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א וַיַּאַסְפוּ פְלִשְׁתִּים אֶת-מַחֲנֵיהֶם לַמִּלְחָמָה וַיֵּאָסְפוּ שֹׂכֹה אֲשֶׁר לִיהוּדָה וַיַּחֲנוּ בֵּין-שׂוֹכֹה וּבֵין-עֲזֵקָה בְּאֶפֶס דַּמִּים. ב וְשָׁאוּל וְאִישׁ-יִשְׂרָאֵל נֶאֶסְפוּ וַיַּחֲנוּ בְּעֵמֶק הָאֵלָה וַיַּעַרְכוּ מִלְחָמָה לִקְרַאת פְּלִשְׁתִּים. ג וּפְלִשְׁתִּים עֹמְדִים אֶל-הָהָר מִזֶּה וְיִשְׂרָאֵל עֹמְדִים אֶל-הָהָר מִזֶּה וְהַגַּיְא בֵּינֵיהֶם. ד וַיֵּצֵא אִישׁ-הַבֵּנַיִם מִמַּחֲנוֹת פְּלִשְׁתִּים גָּלְיָת שְׁמוֹ מִגַּת גָּבְהוֹ שֵׁשׁ אַמּוֹת וָזָרֶת. ה וְכוֹבַע נְחֹשֶׁת עַל-רֹאשׁוֹ וְשִׁרְיוֹן קַשְׂקַשִּׂים הוּא לָבוּשׁ וּמִשְׁקַל הַשִּׁרְיוֹן חֲמֵשֶׁת-אֲלָפִים שְׁקָלִים נְחֹשֶׁת. ו וּמִצְחַת נְחֹשֶׁת עַל-רַגְלָיו וְכִידוֹן נְחֹשֶׁת בֵּין כְּתֵפָיו. ז וחץ (וְעֵץ) חֲנִיתוֹ כִּמְנוֹר אֹרְגִים וְלַהֶבֶת חֲנִיתוֹ שֵׁשׁ-מֵאוֹת שְׁקָלִים בַּרְזֶל וְנֹשֵׂא הַצִּנָּה הֹלֵךְ לְפָנָיו. ח וַיַּעֲמֹד וַיִּקְרָא אֶל-מַעַרְכֹת יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיֹּאמֶר לָהֶם לָמָּה תֵצְאוּ לַעֲרֹךְ מִלְחָמָה הֲלוֹא אָנֹכִי הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי וְאַתֶּם עֲבָדִים לְשָׁאוּל בְּרוּ-לָכֶם אִישׁ וְיֵרֵד אֵלָי. ט אִם-יוּכַל לְהִלָּחֵם אִתִּי וְהִכָּנִי וְהָיִינוּ לָכֶם לַעֲבָדִים וְאִם-אֲנִי אוּכַל-לוֹ וְהִכִּיתִיו וִהְיִיתֶם לָנוּ לַעֲבָדִים וַעֲבַדְתֶּם אֹתָנוּ. י וַיֹּאמֶר הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי אֲנִי חֵרַפְתִּי אֶת-מַעַרְכוֹת יִשְׂרָאֵל הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה תְּנוּ-לִי אִישׁ וְנִלָּחֲמָה יָחַד. יא וַיִּשְׁמַע שָׁאוּל וְכָל-יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת-דִּבְרֵי הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי הָאֵלֶּה וַיֵּחַתּוּ וַיִּרְאוּ מְאֹד. {פ}

יב וְדָוִד בֶּן-אִישׁ אֶפְרָתִי הַזֶּה מִבֵּית לֶחֶם יְהוּדָה וּשְׁמוֹ יִשַׁי וְלוֹ שְׁמֹנָה בָנִים וְהָאִישׁ בִּימֵי שָׁאוּל זָקֵן בָּא בַאֲנָשִׁים. יג וַיֵּלְכוּ שְׁלֹשֶׁת בְּנֵי-יִשַׁי הַגְּדֹלִים הָלְכוּ אַחֲרֵי-שָׁאוּל לַמִּלְחָמָה וְשֵׁם שְׁלֹשֶׁת בָּנָיו אֲשֶׁר הָלְכוּ בַּמִּלְחָמָה אֱלִיאָב הַבְּכוֹר וּמִשְׁנֵהוּ אֲבִינָדָב וְהַשְּׁלִשִׁי שַׁמָּה. יד וְדָוִד הוּא הַקָּטָן וּשְׁלֹשָׁה הַגְּדֹלִים הָלְכוּ אַחֲרֵי שָׁאוּל. {ס} טו וְדָוִד הֹלֵךְ וָשָׁב מֵעַל שָׁאוּל לִרְעוֹת אֶת-צֹאן אָבִיו בֵּית-לָחֶם. טז וַיִּגַּשׁ הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי הַשְׁכֵּם וְהַעֲרֵב וַיִּתְיַצֵּב אַרְבָּעִים יוֹם. {פ}

