4. The Philistines had a champion fighter from Gath named Goliath. He was about nine feet, four inches tall. He came out of the Philistine camp
5. with a bronze helmet on his head and a coat of bronze armor that weighed about one hundred twenty-five pounds.
6. He wore bronze protectors on his legs, and he had a bronze spear on his back.
7. The wooden part of his larger spear was like a weaver’s rod, and its blade weighed about fifteen pounds. The officer who carried his shield walked in front of him.
8. Goliath stood and shouted to the Israelite soldiers, “Why have you taken positions for battle? I am a Philistine, and you are Saul’s servants! Choose a man and send him to fight me.
9. If he can fight and kill me, we will be your servants. But if I can kill him, you will be our servants.”
10. Then he said, “Today I stand and dare the army of Israel! Send one of your men to fight me!”
11. When Saul and the Israelites heard the Philistine’s words, they were very scared.
12. Now David was the son of Jesse, an Ephrathite from Bethlehem in Judah. Jesse had eight sons. In Saul’s time Jesse was an old man.
13. His three oldest sons followed Saul to the war. The first son was Eliab, the second was Abinadab, and the third was Shammah.
14. David was the youngest. Jesse’s three oldest sons followed Saul,
15. but David went back and forth from Saul to Bethlehem, where he took care of his father’s sheep.
16. For forty days the Philistine came out every morning and evening and stood before the Israelite army.
17. Jesse said to his son David, “Take this half bushel of cooked grain and ten loaves of bread to your brothers in the camp.