱ μείζονες ἐπορεύθησαν ὀπίσω Σαούλ.

¹⁵Καὶ Δαυὶδ ἀπῆλθε καὶ ἀνέστρεψεν ἀπὸ τοῦ Σαούλ, ποιμαίνων τὰ πρόβατα τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ ἐν Βηθλεέμ.

¹⁶καὶ προῆγεν ὁ ἀλλόφυλος ὀρθρίζων καὶ ὀψίζων καὶ ἐστηλώθη τεσσαράκοντα ἡμέρας.

¹⁷καὶ εἶπεν ᾿Ιεσσαὶ πρὸς Δαυίδ· λαβὲ δὴ τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς σου οἰφὶ τοῦ ἀλφίτου καὶ δέκα ἄρτους τούτους καὶ διάδραμε εἰς τὴν παρεμβολὴν καὶ δὸς τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς σου,

¹⁸καὶ τὰς δέκα τρυφαλίδας τοῦ γάλακτος τούτου εἰσοίσεις τῷ χιλιάρχῳ, καὶ τοὺς ἀδελφούς σου ἐπισκέψῃ εἰς εἰρήνην, καὶ ὅσα ἂν χρῄζωσι γνώσῃ.

¹⁹καὶ Σαοὺλ αὐτὸς καὶ πᾶς ἀνὴρ ᾿Ισραὴλ ἐν τῇ κοιλάδι τῆς δρυὸς πολεμοῦντες μετὰ τῶν ἀλλοφύλων.

²⁰καὶ ὤρθρισε Δαυὶδ τὸ πρωΐ, καὶ ἀφῆκε τὰ πρόβατα φύλακι, καὶ ἔλαβε καὶ ἀπῆλθε, καθὰ ἐνετείλατο αὐτῷ ᾿Ιεσσαί· καὶ ἦλθεν εἰς τὴν στρογγύλωσιν καὶ δύναμιν τὴν ἐκπορευομένην εἰς τὴν παράταξιν· καὶ ἠλάλαξαν ἐν τῷ πολέμῳ.

²¹καὶ παρετάξαντο ᾿Ισραὴλ καὶ οἱ ἀλλόφυλοι παράταξιν ἐξεναντίας παρατάξεως.

²²καὶ ἀφῆκε Δαυὶδ τὰ σκεύη αὐτοῦ ἀφ᾿ ἑαυτοῦ ἐπὶ χεῖρα φύλακος καὶ ἔδραμεν εἰς τὴν παράταξιν καὶ ἦλθε καὶ ἠρώτησε τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτοῦ εἰς εἰρήνην.

²³καὶ αὐτοῦ λαλοῦντος μετ᾿ αὐτῶν, ἰδοὺ ἀνὴρ ὁ μεσαῖος ἀνέβαινε, Γολιὰθ ὁ Φιλισταῖος ὄνομα αὐτῷ ἐκ Γέθ, ἐκ τῶν παρατάξεων τῶν ἀλλοφύλων, καὶ ἐλάλησε κατὰ τὰ ρήματα ταῦτα καὶ ἤκουσε Δαυίδ.

²⁴Καὶ πᾶς ἀνὴρ ᾿Ισραὴλ ἐν τῷ ἰδεῖν αὐτοὺς τὸν ἄνδρα, καὶ ἔφυγον ἐκ προσώπου αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐφοβήθησαν σφόδρα.

²⁵καὶ εἶπεν ἀνὴρ ᾿Ισραήλ· εἰ ἑωράκατε τὸν ἄνδρα τὸν ἀναβαίνοντα τοῦτον, ὅτι ὀνειδῖσαι τὸν ᾿Ισραὴλ ἀνέβη; καὶ ἔσται ἀνήρ, ὃς ἂν πατάξῃ αὐτόν, πλουτίσει αὐτὸν ὁ βασιλεὺς πλοῦτον μέγαν καὶ τὴν θυγατέρα αὐτοῦ δώσει αὐτῷ καὶ τὸν οἶκον τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ ποιήσει ἐλεύθερον ἐν τῷ ᾿Ισραήλ.

