David And Goliath - NKJ

David was Just a Young Shepherd Boy. He was Not Old Enough to Fight in the Army. He Had Stayed Home to Take Care of His Father's Sheep While His Older Brothers Were in the Army. The Army Had Gone to Fight the Philistines and David's Father Wanted to Know How They Were Doing. He Also Wanted to Send Them Some Food. Here Is the Story.

1. Goliath was the Champion Fighter for the Philistines and the Israelites Were Afraid of Him.

1 Samuel 17:1-7 Now the Philistines gathered their armies together to battle, and were gathered at Sochoh, which ____________ 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 ______________ went out from the camp of the Philistines, named ____________, 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 ______________ shekels of bronze. [6] And he had bronze armor on his legs and a bronze ____________ between his ________________. [7] Now the staff of his spear was like a ____________ beam, and his iron ________________ ____________ six ____________ shekels; and a shield-bearer went before him.

1 Samuel 17:8-11 Then he stood and cried out to the armies of Israel, and said to them, Why have you come out to line up for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and you the servants of Saul? __________ a man for yourselves, and let him come down to me. [9] If he is able to fight with me and kill me, then we will be your servants. But if I ____________ ____________ him and kill him, then you shall 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 ______________. [11] When Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, they were ______________ and ____________ __________.

1 Samuel 17:12-16 Now David was the son of that __________________ of Bethlehem Judah, whose name was Jesse, and who had eight sons. And the man was old, advanced in years, in the days of Saul. [13] The three oldest sons of Jesse had gone to follow Saul to the battle. The names of his three sons who went to the battle were Eliab the ________________, next to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah. [14] David was the youngest. And the three oldest followed Saul. [15] But David _____________________ went and ______________ from Saul to feed his fathers sheep at Bethlehem. [16] And the __________________ drew near and ________________ himself forty days, morning and evening.

1 Samuel 17:17-19 Then Jesse said to his son David, Take now for your brothers an ephah of this dried grain and these ten loaves, and run to your brothers at the camp. [18] And carry these ten cheeses to the ____________ of their ______________, and see how your brothers fare, and bring back news of them. [19] Now Saul and they and all the men of Israel were in the Valley of Elah, ______________ with the ___________________.

2. David Heard Goliath Threatening Israel and Wanted to Know Why This was Allowed.

1 Samuel 17:20-25 So David rose early in the morning, left the sheep with a keeper, and took the things and went as Jesse had ________________ him. And he came to the camp as the army was going out to the fight and ______________ for the battle. [21] For Israel and the Philistines had drawn up in battle array, army against army. [22] And David left his ______________ in the hand of the supply keeper, ran to the army, and came and ____________ his ______________. [23] Then as he talked with them, there was the ______________, the Philistine of Gath, ____________ by name, coming up from the armies of the Philistines; and he spoke according to the same words. So David heard them. [24] And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him and were __________________ afraid. [25] So the men of Israel said, Have you seen this man who has come up? Surely he has come up to defy Israel; and it shall be that the man who kills him the king will enrich with great riches, will give him his ______________, and give his ____________ house ________________ from taxes in Israel.

1 Samuel 17:28-30 Now Eliab his oldest ____________ heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliabs anger was ____________ against David, and he said, Why did you come down here? And with whom have you left those few sheep in the __________________? I know your pride and the insolence of your heart, for you have come down to see the battle. [29] And David said, What have I done now? Is there not a cause? [30] Then he turned from him toward ____________ and said the same thing; and these people ______________ him as the first ones did.

1 Samuel 17:31-37 Now when the words which David spoke were heard, they ______________ them to Saul; and he sent for him. [32] Then David said to Saul, Let no mans heart fail because of him; your servant will go and fight with this Philistine. [33] And Saul said to David, You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for you are a youth, and he a man of war from his youth. [34] But David said to Saul, Your servant used to keep his ____________ sheep, and when a lion or a bear came and took a lamb out of the flock, [35] I went out after it and struck it, and delivered the lamb from its _________; and when it _________ against me, I __________ it by its _________, and struck and killed it. [36] Your servant has killed both lion and bear; and this _______________________ Philistine will be like one of them, __________ he has __________ the __________ of the __________ God. [37] ______________ David said, The LORD, who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear, He will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said to David, Go, and the LORD be with you!

1 Samuel 17:38-40 So Saul clothed David with his armor, and he put a bronze helmet on his head; he also clothed him with a coat of mail. [39] David ______________ his sword to his armor and tried to walk, for he had not tested them. And David said to Saul, I cannot walk with these, for I have not tested them. So David took them off. [40] Then he took his staff in his hand; and he chose for ____________ five __________ __________ from the brook, and put them in a ________________ bag, in a pouch which he had, and his sling was in his hand. And he drew near to the __________________.

1) Did David want to wear the king's helmet, armor and sword? ______

2) So what did David use instead of the king's armor? __________________________

3. David was Not Afraid of Goliath Because He Trusted in God to Help Him.

1 Samuel 17:41-44 So the Philistine came, and began ____________ near to David, and the man who bore the shield went before him. [42] And when the Philistine __________ about and saw David, he ________________ him; for he was only a youth, ruddy and good-looking. [43] So the Philistine said to David, Am I a dog, that you come to me with __________? And the Philistine __________ David by his gods. [44] And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and the __________ of the field!

1 Samuel 17:45-49 Then David said to the Philistine, You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a ____________. But I come to you in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have __________. [46] This day the LORD will ____________ you into my hand, and I will __________ you and take your head from you. And this day I will give the ________________ of the camp of the ___________________ to the birds of the air and the wild __________ of the earth, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel. [47] Then all this ______________ shall know that the LORD does not save with sword and spear; for the __________ is the LORDs, and He will give you into our hands. [48] So it was, when the Philistine arose and came and drew near to meet David, that David ____________ and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine. [49] Then David put his hand in his bag and took out a stone; and he _________ it and __________ the Philistine in his forehead, so that the stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the earth.

1 Samuel 17:50 So David ________________ over the Philistine with a sling and a stone, and struck the Philistine and __________ him. But there was no sword in the hand of David.

1 Samuel 17:52-53 Now the men of Israel and Judah arose and shouted, and pursued the Philistines as far as the entrance of the valley and to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell along the road to ______________, even as far as Gath and Ekron. [53] Then the ______________ of Israel ______________ from chasing the Philistines, and they ________________ their tents.

1) Was Goliath afraid of David? ______________

2) Was David afraid of Goliath? ______________

3) Why was David able to win the battle? ________________________

David had learned to place all of his trust in the Lord. He had trusted the Lord while herding his father’s sheep. Meeting Goliath was for him something like meeting the lion and the bear. God would help him in the same way.

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