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1 Samuel 17:23

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And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the Philistines, and spake according to the same words: and David heard them.

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  1. 1 Samuel 17:21

    For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army against army.

  2. 1 Samuel 17:22

    And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage, and ran into the army, and came and saluted his brethren.

  3. 1 Samuel 17:24

    And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid.

  4. 1 Samuel 17:25

    And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father’s house free in Israel.

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