יז וַיֹּאמֶר יִשַׁי לְדָוִד בְּנוֹ קַח-נָא לְאַחֶיךָ אֵיפַת הַקָּלִיא הַזֶּה וַעֲשָׂרָה לֶחֶם הַזֶּה וְהָרֵץ הַמַּחֲנֶה לְאַחֶיךָ. יח וְאֵת עֲשֶׂרֶת חֲרִצֵי הֶחָלָב הָאֵלֶּה תָּבִיא לְשַׂר-הָאָלֶף וְאֶת-אַחֶיךָ תִּפְקֹד לְשָׁלוֹם וְאֶת-עֲרֻבָּתָם תִּקָּח. יט וְשָׁאוּל וְהֵמָּה וְכָל-אִישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּעֵמֶק הָאֵלָה נִלְחָמִים עִם-פְּלִשְׁתִּים. {ס} כ וַיַּשְׁכֵּם דָּוִד בַּבֹּקֶר וַיִּטֹּשׁ אֶת-הַצֹּאן עַל-שֹׁמֵר וַיִּשָּׂא וַיֵּלֶךְ כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּהוּ יִשָׁי וַיָּבֹא הַמַּעְגָּלָה וְהַחַיִל הַיֹּצֵא אֶל-הַמַּעֲרָכָה וְהֵרֵעוּ בַּמִּלְחָמָה. כא וַתַּעֲרֹךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל וּפְלִשְׁתִּים מַעֲרָכָה לִקְרַאת מַעֲרָכָה. כב וַיִּטֹּשׁ דָּוִד אֶת-הַכֵּלִים מֵעָלָיו עַל-יַד שׁוֹמֵר הַכֵּלִים וַיָּרָץ הַמַּעֲרָכָה וַיָּבֹא וַיִּשְׁאַל לְאֶחָיו לְשָׁלוֹם. כג וְהוּא מְדַבֵּר עִמָּם וְהִנֵּה אִישׁ הַבֵּנַיִם עוֹלֶה גָּלְיָת הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי שְׁמוֹ מִגַּת ממערות (מִמַּעַרְכוֹת) פְּלִשְׁתִּים וַיְדַבֵּר כַּדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה וַיִּשְׁמַע דָּוִד. כד וְכֹל אִישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל בִּרְאוֹתָם אֶת-הָאִישׁ וַיָּנֻסוּ מִפָּנָיו וַיִּירְאוּ מְאֹד. כה וַיֹּאמֶר אִישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל הַרְּאִיתֶם הָאִישׁ הָעֹלֶה הַזֶּה כִּי לְחָרֵף אֶת-יִשְׂרָאֵל עֹלֶה וְהָיָה הָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר-יַכֶּנּוּ יַעְשְׁרֶנּוּ הַמֶּלֶךְ עֹשֶׁר גָּדוֹל וְאֶת-בִּתּוֹ יִתֶּן-לוֹ וְאֵת בֵּית אָבִיו יַעֲשֶׂה חָפְשִׁי בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל. {פ}

