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118 RISTOIIY OF THE 019 TEBTAfiIEKT.
earnest thou hitherb? TVhy didst thou lem~c those fen. sheep
in the desert? 1 3mow thy pride, and that thou carnestdown
to sce the battle."
5. However, these morcIs wcrc reported to S:LIII, who sent
for David and said to him : Tllou art not able to -\vitllslurid
this Pl~ilistine ; for thou arl but a boy, a11d he ie a warrior."
Rut Davicl nnswerod : " Lot no lnan bc~dismaycd. I, thy servm~t,
will go and fight agfiitist the 1'1ii1isGne.
6. " For thy servant kcpt his father's shecp, and tl~crc
came n lion ancl n bear and took a ram out of tlle uzidst of the
flock. And I prxrsucd after tljctn imc? ~truclr thom ; a1d they
rose up against mo, and I caught tl~ern by tl~c throat, ant1 I
~trangled ancl lrillccl them. I will go now and take. away tlie
reproacll of the pcoplc, l'hc Lord, ~vho delivered rnc ant of
thc paws of the lion ancl tl~c bcnr, will deliver me out of the
hand of this Pllilistine."
7. At last Sad consentetl, mcl said : " Go, and the Lord be
~vith thcc." Snnl then clvtIled Dasid with his own ar~nor,
and put n 11clmet of X~rass 0x1 lliv liencl, ancl artncd liirn ~vit11
a coat of mail. But D:~vid, unused io wcar armor, couId
not rnovc freely under its rvejglit, arncl, tllercforc, hc laid it
aside.
8. Tl~en lie tool< his staff, which 11e lisd always in his
hands, and chose five smooth stoncs from the broolr, ancl put
Illern in tlie shel>l~crd's scrip wl~ich ho had wit11 ]kiln ; and taking
s filing in Ilia linizd, 110 went forth to meet the Philistine.
9, TVhcn Goliath drcw nanr ancl bebcld l)avi(l coming on,
hc deq~ised him, and ssitl: ('Am I n dog, that tthou cu~riest
to me with il staff? " 'I'iicn, cursing Dnvid by his gods, he
addcd: "Come to mc, ant1 I mill give thy flc~ll to the birds
of' the air, ancl to thc bcosts of the enrL11." Duvid anstvercd :
'' Thou conlest to nle with n sword, and nit11 s spear, a11cl with
a s'hicld; but I conw to thee in tl~c name of the Lord of
Hosts 1vho111 tllou hast dcflcd. I will slzy tlicc ailcl tnlrc
ntvay thy heid Irom thee, that all mily how that tllerc is a
God in Israel."