1 Samuel 17:1-11 - The Philistine Champion Taunts Israel
1 The Philistines gathered their host to battle, and came together to Socoh in Judah, and pitched between Socoh and Azekah, in the end of Dammim. 2 And Saul and the men of Israel came and pitched in Oakdale and put themselves in array, to fight against the Philistines.
3 And the Philistines stood on a hill on the one side, and Israel stood on a hill on the other side; and a valley between them. 4 And then came a man and stood in the midst, out of the tents of the Philistines, named Goliath of Gath: six cubits and a handbreadth long, 5 and had a helmet of brass upon his head, and a coat of mail about him. And the weight of his coat of mail was five thousand sicles of brass. 6 And he had a harness of brass upon his legs, and a shield of brass upon his shoulders. 7 And the shaft of his spear was like a weaver's beam. And his spearhead weighed six hundred sicles of iron. And one bearing a shield went before him.
8 And he stood and called unto the host of Israel, and said unto them, "What needeth that ye should come out in array to battle? Am not I a Philistine, and you servants to Saul? Choose you a man, and let him come down to me: 9 if he be able to fight with me and to beat me, then we will be your servants. But if I can overcome him and beat him, then ye shall be our servants and serve us." 10 And the Philistine said, "I have defied the host of Israel this day; give me a man and let us fight together." 11 When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were discouraged and greatly afraid.