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Speaker 1: He says, dead, mam, come on your story.

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Speaker 2: Hours are presenting your story, hour building for a better tomorrow.

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Speaker 3: Today's story.

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Speaker 4: Samuel says, God has rejected me, as King rejected me me.

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I've made mistakes, of course, a few like anyone made,

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but your majesty is an injustice. I've been a good king,

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and the throne should remain with my posterity. I am

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a man of valor and courage. Everyone says so, and

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I have vanquished many an enemy of Israel. Those things

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should offset the few mistakes I've made. I don't care

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what anyone says. I'll kill anyone who tries to get

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in my way. Anyone you may.

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Speaker 5: You will recall that you wanted us to find me.

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Speaker 4: I don't care what I ordered who to do what

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right now? I order you to keep still while I

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speak my mind. Understand I am king. I'll have you

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remember that anyone who forgets it and doesn't show me

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the proper respect and dumage will have his I I

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am king. My rule Israel.

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Speaker 3: My word is law.

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Speaker 4: I mean to be obeyed, and anyone who dares disobey

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will What is that.

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Speaker 6: Sound that your Majesty is the half player you requested, Oh.

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Speaker 4: Who who told anyone to play? I didn't. I will

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not be interrupted, even with music that is lovely music.

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But I didn't tell him to play. Off with his head?

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Whoever he is? Oh, dare he play without my permission?

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Off with his head? Dear?

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Speaker 7: Hello everyone, and welcome.

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Speaker 8: Wow, Aunt Carol, sounds like there was a crazy king

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in power.

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Speaker 7: You're right, Uncle Dan. This famous Bible story is about

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a king, a shepherd, boy and a giant.

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Speaker 6: Oh.

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Speaker 8: I know this story well. It's found in the Book

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of First Samuel, chapter seventeen.

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Speaker 7: It's right, we call it the Boy and the Giant.

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Speaker 4: I don't just stand there, do as I set off

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with that fellow's head, whoever he is.

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Speaker 6: You sent for him, your majesty, I sent for him.

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Who ordered us to find and bring to your court

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a clever player of the harp?

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Speaker 4: But why why I want a harp player?

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Speaker 6: Because your majesty, you were having spells of mental depression,

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and your counsel is thought.

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Speaker 4: Keep still, keep still. I want to listen to that music.

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Speaker 9: Yes, your majesty.

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Speaker 4: And fellas certainly can play the harp. It's the best

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music I've ever heard. Who did you say his name?

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Speaker 6: Your majesty.

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Speaker 4: Well, just bring him here. I want to meet him.

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His music does something for me. Quiet's my nerves.

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Speaker 6: David the harp player, son of Jesse the benjer Mike

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to see his majesty, Great and mighty King, Come forward, David.

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Speaker 9: Long live the King.

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Speaker 4: Arise David, my son. Why why you're just a lad?

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Are you a professional player?

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Speaker 5: No, your majesty, I'm just a shepherd.

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Speaker 4: A shepherd. Well, be that as it may, Hey, I

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wish you'd play some more for me.

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Speaker 9: As you wish, your majesty. Surely God shall deliver me

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from the smear of the foul and from the noise

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and pestilence. He shall cover me with his feathers, and

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under his wings shall I trost.

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Speaker 1: And thus it was in the providence of God David,

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as a skillful performer, upon the harp, was brought before

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the king. His lofty and heaven inspired strains had the

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desired effect. The brooding melancholy that had settled like a

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dark cloud over the mind of King Saul was charmed away.

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When David's services were not required at the court of Saul,

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he returned to his flock among the hills.

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Speaker 5: Hello there, I'm back. So I see, I thought you

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were supposed to stay at the King's palace. I'm not

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needed right now, so they let me come home.

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Speaker 3: How do you like being in the royal palace?

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Speaker 10: It certainly is an honor, and I've seen and learned

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many things. There are many temptations put in the way

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of the king, and for that I feel sorry for

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King Saul. The king has many difficulties and responsibilities, responsibilities

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ordinary folk would never dream about. I've seen the glory

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of royalty shattered with a dark cloud of sorrow. It's

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made me think more about the harassments and troubles of men. Meditation, prayer, music,

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These things, by the help of God, are the things

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that will elevate the mind and drive away the dark clouds.

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Speaker 1: God teaching young David lessons of trust. As Moses was

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trained for his work, so the Lord was fitting the

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son of Jesse to become the guide of his chosen

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people in the court of the king. He was learning

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of the great responsibilities that rested upon the King of

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Israel in his watch care over his father's flocks. David

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was gaining an appreciation of the care that the Great

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Shepherd of Heaven has for the sheep.

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Speaker 5: Of his pasture.

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Speaker 1: All these things brought new thoughts to David and a new,

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greater and more serious theme to his music.

