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Speaker 2All right , guys , this week I'm taking you on a journey to Golgotha . So far we've looked at the life of Abraham , god calling him to sacrifice his son Isaac , abraham coming close to doing so , only to be stopped by an angel of God . And then God providing an adult male lamb stuck in a thorn bush as a substitutionary sacrifice . Today we're going to jump forward roughly a thousand years in history and we're going to go to the Valley of Elah for a 1v1 battle . But before we get there we need to get the lay of the land . So at this time , saul is the king of Israel . In 1 Samuel 15 , through the prophet Samuel , god communicates that he now rejects Saul as king because Saul stopped obeying him . So Saul desperately protested this , but God made up his mind . Then , in 1 Samuel 16 , god sends the prophet Samuel to the home of Jesse , the Bethlehemite , because God had chosen one of Jesse's sons to be anointed the next king of Israel . So Jesse brings seven of his sons before Samuel , but Samuel says that the Lord has not chosen any of them . Okay , jesse said that he had one more son who was sending to the sheep . So Samuel told Jesse to fetch this guy you know , fetch this last son , and that son's name was David yes , that David . So Samuel said that he was the next chosen king of Israel and he anointed David with oil . And at this point David is somewhere in the neighborhood of , you know , 15 , 16 , 17 years old , so he's not a man yet . So later in 1 Samuel 16 , we see that the spirit of the Lord has left King Saul and now he's being tormented by a demonic spirit . So Saul's servants suggested finding someone that could play the lyre really , really well and play that for the king so it could soothe him . And one of the servants mentioned that David yes , again , that David was such a player . So Saul summoned David . David came to the royal palace and was at Saul's service and he eventually became Saul's armor bearer . And anytime Saul was being attacked by a demonic spirit , basically David would play the liar and it would calm King Saul .
Speaker 2Now we get to one of the most famous chapters in the Old Testament . So we're going to go to 1 Samuel 17 . I'm going to start in verse 1 . Now the Philistines gathered their armies for battle and they were gathered at Succa , which belongs to Judah , and encamped between Succoth and Azekah and Ephides Damien Sorry , I don't really know those names , but we're going to keep going . Verse 2 .
Speaker 2And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered and encamped in the valley of Elah and drew up in line of battle between the Philistines , and the Philistines stood on the mountain on one side and Israel stood on the mountain on the other side , with a valley between them . And there came out from the camp of the Philistines a champion named Goliath of Gath , whose height was six cubits and a span . This is about nine foot nine inches tall . He had a helmet of bronze on his head and he was armed with a coat of mail , and the weight of the coat was 5,000 shekels of bronze , that's about 125 pounds . And he had a bronze armor on his legs and a javelin of bronze slung between his shoulders . The shaft of his spear was like a weaver's beam and his spear's head weighed 600 shekels of iron , that's about 15 pounds . And his shield bearer went before him . He stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel why have you come out to draw up for battle ? Am I not a Philistine and are you not servants of Saul ? Choose a man for yourself and let him come down to me , if he is able to fight me and kill me , then we will be your servants . But if I prevail against him and kill him , then you shall be our servants and serve us . And the Philistine said I defy the ranks of Israel this day . Give me a man that we may fight together .
Speaker 2When Saul and all of Israel heard these words of the Philistine , they were dismayed and greatly afraid . So , guys , goliath came to the battlefield every day for 40 days , challenging the Israelites to send out a champion to fight him , and everyone was just basically too afraid . So he was literally mocking and spitting in the face of their God Yahweh , basically to a fright . So he was literally mocking and spitting in the face of their God Yahweh , and nobody answered the call . So during this time , david was going back and forth between King Saul's side and to his father's land to tend to the sheep . But he came to the battlefield to meet up with his brothers and he heard what Goliath was screaming in the middle of the valley , and so let's just say that he wasn't very happy about this . So let's go to verse 26 here .
Speaker 2And David said to the men who stood by him what shall be done for 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 . So word ends up getting back to King Saul about what David had said . And so Saul summons David to him and then they have this interaction , starting in verse 32 .
Speaker 2And David said to Saul let no man's heart fall because of him .
Speaker 2Your servant will go and fight with this Philistine .
Speaker 2And Saul said to David you are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him , for you are but a youth and he has been a man of war from his youth .
Speaker 2But David said to Saul your servant used to keep sheep for his father , and when there came a lion or a bear and took a lamb from the flock , I went after him and struck him and delivered it out of his mouth . And if he arose against me , I caught him by his beard and struck him and killed him . Your servant has struck down both lions and bears , and the uncircumcised Philistine shall be like one of them , for he has defied the armies of the living God . And David said the Lord , who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear , will deliver me from the hand of this , philistine and Saul said to David go and the Lord be with you . So Goliath of Gath has been jonesing for a fight for 40 days and David , a teenage shepherd boy , says I'm your huckleberry and we'll pick back up with the story tomorrow .
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