²⁶καὶ εἶπε Δαυὶδ πρὸς τοὺς ἄνδρας τοὺς συνεστηκότας μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ λέγων· ἢ ποιηθήσεται τῷ ἀνδρί, ὃς ἂν πατάξει τὸν ἀλλόφυλον ἐκεῖνον, καὶ ἀφελεῖ ὀνειδισμὸν ἀπὸ ᾿Ισραήλ; ὅτι τίς ἀλλόφυλος ὁ ἀπερίτμητος αὐτός, ὅτι ὠνείδισε παράταξιν Θεοῦ ζῶντος;

²⁷καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ὁ λαὸς κατὰ τὸ ρῆμα τοῦτο λέγων· οὕτως ποιηθήσεται τῷ ἀνδρί, ὃς ἂν πατάξει αὐτόν.

²⁸καὶ ἤκουσεν ᾿Ελιὰβ ὁ ἀδελφὸς αὐτοῦ ὁ μείζων ἐν τῷ λαλεῖν αὐτὸν πρὸς τοὺς ἄνδρας καὶ ὠργίσθη θυμῷ ᾿Ελιὰβ ἐν τῷ Δαυὶδ καὶ εἶπεν· ἱνατί τοῦτο κατέβης καὶ ἐπὶ τίνα ἀφῆκας τὰ μικρὰ πρόβατα ἐκεῖνα ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ; ἐγὼ οἶδα τὴν ὑπερηφανίαν σου καὶ τὴν κακίαν τῆς καρδίας σου, ὅτι ἕνεκεν τοῦ ἰδεῖν τὸν πόλεμον κατέβης.

²⁹καὶ εἶπε Δαυίδ· τί ἐποίησα νῦν; οὐχί ρῆμά ἐστι;

³⁰καὶ ἐπέστρεψε παρ᾿ αὐτοῦ εἰς ἐναντίον ἑτέρου καὶ εἶπε κατὰ τὸ ρῆμα τοῦτο, καὶ ἀπεκρίθη αὐτῷ ὁ λαὸς κατὰ τὸ ρῆμα τοῦ πρώτου.

³¹καὶ ἠκούσθησαν οἱ λόγοι, οὓς ἐλάλησε Δαυίδ, καὶ ἀνηγγέλησαν ὀπίσω Σαοὺλ καὶ παρέλαβεν αὐτόν. **

⁴¹Καὶ ἐπορεύθη ὁ ἀλλόφυλος πορευόμενος καὶ ἐγγίζων πρὸς Δαυίδ, καὶ ἀνὴρ ὁ αἴρων τὸν θυρεὸν ἔμπροσθεν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐπέβλεψεν ὁ ἀλλόφυλος ***

⁵⁰Καὶ ἐκραταίωσε Δαυὶδ ὑπὲρ τὸν ἀλλόφυλον ἐν τῇ σφενδόνῃ καὶ ἐν τῷ λίθῳ, καὶ ἐπάταξε τὸν ἀλλόφυλον καὶ ἐθανάτωσεν αὐτόν· καὶ ρομφαία οὐκ ἦν ἐν χειρὶ Δαυίδ. ****

⁵⁵Καὶ ὡς εἶδε Σαοὺλ τὸν Δαυὶδ ἐκπορευόμενον εἰς ἀπάντησιν τοῦ ἀλλοφύλου, εἶπε πρὸς ᾿Αβεννὴρ τὸν ἄρχοντα τῆς δυνάμεως· Υἱὸς τίνος ὁ νεανίσκος οὗτος; καὶ εἶπεν ᾿Αβεννήρ· ζῇ ἡ ψυχή σου, βασιλεῦ, εἰ οἶδα.

⁵⁶καὶ εἶπεν ὁ βασιλεύς· ἐπερώτησον σύ, υἱὸς τίνος ὁ νεανίσκος οὗτος.