כו וַיֹּאמֶר דָּוִד אֶל-הָאֲנָשִׁים הָעֹמְדִים עִמּוֹ לֵאמֹר מַה-יֵּעָשֶׂה לָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר יַכֶּה אֶת-הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי הַלָּז וְהֵסִיר חֶרְפָּה מֵעַל יִשְׂרָאֵל כִּי מִי הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי הֶעָרֵל הַזֶּה כִּי חֵרֵף מַעַרְכוֹת אֱלֹהִים חַיִּים. כז וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ הָעָם כַּדָּבָר הַזֶּה לֵאמֹר כֹּה יֵעָשֶׂה לָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר יַכֶּנּוּ. כח וַיִּשְׁמַע אֱלִיאָב אָחִיו הַגָּדוֹל בְּדַבְּרוֹ אֶל-הָאֲנָשִׁים וַיִּחַר-אַף אֱלִיאָב בְּדָוִד וַיֹּאמֶר לָמָּה-זֶּה יָרַדְתָּ וְעַל-מִי נָטַשְׁתָּ מְעַט הַצֹּאן הָהֵנָּה בַּמִּדְבָּר אֲנִי יָדַעְתִּי אֶת-זְדֹנְךָ וְאֵת רֹעַ לְבָבֶךָ כִּי לְמַעַן רְאוֹת הַמִּלְחָמָה יָרָדְתָּ. כט וַיֹּאמֶר דָּוִד מֶה עָשִׂיתִי עָתָּה הֲלוֹא דָּבָר הוּא. ל וַיִּסֹּב מֵאֶצְלוֹ אֶל-מוּל אַחֵר וַיֹּאמֶר כַּדָּבָר הַזֶּה וַיְשִׁבֻהוּ הָעָם דָּבָר כַּדָּבָר הָרִאשׁוֹן. לא וַיִּשָּׁמְעוּ הַדְּבָרִים אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר דָּוִד וַיַּגִּדוּ לִפְנֵי-שָׁאוּל וַיִּקָּחֵהוּ. לב וַיֹּאמֶר דָּוִד אֶל-שָׁאוּל אַל-יִפֹּל לֵב-אָדָם עָלָיו עַבְדְּךָ יֵלֵךְ וְנִלְחַם עִם-הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי הַזֶּה. לג וַיֹּאמֶר שָׁאוּל אֶל-דָּוִד לֹא תוּכַל לָלֶכֶת אֶל-הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי הַזֶּה לְהִלָּחֵם עִמּוֹ כִּי-נַעַר אַתָּה וְהוּא אִישׁ מִלְחָמָה מִנְּעֻרָיו. {ס} לד וַיֹּאמֶר דָּוִד אֶל-שָׁאוּל רֹעֶה הָיָה עַבְדְּךָ לְאָבִיו בַּצֹּאן וּבָא הָאֲרִי וְאֶת-הַדּוֹב וְנָשָׂא שֶׂה מֵהָעֵדֶר. לה וְיָצָאתִי אַחֲרָיו וְהִכִּתִיו וְהִצַּלְתִּי מִפִּיו וַיָּקָם עָלַי וְהֶחֱזַקְתִּי בִּזְקָנוֹ וְהִכִּתִיו וַהֲמִיתִּיו. לו גַּם אֶת-הָאֲרִי גַּם-הַדֹּב הִכָּה עַבְדֶּךָ וְהָיָה הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי הֶעָרֵל הַזֶּה כְּאַחַד מֵהֶם כִּי חֵרֵף מַעַרְכֹת אֱלֹהִים חַיִּים. {ס} לז וַיֹּאמֶר דָּוִד יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר הִצִּלַנִי מִיַּד הָאֲרִי וּמִיַּד הַדֹּב הוּא יַצִּילֵנִי מִיַּד הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי הַזֶּה {ס} וַיֹּאמֶר שָׁאוּל אֶל-דָּוִד לֵךְ וַיהוָה יִהְיֶה עִמָּךְ. לח וַיַּלְבֵּשׁ שָׁאוּל אֶת-דָּוִד מַדָּיו וְנָתַן קוֹבַע נְחֹשֶׁת עַל-רֹאשׁוֹ וַיַּלְבֵּשׁ אֹתוֹ שִׁרְיוֹן. לט וַיַּחְגֹּר דָּוִד אֶת-חַרְבּוֹ מֵעַל לְמַדָּיו וַיֹּאֶל לָלֶכֶת כִּי לֹא-נִסָּה וַיֹּאמֶר דָּוִד אֶל-שָׁאוּל לֹא אוּכַל לָלֶכֶת בָּאֵלֶּה כִּי לֹא נִסִּיתִי וַיְסִרֵם דָּוִד מֵעָלָיו. מ וַיִּקַּח מַקְלוֹ בְּיָדוֹ וַיִּבְחַר-לוֹ חֲמִשָּׁה חַלֻּקֵי-אֲבָנִים מִן-הַנַּחַל וַיָּשֶׂם אֹתָם בִּכְלִי הָרֹעִים אֲשֶׁר-לוֹ וּבַיַּלְקוּט וְקַלְעוֹ בְיָדוֹ וַיִּגַּשׁ אֶל-הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי. מא וַיֵּלֶךְ הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי הֹלֵךְ וְקָרֵב אֶל-דָּוִד וְהָאִישׁ נֹשֵׂא הַצִּנָּה לְפָנָיו. מב וַיַּבֵּט הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי וַיִּרְאֶה אֶת-דָּוִד וַיִּבְזֵהוּ כִּי-הָיָה נַעַר וְאַדְמֹנִי עִם-יְפֵה מַרְאֶה. מג וַיֹּאמֶר הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי אֶל-דָּוִד הֲכֶלֶב אָנֹכִי כִּי-אַתָּה בָא-אֵלַי בַּמַּקְלוֹת