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1 Samuel 16
²⁰ And Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread, a skin of wine, and a young goat, and sent them by his son David to Saul.
²¹ So David came to Saul and stood before him. And he loved him greatly, and he became his armorbearer.
²² Then Saul sent to Jesse, saying, "Please let David stand before me, for he has found favor in my sight."
²³ And so it was, whenever the spirit from God was upon Saul, that David would take a harp and play it with his hand. Then Saul would become refreshed and well, and the distressing spirit would depart from him.
1 Samuel 17
¹ Now the Philistines gathered their armies together to battle, and were gathered together at Sochoh, which belongs to Judah; they encamped between Sochoh and Azekah, in Ephes Dammim.
² And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and they encamped in the Valley of Elah, and drew up in battle array against the Philistines.
³ The Philistines stood on a mountain on one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side, with a valley between them.
⁴ And a champion went out from the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, from Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.
⁵ He had a bronze helmet on his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail, and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of bronze.
⁶ And he had bronze armor on his legs and a bronze javelin between his shoulders.
⁷ Now the staff of his spear was like a weaver’s beam, and his iron spearhead weighed six hundred shekels; and a shield-bearer went before him.