⁵⁷καὶ ὡς ἐπέστρεψε Δαυὶδ τοῦ πατάξαι τὸν ἀλλόφυλον, καὶ παρέλαβεν αὐτὸν ᾿Αβεννὴρ καὶ εἰσήγαγεν αὐτὸν ἐνώπιον Σαούλ, καὶ ἡ κεφαλὴ τοῦ ἀλλοφύλου ἐν τῇ χειρὶ αὐτοῦ.

⁵⁸καὶ εἶπε πρὸς αὐτὸν Σαούλ· υἱὸς τίνος εἶ, παιδάριον, καὶ εἶπε Δυαίδ· υἱὸς δούλου σου ᾿Ιεσσαὶ τοῦ Βηθλεεμείτου.

¹And the Philistines gather their armies to battle, and gather themselves to Socchoth of Judaea, and encamp between Socchoth and Azeca Ephermen.

²And Saul and the men of Israel gather together, and they encamp in the valley, and set the battle in array against the Philistines.

³And the Philistines stand on the mountain on one side, and Israel stands on the mountain on the other side, and the valley was between them.

⁴And there went forth a mighty man out of the army of the Philistines, Goliath, by name, out of Geth, his height [was] four cubits and a span.

⁵And [he had] a helmet upon his head, and he wore a breastplate of chain armour; and the weight of his breastplate [was] five thousand shekels of brass and iron.

⁶And greaves of brass [were] upon his legs, and a brazen target [was] between his shoulders.

⁷And the staff of his spear [was] like a weaver’s beam, and the spear’s head [was formed] of six hundred shekels of iron; and his armour-bearer went before him.

⁸And he stood and cried to the army of Israel, and said to them, Why are ye come forth to set yourselves in battle array against us? Am not I a Philistine, and ye Hebrews of Saul? Choose for yourselves a man, and let him come down to me.

⁹And if he shall be able to fight against me, and shall smite me, then will we be your servants: but if I should prevail and smite him, ye shall be our servants, and serve us.

¹⁰And the Philistine said, Behold, I have defied the armies of Israel this very day: give me a man, and we will both of us fight in single combat.

¹¹And Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, and they were dismayed, and greatly terrified. **** [See Appendix ]

³²And David said to Saul, Let not, I pray thee, the heart of my lord be dejected within him: thy servant will go, and fight with this Philistine.

³³And Saul said to David, Thou wilt not in anywise be able to go against this Philistine to fight with him, for thou art a mere youth, and he a man of war from his youth.

³⁴And David said to Saul, Thy servant was tending the flock for his father; and when a lion came and a she-bear, and took a sheep out of the flock,

³⁵then I went forth after him, and smote him, and drew [the spoil] out of his mouth: and as he rose up against me, then I caught hold of his throat, and smote him, and slew him.

³⁶Thy servant smote both the lion and the bear, and the uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them: shall I not go and smite him, and remove this day a reproach from Israel? For who [is] this uncircumcised one, who has defied the army of the living God?

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

³⁸And Saul clothed David with a military coat, and [put] his brazen helmet on his head.

³⁹And he girt David with his sword over his coat: and he made trial walking [with them] once and again: and David said to Saul, I shall not be able to go with these, for I have not proved [them]: so they remove them from him.

⁴⁰And he took his staff in his hand, and he chose for himself five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in the shepherd’s scrip which he had for his store, and his sling was in his hand; and he approached the Philistine. *

⁴¹[See Appendix ]

⁴²And Goliath saw David, and despised him; for he was a lad, and ruddy, with a fair countenance.

⁴³And the Philistine said to David, Am I as a dog, that thou comest against me with a staff and stones? [and David said, Nay, but worse than a dog.] And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.

⁴⁴And the Philistine 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 sword, and with spear, and with shield; but I come to thee in the name of the Lord God of hosts of the army of Israel, which thou hast defied

⁴⁶this day. And the Lord shall deliver thee this day into my hand; and I will slay thee, and take away thy head from off thee, and will give thy limbs and the limbs of the army of the Philistines this day to the birds of the sky, and to the wild beasts of the earth; and all the earth shall know that there is a God in Israel.