וַיְקַלֵּל הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי אֶת-דָּוִד בֵּאלֹהָיו. מד וַיֹּאמֶר הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי אֶל-דָּוִד לְכָה אֵלַי וְאֶתְּנָה אֶת-בְּשָׂרְךָ לְעוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם וּלְבֶהֱמַת הַשָּׂדֶה. {ס} מה וַיֹּאמֶר דָּוִד אֶל-הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי אַתָּה בָּא אֵלַי בְּחֶרֶב וּבַחֲנִית וּבְכִידוֹן וְאָנֹכִי בָא-אֵלֶיךָ בְּשֵׁם יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת אֱלֹהֵי מַעַרְכוֹת יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר חֵרַפְתָּ. מו הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה יְסַגֶּרְךָ יְהוָה בְּיָדִי וְהִכִּיתִךָ וַהֲסִרֹתִי אֶת-רֹאשְׁךָ מֵעָלֶיךָ וְנָתַתִּי פֶּגֶר מַחֲנֵה פְלִשְׁתִּים הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה לְעוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם וּלְחַיַּת הָאָרֶץ וְיֵדְעוּ כָּל-הָאָרֶץ כִּי יֵשׁ אֱלֹהִים לְיִשְׂרָאֵל. מז וְיֵדְעוּ כָּל-הַקָּהָל הַזֶּה כִּי-לֹא בְּחֶרֶב וּבַחֲנִית יְהוֹשִׁיעַ יְהוָה כִּי לַיהוָה הַמִּלְחָמָה וְנָתַן אֶתְכֶם בְּיָדֵנוּ. {ס} מח וְהָיָה כִּי-קָם הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי וַיֵּלֶךְ וַיִּקְרַב לִקְרַאת דָּוִד וַיְמַהֵר דָּוִד וַיָּרָץ הַמַּעֲרָכָה לִקְרַאת הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי. מט וַיִּשְׁלַח דָּוִד אֶת-יָדוֹ אֶל-הַכֶּלִי וַיִּקַּח מִשָּׁם אֶבֶן וַיְקַלַּע וַיַּךְ אֶת-הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי אֶל-מִצְחוֹ וַתִּטְבַּע הָאֶבֶן בְּמִצְחוֹ וַיִּפֹּל עַל-פָּנָיו אָרְצָה. נ וַיֶּחֱזַק דָּוִד מִן-הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי בַּקֶּלַע וּבָאֶבֶן וַיַּךְ אֶת-הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי וַיְמִתֵהוּ וְחֶרֶב אֵין בְּיַד-דָּוִד. נא וַיָּרָץ דָּוִד וַיַּעֲמֹד אֶל-הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי וַיִּקַּח אֶת-חַרְבּוֹ וַיִּשְׁלְפָהּ מִתַּעְרָהּ וַיְמֹתְתֵהוּ וַיִּכְרָת-בָּהּ אֶת-רֹאשׁוֹ וַיִּרְאוּ הַפְּלִשְׁתִּים כִּי-מֵת גִּבּוֹרָם וַיָּנֻסוּ. נב וַיָּקֻמוּ אַנְשֵׁי יִשְׂרָאֵל וִיהוּדָה וַיָּרִעוּ וַיִּרְדְּפוּ אֶת-הַפְּלִשְׁתִּים עַד-בּוֹאֲךָ גַיְא וְעַד שַׁעֲרֵי עֶקְרוֹן וַיִּפְּלוּ חַלְלֵי פְלִשְׁתִּים בְּדֶרֶךְ שַׁעֲרַיִם וְעַד-גַּת וְעַד-עֶקְרוֹן. נג וַיָּשֻׁבוּ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל מִדְּלֹק אַחֲרֵי פְלִשְׁתִּים וַיָּשֹׁסּוּ אֶת-מַחֲנֵיהֶם. נד וַיִּקַּח דָּוִד אֶת-רֹאשׁ הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי וַיְבִאֵהוּ יְרוּשָׁלִָם וְאֶת-כֵּלָיו שָׂם בְּאָהֳלוֹ. {ס} נה וְכִרְאוֹת שָׁאוּל אֶת-דָּוִד יֹצֵא לִקְרַאת הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי אָמַר אֶל-אַבְנֵר שַׂר הַצָּבָא בֶּן-מִי-זֶה הַנַּעַר אַבְנֵר וַיֹּאמֶר אַבְנֵר חֵי-נַפְשְׁךָ הַמֶּלֶךְ אִם-יָדָעְתִּי. נו וַיֹּאמֶר הַמֶּלֶךְ שְׁאַל אַתָּה בֶּן-מִי-זֶה הָעָלֶם. {ס} נז וּכְשׁוּב דָּוִד מֵהַכּוֹת אֶת-הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי וַיִּקַּח אֹתוֹ אַבְנֵר וַיְבִאֵהוּ לִפְנֵי שָׁאוּל וְרֹאשׁ הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי בְּיָדוֹ. נח וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו שָׁאוּל בֶּן-מִי אַתָּה הַנָּעַר וַיֹּאמֶר דָּוִד בֶּן-עַבְדְּךָ יִשַׁי בֵּית הַלַּחְמִי.

