Now it came about after this that there was war again with the Philistines at Gob; then Sibbecai the Hushathite struck down Saph, who was among the descendants of the giant.
There was war with the Philistines again at Gob, and Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim the Bethlehemite killed Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.
There was war at Gath again, where there was a man of great stature who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in number; and he also had been born to the giant.
When he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimei, David’s brother, struck him down.
These four were born to the giant in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.
And David spoke the words of this song to the LORD in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.
He said, “The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;
My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold and my refuge; My savior, You save me from violence.
“I call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised, And I am saved from my enemies.
“For the waves of death encompassed me; The torrents of destruction overwhelmed me;
The cords of Sheol surrounded me; The snares of death confronted me.
“In my distress I called upon the LORD, Yes, I cried to my God; And from His temple He heard my voice, And my cry for help came into His ears.
“Then the earth shook and quaked, The foundations of heaven were trembling And were shaken, because He was angry.
“He bowed the heavens also, and came down With thick darkness under His feet.
“And He rode on a cherub and flew; And He appeared on the wings of the wind.
“And He made darkness canopies around Him, A mass of waters, thick clouds of the sky.
“From the brightness before Him Coals of fire were kindled.
“The LORD thundered from heaven, And the Most High uttered His voice.
“Then the channels of the sea appeared, The foundations of the world were laid bare By the rebuke of the LORD, At the blast of the breath of His nostrils.
“They confronted me in the day of my calamity, But the LORD was my support.
“The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands He has recompensed me.
“For I have kept the ways of the LORD, And have not acted wickedly against my God.
“Therefore the LORD has recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to my cleanness before His eyes.
“With the kind You show Yourself kind, With the blameless You show Yourself blameless;
With the pure You show Yourself pure, And with the perverted You show Yourself astute.
“And You save an afflicted people; But Your eyes are on the haughty whom You abase.
“For You are my lamp, O LORD; And the LORD illumines my darkness.
“As for God, His way is blameless; The word of the LORD is tested; He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.
“For who is God, besides the LORD? And who is a rock, besides our God?
“God is my strong fortress; And He sets the blameless in His way.
“You have also given me the shield of Your salvation, And Your help makes me great.
“They looked, but there was none to save; Even to the LORD, but He did not answer them.
“Then I pulverized them as the dust of the earth; I crushed and stamped them as the mire of the streets.
“You have also delivered me from the contentions of my people; You have kept me as head of the nations; A people whom I have not known serve me.
“The LORD lives, and blessed be my rock; And exalted be God, the rock of my salvation,
The God who executes vengeance for me, And brings down peoples under me,
Who also brings me out from my enemies; You even lift me above those who rise up against me; You rescue me from the violent man.
“Therefore I will give thanks to You, O LORD, among the nations, And I will sing praises to Your name.
Now these are the last words of David. David the son of Jesse declares, The man who was raised on high declares, The anointed of the God of Jacob, And the sweet psalmist of Israel,
“The Spirit of the LORD spoke by me, And His word was on my tongue.
“The God of Israel said, The Rock of Israel spoke to me, ‘He who rules over men righteously, Who rules in the fear of God,
Is as the light of the morning when the sun rises, A morning without clouds, When the tender grass springs out of the earth, Through sunshine after rain.’
“But the worthless, every one of them will be thrust away like thorns, Because they cannot be taken in hand;
But the man who touches them Must be armed with iron and the shaft of a spear, And they will be completely burned with fire in their place.”
These are the names of the mighty men whom David had: Josheb-basshebeth a Tahchemonite, chief of the captains, he was called Adino the Eznite, because of eight hundred slain by him at one time;
and after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David when they defied the Philistines who were gathered there to battle and the men of Israel had withdrawn.
He arose and struck the Philistines until his hand was weary and clung to the sword, and the LORD brought about a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to strip the slain.
Now after him was Shammah the son of Agee a Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered into a troop where there was a plot of ground full of lentils, and the people fled from the Philistines.
But he took his stand in the midst of the plot, defended it and struck the Philistines; and the LORD brought about a great victory.
Then three of the thirty chief men went down and came to David in the harvest time to the cave of Adullam, while the troop of the Philistines was camping in the valley of Rephaim.
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