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Speaker 10: There's an evil which I've seen. It's common among men,

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a man to whom God hath given riches and honor,

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so that he wanteth nothing.

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Speaker 9: Surely, oppression maketh the wise.

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Speaker 8: Man mad, and.

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Speaker 11: A gift destroyeth the hah.

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Speaker 4: Is everyone here, yes, Your Majesty, I will speak to them.

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Speaker 6: Yes, Sir, Princess, lords, ministers of His Majesty's court quiet, Please,

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King Saul of Israel and Judah wishes to speak.

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Speaker 4: You are all members of my court. Each of you

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has been chosen because of your particular talent in your

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chosen field. Gentlemen, we are in trouble, deep trouble. This

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you well know. General Abner, come forward up here by me.

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Speaker 3: Yes, long live the King.

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Speaker 4: You are commander in chief of all my.

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Speaker 3: Armies, Am your Majesty?

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Speaker 4: Tell me the Philistines are they prepared for battle against us?

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Speaker 3: They are, your Majesty. Their armies are camped on the

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side of a mountain near Shoko in Judah, directly across

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from their camp on the other side of the valley

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of Elah is a good camp site for our army.

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If we elect to fight them, there would be.

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Speaker 4: A valley between their camp and our.

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Speaker 3: A deep valley. Yes, your majesty, a frontal attack, either

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by the Philistines or by us is almost impossible.

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Speaker 4: How do they propose to decide the conflict.

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Speaker 3: By personal combat? Your majesty?

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Speaker 4: Well, now that's not such a bad IDEA many a

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tribal war is decided that way. Do we have a

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champion who is willing to fight their champion?

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Speaker 6: Oh?

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Speaker 3: We have many, your majesty. I am thinking, for instance,

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of a very brave soldier named eliab He is tall

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and impressive and fears nothing.

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Speaker 4: Well, get the army ready to move. We shall camp

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across from the Philistine.

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Speaker 3: Yes, sir, your majesty, long live the king lie.

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Speaker 4: I have another serving of mutton brought into General Abner

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and myself. Yes, your majesty.

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Speaker 3: This camp life seems to agree with my king.

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Speaker 4: Yes, I always feel better when there's a battle to

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be won. What is that?

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Speaker 3: I hear a voice, Your majesty?

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Speaker 4: Whose voice I don't know, sir? What is he saying?

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Speaker 3: I can't quite understand him, Your majesty.

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Speaker 4: I'll go and find out who he is and what

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he wants immediately, your majesty, come in, Come in, abner.

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What did you find out?

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Speaker 3: It was the Philistine Champion speaking, your majesty, challenging one

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of the our champions to come forth and fight him.

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Speaker 4: Which one of our champions did you choose?

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Speaker 3: Well? None, your majesty, none.

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Speaker 4: Why not? But that's why we're here.

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Speaker 3: Remember, I ask for volunteers, sir, but no one came forward.

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Speaker 4: None of our men will fight their champion cowards. What

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do they expect that I myself should go out and

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fight him? Well, perhaps I shall.

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Speaker 3: First, to your majesty, let me tell you about him.

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Speaker 4: The Philistine Champion. Why he's just a man, isn't he?

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Speaker 3: He's a giant?

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Speaker 4: So am I? I am head and shoulders taller than

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any man in Israel.

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Speaker 3: The Philistine Giant is even taller than you, your majesty.

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He is at least ten feet tall, ten feet, yes,

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and he wears a helmet of brass and a coat

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of mail. The coat of mail alone weighs over one

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hundred pounds a hundred pounds. A spear he carries is

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like a to a weaver's beam. It has a head

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of iron, weighing thirteen pounds.

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Speaker 4: What a man. Now, I wish i'd gone out myself

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and seen him.

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Speaker 3: He'll be down there in the valley again tomorrow, so

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he said.

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Speaker 4: Well, as soon as he appears, let me know. I

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want to see him for myself.

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Speaker 3: Why I come out to set you off? Lad little array?

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Speaker 2: Am not I a philistin and you servants of your

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king's soul.

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Speaker 5: I defy the armies of Israel west day.

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Speaker 2: Send now the man that we may fight together. If

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you have such a man, choose you a man, a champion.

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Speaker 3: If you have such a man, and send him down

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Speaker 4: He is huge, isn't he.

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Speaker 3: There's no man in our army who could defeat him

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your magic.

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Speaker 4: You're right, Abner. As large and as brave as I am,

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I wouldn't want to fight him. I can't blame any

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of my men for refusing.

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Speaker 3: What are we going to do, your majesty.

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Speaker 4: You're my general.

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Speaker 3: What do you suggest I suppose, as your chief of staff,

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I should offer to fight Goliath?