1 Samuel Chapter 17

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David Slays Goliath
1 Samuel 17

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

⁶ And [he had] greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders.

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.

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.

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.

¹⁰ And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.

¹¹ When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.

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.

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.

¹⁴ And David [was] the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul.

¹⁵ But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem.

¹⁶ And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.

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;

¹⁸ And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of [their] thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.

¹⁹ Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, [were] in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.

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; and he came to the trench, as the host was going forth to the fight, and shouted for the battle.

²¹ For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army against army.

²² And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage, and ran into the army, and came and saluted his brethren.

²³ And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the Philistines, and spake according to the same words: and David heard [them].

²⁴ And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid.

²⁵ And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, [that] the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel.

²⁶ And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who [is] this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?

²⁷ And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him.

²⁸ And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.

²⁹ And David said, What have I now done? [Is there] not a cause?

³⁰ And he turned from him toward another, and spake after the same manner: and the people answered him again after the former manner.

³¹ And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed [them] before Saul: and he sent for him.

³² And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him; thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine.

³³ And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him: for thou [art but] a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.

³⁴ And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:

³⁵ And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered [it] out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught [him] by his beard, and smote him, and slew him.

³⁶ Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.

³⁷ David said moreover, The LORD that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and the LORD be with thee.

³⁸ And Saul armed David with his armour, and he put an helmet of brass upon his head; also he armed him with a coat of mail.

³⁹ And David girded his sword upon his armour, and he assayed to go; for he had not proved [it]. And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with these; for I have not proved [them]. And David put them off him.

⁴⁰ And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag which he had, even in a scrip; and his sling [was] in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine.

⁴¹ And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and the man that bare the shield [went] before him.

⁴² And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him: for he was [but] a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance.

⁴³ And the Philistine said unto David, [Am] I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.

⁴⁴ And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field.

⁴⁵ Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.

⁴⁶ This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.

⁴⁷ And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle [is] the LORD'S, and he will give you into our hands.

⁴⁸ And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came and drew nigh to meet David, that David hasted, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine.

⁴⁹ And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang [it], and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth.

⁵⁰ So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but [there was] no sword in the hand of David.

