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1 Samuel 17:10

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And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.

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  1. 1 Samuel 17:8

    And 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.

  2. 1 Samuel 17:9

    If 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.

  3. 1 Samuel 17:11

    When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.

  4. 1 Samuel 17:12

    Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth–lehem–judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.