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1 Samuel 17:28

Verse 28 of 58. The 17th of 31 chapters in 1 Samuel, in History.

24All the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him and were terrified.

25The men of Israel said, “Have you seen this man who has come up? He has surely come up to defy Israel. The king will give great riches to the man who kills him, and will give him his daughter, and will make his father’s house tax-free in Israel.”

26David spoke to the men who stood by him, saying, “What shall be done to the man who kills this Philistine and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?”

27The people answered him in this way, saying, “So shall it be done to the man who kills him.”

28Eliab his oldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab’s anger burned against David, and he said, “Why have you come down? With whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and the evil of your heart; for you have come down that you might see the battle.”

29David said, “What have I now done? Is there not a cause?”

30He turned away from him toward another, and spoke like that again; and the people answered him again the same way.

31When the words were heard which David spoke, they rehearsed them before Saul; and he sent for him.

32David said to Saul, “Let no man’s heart fail because of him. Your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.”

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World English Bible. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.