⁵¹ Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled.

⁵² And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines, until thou come to the valley, and to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even unto Gath, and unto Ekron.

⁵³ And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they spoiled their tents.

⁵⁴ And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armour in his tent.

⁵⁵ And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son [is] this youth? And Abner said, [As] thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell.

⁵⁶ And the king said, Enquire thou whose son the stripling [is].

⁵⁷ And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

⁵⁸ And Saul said to him, Whose son [art] thou, [thou] young man? And David answered, I [am] the son of thy servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.

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Lilith

אוצר המדרשים (אייזנשטיין) עמוד לה ד"ה (א)

כשברא הקב"ה אדם הראשון יחיד, אמר לא טוב היות האדם לבדו, ברא לו אשה מן האדמה כמוהו וקראה לילית, מיד התחילו מתגרין זה בזה, אמרה היא איני שוכבת למטה, והוא אומר איני שוכב למטה אלא למעלה שאת ראויה למטה ואני למעלה, אמרה לו שנינו שוין לפי ששנינו מאדמה, ולא היו שומעין זה לזה, כיון שראתה לילית אמרה שם המפורש ופרחה באויר העולם, עמד אדם בתפלה לפני קונו ואמר, רבש"ע אשה שנתת לי ברחה ממני, מיד שגר הקב"ה שלשה מלאכים הללו אחריה להחזירה, אמר לו הקב"ה אם תרצה לחזור מוטב, ואם לאו תקבל על עצמה שימותו מבניה בכל יום מאה בנים, עזבו אותה והלכו אחריה והשיגוה בתוך הים במים עזים שעתידין המצריים לטבוע בו וספרוה דבר י"י ולא רצתה לחזור, אמרו לה אנו נטביעך בים, אמרה להם הניחוני שלא נבראתי אלא להחליש התינוקות כשהן משמונה ימים מיום שיולד אשלוט בו אם הוא זכר, ואם נקבה מיום ילדותה עד עשרים יום. וכששמעו דבריה הפצירו לקחתה, נשבעת להם בשם אל חי וקיים שכל זמן שאני רואה אתכם או שמכם או תבניתכם בקמיע לא אשלוט באותו התינוק, וקבלה על עצמה שימותו מבניה מאה בכל יום, לפיכך בכל יום מתים מאה מן השדים, ולכך אנו כותבים שמותם בקמיע של נערים קטנים ורואה אותם וזוכרת השבועה ומתרפא הילד.

Otzar HaMidrashim, page 35 (a)

When The Holy One Blessed Be He created Adam he said: It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make a helpmate for him (Genesis 2, 18) He then created for him a wife, made of soil as he was, and named her Lilith. They (Adam and Lilith) immediately started quarreling with each other, she saying: "I will not lie under you" and he saying: "I will not lie under you but on top of you, for you are supposed to lie under me and I on top of you!". She (Lilith) said: "We are both equal, for we were both taken from soil!" They did not listen to each other. As Lilith saw (that Adam would not listen to her) she uttered the Holy Name and flew away into the air. Adam then prayed, saying: Oh Ruler of the Universe, the wife you have given me has run away". The Holy one Blessed Be He then sent three angels to retrieve her, saying: "If she agrees to return, good! But if she refuses let her agree that one hundred of her children will die every day!" They (the angels) chased her until they found her in the mighty waters in which the Egyptians would later drown (as they were chasing the Israelites). They informed her of God's words, but she refused to return. They said to her: "We shall drown you in the sea!" She said to them: "Let me be, for the purpose of my creation is to weaken the newborns. I have dominion over them, eight days for the boys and twenty one days for the girls". As they heard her words they implored her to return with them, so she swore to them in The Living God's name that as long as their names and images will appear on the talisman she will not harm the baby. She also agreed for one hundred of her children to die every day. Therefore a hundred demons die every day, and therefore we write their (the angels') names on the talismans that we make for the young children. As she (Lilith) sees them (the angels' names written on the talismans) she remembers her oath and the children are healed.

eve

תלמוד בבלי מסכת יבמות דף סג עמוד א

א"ר אלעזר, מאי דכתיב: (בראשית ב') זאת הפעם עצם מעצמי ובשר מבשרי? מלמד, שבא אדם על כל בהמה וחיה, ולא נתקררה דעתו עד שבא על חוה.