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Speaker 4: Don't even suggest such a thing, Abner. You're a general.

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I need you to plan and execute wars, not to

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fight a duel with a giant.

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Speaker 3: And I have nothing further to suggest, your Majesty, We

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simply do not have anyone who can overcome that giant.

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Speaker 4: Nevertheless, I am not ready to give up. We'll wait

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a while and see what happens. We may think of

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Speaker 3: Out granted, your Majesty, Except in the meantime we will

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have to take Goliath's insult.

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Speaker 4: My orders general. Do nothing nothing here until I give

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the word.

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Speaker 8: Yes, your majesty, want to hear something special.

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Speaker 7: The adventures are special alright. Special because the stories are

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interesting and fun to read.

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Speaker 8: And special because you'll receive wonderful audio stories on the

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life of Jesus.

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Speaker 7: And special because they're all for free.

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Speaker 8: So if you're nine years old or older, write to

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Speaker 7: Now let's return to our story, the Boy and the Giant.

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Speaker 5: David, sir, there's another lion after the sheep. Well, what

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are you going to do?

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Speaker 10: I'm going after him, But David sir, this lion is Oh,

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he's a bite.

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Speaker 5: Just stay here. I'll be back shortly. There's nothing to fear,

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I hope not.

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Speaker 4: There.

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Speaker 5: What did I tell you there was nothing to fear.

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You're the bravest man I've ever seen, David, Sir, I'm

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not brave at all, not really. I just well, I

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trust him, the Lord and his promises.

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Speaker 3: That's all.

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Speaker 5: If we love the Lord and obey him and trust

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him too, and do all we should do. He has

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promised always to be our helper. I believe that.

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Speaker 10: I know it to be true. So with God on

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my side, there is nothing to fear, nothing at all.

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Speaker 2: Sounds simple, but when it comes to actually look, someone's coming.

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Speaker 5: Huh, Well it's one of the servants from the house.

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Speaker 3: Yes it is.

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Speaker 5: I wonder what he's doing way out here.

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Speaker 4: He's running. He must be in an awful hurry.

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Speaker 10: Yes, it's it's probably some sort of message from father,

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even from my three brothers at the battlefront.

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Speaker 9: Well, what are you.

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Speaker 5: Doing way out here? Reading's Master David. Your father sends

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me with a message, Master David is to come to

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the house immediately. Is that all?

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Speaker 3: Master Jesse told me to stay here and.

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Speaker 5: Help to take care of the sheep. I'm fine, I'll

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be on my way.

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Speaker 4: And David my son.

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Speaker 1: Yes, Father, here, your three elder brothers, Eliab, Benedab and

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Shama joined King Saul's army to do battle with the Philistines.

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That was over forty days ago. I am concerned for them.

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I want you to go to Shaka and see what

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has happened. Yes, father, and now you will take an

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eph of parched corn for your brothers. And this cheese

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is for your brother's captain, the one over there ten thousand.

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It shall be done, father, and look to you and

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receive your brother's pledge that all is well with them.

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Then he and back here that I may learn how

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they fare. You will leave early in the morning, of.

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Speaker 5: Course, Father.

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Speaker 3: Good morning, Captain, Good morning, sir, and you will. I

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have a good morning to you.

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Speaker 4: Good morning, General Abner.

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Speaker 3: How are you this beautiful morning?

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Speaker 4: Mine?

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Speaker 6: Sir?

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Speaker 12: But I well, Sir, I cannot help it be a

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little worried. For almost forty days now we have had

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to listen to the insults of that giant.

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Speaker 4: How much longer are we to put up with it?

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Speaker 3: That's what I'm here for. His Majesty has finally decided

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to engage the Philistines army against army face to face

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in a battle to the death.

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Speaker 12: I thought the war would be won or lost by

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one of our men fighting Eliath. Isn't that the usual

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procedure in these personal and counter affairs.

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Speaker 3: Yes, but his Majesty has decided to march against them,

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engage them in actual combat this very day.

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Speaker 12: Sir, I think we have a chance army against army.

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Since we defeated the Philistines at Micmash, they have not

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been strong enough for a full scale attack. They're smart

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enough to realize this. That's why they want a personal

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combat with their giant, the Lion.

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Speaker 3: That's exactly the thinking of King Saul. His orders are

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to prepare for combat immediately. Captain, prepare your thousand for

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marching by early afternoon.

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Speaker 4: Yes, Sir, I really do think the king is finally

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wising up.

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Speaker 3: And oh, there goes old loud health attas.

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Speaker 2: For forty days now twice a day.

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Speaker 3: He's right, you know, we are afraid to fight him

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with a two.

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Speaker 12: Year old lad fight the prone man's it's just as

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useless for any of us to fight that ten foot

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of goliath.