⁴⁷And all this assembly shall know that the Lord delivers not by sword or spear, for the battle [is] the Lord’s, and the Lord will deliver you into our hands.

⁴⁸And the Philistine arose and went to meet David.

⁴⁹And David stretched out his hand to his scrip, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine on his forehead, and the stone penetrated through the helmet into his forehead, and he fell upon his face to the ground. **

⁵⁰[See Appendix ]

⁵¹And David ran, and stood upon him, and took his sword, and slew him, and cut off his head: and the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, and they fled.

⁵²And the men of Israel and Juda arose, and shouted and pursued them as far as the entrance to Geth, and as far as the gate of Ascalon: and the slain men of the Philistines fell in the way of the gates, both to Geth, and to Accaron.

⁵³And the men of Israel returned from pursuing after the Philistines, and they destroyed their camp.

⁵⁴And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armour in his tent. *** 55-58 [See Appendix ] ________ ****

¹²And David son of an Ephrathite said, this Ephrathite was of Bethleem Juda, and his name was Jessae, and he had eight sons. And the man passed for an old man among men in the days of Saul.

¹³And the three elder sons of Jessae went and followed Saul to the war, and the names of his sons that went to the war were, Eliab his first-born, and his second Aminadab, and his third son Samma.

¹⁴And David himself was the younger son, and the three elder followed Saul.

¹⁵And David departed and returned from Saul, to feed his father’s sheep in Bethleem.

¹⁶And the Philistine advanced morning and evening, and stood up forty days.

¹⁷And Jessae said to David, Take now to thy brethren an ephah of this meal, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp and give them to thy brothers.

¹⁸And thou shalt carry to the captain of the thousand these ten cheeses of milk, and thou shalt see how thy brethren fare, and learn what they want.

¹⁹And Saul himself and all the men of Israel were in the valley of the Oak, warring with the Philistines.

²⁰And David rose early in the morning, and left the sheep to a keeper, and took and went as Jessae commanded him, and he came to the trench and to the army as it was going out to fight, and they shouted for the battle.

²¹And Israel and the Philistines formed their lines one opposite the other.

²²And David deposited his burden in the hand of a keeper, and ran to the line, and went and asked his brethren how they were.

²³And while he was speaking with them, behold the Amessaean advanced, Goliath by name, the Philistine of Geth, of the armies of the Philistines, and he spoke as before, and David heard.

²⁴And all the men of Israel when they saw the man fled from before him, and they were greatly terrified.

²⁵And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that comes up? for he has reproached Israel and has come up ; and it shall be that the man who shall smite him, the king shall enrich him with great wealth, and shall give him his daughter, and shall make his father’s house free in Israel.

²⁶And David spoke to the men who stood with him, saying. Shall it indeed be done thus to the man who shall smite that Philistine, and take away reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he has defied the army of the living God.

²⁷And the people spoke to him according to this word, saying. Thus shall it be done to the man who shall smite him.

²⁸And Eliab his elder brother heard as he spoke to the men, and Eliab was very angry with David and said, Why hast thou thus come down, 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 to see the battle.

²⁹And David said, What have I done now? Have I no business here ?

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

³¹And the words which David spoke were heard, and were reported to Saul. And he took him to himself. *

⁴¹And the Philistine advanced and drew nigh to David, and a man bearing his shield went before him, and the Philistine looked on. **

⁵⁰So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone, and smote the Philistine and slew him, and there was no sword in the hand of David. ***

⁵⁵And when Saul saw David going out to meet the Philistine, he said to Abenner the captain of the host. Whose son is this youth? and Abenner said, As thy soul lives, king, I know not.

⁵⁶And the king said. Do thou ask whose son this youth is.

⁵⁷And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abenner took him and brought him in before Saul, and the head of the Philistine was in his hand.

⁵⁸And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, young man? and David said. The son of thy servant Jesse the Bethleemite.