Babylonian Talmud: Tractate Yebamoth Folio 63a

R. Eleazar further stated: What is meant by the Scriptural text, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh? This teaches that Adam had intercourse with every beast and animal but found no satisfaction until he cohabited with Eve.

Each man kills the thing he loves

Bava metzia 84a

One day R. Johanan was bathing in the Jordan, when Resh Lakish saw him and

leapt into the Jordan after him. Said he [R. Johanan] to him, ‘Your strength

should be for the Torah.’13 — ‘Your beauty,’ he replied, ‘should be for women.’ ‘If

you will repent,’ said he, ‘I will give you my sister [in marriage], who is more

beautiful than I.’ He undertook [to repent]; then he wished to return and collect his

weapons, but could not.14 Subsequently, [R. Johanan] taught him Bible and

Mishnah, and made him into a great man. Now, one day there was a dispute in

the schoolhouse [with respect to the following. Viz.,] a sword, knife, dagger,

spear, hand-saw and a scythe — at what stage [of their manufacture] can they

become unclean? When their manufacture is finished.15 And when is their

manufacture finished? — R. Johanan ruled: When they are tempered in a

furnace. Resh Lakish maintained: When they have been furbished in water. Said

he to him: ‘A robber understands his trade.’16 Said he to him, ‘And wherewith

have you benefited me: there [as a robber] I was called Master, and here I am

called Master.’17 ‘By bringing you under the wings of the Shechinah,’ he retorted.

R. Johanan therefore felt himself deeply hurt,18 [as a result of which] Resh

Lakish fell ill. His sister [sc. R. Johanan's, the wife of Resh Lakish] came and

wept before him: ‘Forgive him19 for the sake of my son,’ she pleaded. He

replied: ‘Leave thy fatherless children. I will preserve them alive.’20 ‘For the sake

of my widowhood then!’ ‘And let thy widows trust in me,’21 he assured her. Resh

Lakish died, and R. Johanan was plunged into deep grief. Said the Rabbis, ‘Who

shall go to ease his mind? Let R. Eleazar b. Pedath go, whose disquisitions are

very subtle.’ So he went and sat before him; and on every dictum uttered by R.

Johanan he observed: ‘There is a Baraitha which Supports you.’ ‘Are you as the

son of Lakisha?’22 he complained: ‘when I stated a law, the son of Lakisha used

to raise twenty-four objections, to which I gave twenty-four answers, which

consequently led to a fuller comprehension of the law; whilst you say, "A Baraitha

has been taught which supports you:" do I not know myself that my dicta are

right?’ Thus he went on rending his garments and weeping, ‘Where are you, O

son of Lakisha, where are you, O son of Lakisha;’ and he cried thus until his mind

was turned. Thereupon the Rabbis prayed for him, and he died.

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(13) I.e., devoted to study.
(14) His mere decision to turn to the study of the Torah had so weakened him that he lacked the
strength to don his heavy equipment.
(15) Before that they are not complete articles or utensils, and only such can become unclean.
(16) This was quoted only proverbially, though in later times it was taken literally, and Resh

Lakish was held to have been a robber. Actually, he had been a circus attendant, to which his
necessitous circumstances had reduced him, and these weapons were used in the course of that
calling. (Graetz, Geschichte, IV, 238, n. 6). Weiss, Dor, III, p. 83, n. 2, understands the phrase
literally, but translates vt,xk as ‘thief-catcher.’ If that be correct, Resh Lakish at one time helped
the Roman government, just as R. Eleazar b. R. Simeon and R. Ishmael b. R. Jose had done
(17) Heb. hcr is equally applicable to a captain of a gang and a Rabbi (Rashi).
(18) By the remark of Resh Lakish that he had not benefited him.
(19) Lit., ‘do’.
(20) Jer. XLIX, 11.
(21) Ibid.
(22) The full name of Resh Lakish was R. Simeon b. Lakish. Weiss, Dor, II, 71 deduces from the
use of Lakisha here that Lakish was not a patronym but the name of a town, ic or rc meaning ‘a
citizen of,’ i.e., R. Simeon, a townsman of Lakish. But Bacher, Ag. der Pal. Am. I, 340, 1 defends
Lakish as a patronym.

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