{"id":9991,"date":"2026-07-31T06:55:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T10:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faithloop.org\/?p=9991"},"modified":"2026-07-31T06:55:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T10:55:16","slug":"david-and-goliath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faithloop.org\/zh\/david-and-goliath\/","title":{"rendered":"David and Goliath"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sarah (USA)<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/faithloop.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0-PsyQa23BEwfH.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/faithloop.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0-PsyQa23BEwfH-150x150.png\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"0.png\" style=\"display:inline-block\"><\/a> <\/p><p>Samuel 17:1\u201320 (KJV)<\/p>\n<p>1 Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephesdammim.<\/p>\n<p>2 And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines.<\/p>\n<p>3 And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.<\/p>\n<p>4 And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.<\/p>\n<p>5 And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.<\/p>\n<p>6 And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders.<\/p>\n<p>7 And the staff of his spear was like a weaver&#8217;s beam; and his spear&#8217;s head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>10 And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.<\/p>\n<p>11 When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.<\/p>\n<p>12 Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehemjudah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.<\/p>\n<p>13 And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.<\/p>\n<p>14 And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul.<\/p>\n<p>15 But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father&#8217;s sheep at Bethlehem.<\/p>\n<p>16 And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.<\/p>\n<p>17 And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy brethren;<\/p>\n<p>18 And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.<\/p>\n<p>19 Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.<\/p>\n<p>20 And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; 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