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1 Samuel 17:8

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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.

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  1. 1 Samuel 17:6

    And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders.

  2. 1 Samuel 17:7

    And the staff of his spear was like a weaver’s beam; and his spear’s head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him.

  3. 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.

  4. 1 Samuel 17:10

    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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