1 Samuel 17:12-30 - David Enters The Scene Of Battle

12 And David, son of a man, that Ephrathite, of the House of Bread of Judah, and his name Jesse; and to him eight sons; and the man in the days of Saul went an old man among men. 13 And three sons of Jesse, the great ones, going, went after Saul to war: and the names of his three sons which went in the war, Eliab the first-born and his second, Abinadab, and the third, Shammah. 14 And David, he the small; and the three great ones went after Saul. 15 And David went and turned back from Saul to feed his father's sheep at the House of Bread.

16 And he of the rovers will draw near, the morning and the evening, and he will take a stand forty days. 17 And Jesse will say to David his son, Take now to thy brethren an ephah of this parched grain, and this ten of bread, and run to the camp to thy brethren. 18 And these ten cuttings of milk thou shalt bring to the chief of a thousand; and thou shalt review thy brethren for peace, and take their pledge. 19 And Saul, and they, and every man of Israel, in the valley of Elah, warring with the rovers.

20 And David will rise early in the morning, and will cast the sheep upon a watcher, and he will lift up and go as Jesse commanded him; and he will come to the track, and the army going forth to the array and they shouted in the war. 21 And Israel will arrange, and the rovers, array to meet array. 22 And David will cast the utensils from off him upon the hand of the watcher of the utensils, and be will run to the array, and will come and ask to his;brethren for peace. 23 And he speaking with them, and behold, a man of the sons came up, Goliah of the rovers, his name, from Gath, from the ranks of the rovers: and he will speak according to these words, and David will hear. 24 And every man of Israel in their seeing the man, will flee from his face, and they will fear greatly.

25 And the man Israel will say, Saw ye this man coming up? for to upbraid Israel he came up: and it was the man who shall strike him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give to him his daughter, and his father's house he will make free in Israel.

26 And David will say to the men standing with him, saying, What shall be done to the man who shall strike this one of the rovers, and take away the reproach from Israel? for who this uncircumcised of the rovers? for he upbraided the ranks of the living God.

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

28 And Eliab his brother the great, will hear in his speaking to the men, and Eliab's anger will kindle against David, and he will say, Why this camest thou down? and upon whom didst thou cast those few sheep in the desert? I knew thy pride and the evil of thy heart, for in order to see the battle thou camest down.

29 And David will say, What did I now? is this not the word? 30 And he will turn round from his side to the front of another, and will say according to this word: and the people will turn back word as the former word.