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Speaker 3: Cowards.

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Speaker 12: No, we're just too wise to want to take an

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impossible task.

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Speaker 3: We can a lie him.

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Speaker 12: Well, well, if it isn't the little shepherd.

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Speaker 5: The voice I hear, isn't he insulting Israel and Israel's king?

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Speaker 3: Yes, he comes out each morning and hurls those insults.

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Speaker 5: Ats, So why do you permit such a vile thing?

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Why doesn't someone answer his challenge and fighting.

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Speaker 12: General Abner, Sir, this is my youngest brother.

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Speaker 3: He is equated with the ways of sheep.

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Speaker 4: Not of men of war.

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Speaker 12: So so overlook is crazy talk if you care.

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Speaker 5: But generally, sir, God is on our side. Has he

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not repeatedly delivered us from many enemies under impossible circumstances?

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Why doesn't someone go out and fight this bragging philistine?

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Speaker 3: I'm afraid you've not seen this particular philistine seen him?

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Speaker 5: Who is this philistine that he should defy the armies

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of the living God?

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Speaker 3: He is a giant ten feet tall?

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Speaker 5: Ten feet tall? Is that so tall that God fears him?

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Speaker 12: Well, perhaps you will sally forth and fight the giant

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with your bare hand.

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Speaker 5: Yes, what shall be done for the man who kills

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this giant philistine and takes away the reproach from Israel, well.

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Speaker 3: Young man, not that it could possibly interest you. But

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the man who would be brave enough and able to

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kill that giant should receive great riches and honor from

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the king. Not only that, but the king would give

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his own daughter to the man in marriage, and he

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and his house should be free in Israel.

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Speaker 5: There's no limit to what God can do.

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Speaker 3: Are you seriously thinking of going forth to fight that giand.

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Speaker 12: Parsey is ab nur sir? At least he thinks he is.

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Why he's just a lad and knows not where.

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Speaker 5: Of he speaks as the God of Israel can and will.

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Speaker 12: Now listen, David, I'm your eldest brother and have the

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right to command you in the first place. Why have

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you come down here? And with whom have you left

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those few sheep that Father trust you with. I know

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all about your pride and your bragging in.

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Speaker 4: The evil of your heart.

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Speaker 12: I know why you're here merely to watch the battle

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from the sidelines at a safe distance.

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Speaker 5: What have I done other than what any true blooded

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Israelite would do? Have I not cause to be indignant

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that our army lets this giant felistine continue day after

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day to hurl insults at is reel that.

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Speaker 12: God, no, Sir, I beg of you, do not listen

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to these words of my sheep tending brother.

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Speaker 1: And David turned from his brother and went to another

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group of soldiers and said the same things to them.

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But they too answered in the same manner as had

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his brother relied. Now all the things that David had

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said were told to the king, and Saul sent for David.

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Speaker 4: Word has come to me that you are telling all

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over camp that someone should have gone forth to fight

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the giant Goliath. Yes, Sir, your majesty, Well, young man,

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there is no one in Israel valiant and brave enough

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to kill that giant.

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Speaker 5: There's no limit to what God can do, your majesty.

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Speaker 4: But a man, some one of my soldiers must face

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the giant.

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Speaker 10: Let no man's heart fail him, Your majesty, because of

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the Philistine giant, your servant will go and fight the Phalistine.

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Speaker 1: You.

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Speaker 4: Yes, your majesty, you aren't able to fight that giant.

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You are but a youth, and he is a man

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of war and tall and powerful.

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Speaker 10: King, your servant was watching over his father's sheep, and

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there came a lion and a bear and took a

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lamb out of the flock, and I went out after

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them and delivered the lamb from them and smote them.

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This bragging giant of a philistine shall be as that

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lion and bear. Seeing he has defied the armies of

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the Living God over which you are shepherd, even as

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I was shepherd over my father's sheep.

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Speaker 4: That it would be suicide, my boy, and I can't let.

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Speaker 9: You do it.

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Speaker 5: O King, the Lord that delivered me out of the

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paw of the lion and out of the paw of

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the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand

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of this philistine.

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Speaker 4: Would that I had such faith and courage once I

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did as a young king, I had faith and trust

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and courage.

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Speaker 3: But now I.

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Speaker 4: Go, my son, fight the heathen philistine, and may God

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be with you and give you victory.

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Speaker 3: I'm a better, yes, your majesty.

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Speaker 4: Yet my armor and helmet and coat of mail. Put

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them on this youth, that he may go forth to

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meet the giant, fully protected by my own armor, and

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place my sword by his side.

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Speaker 3: Yes, your majesty.

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Speaker 1: The heavy helmet of brass was placed upon the head

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of David, the coat of mail upon his body, and

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the monarch's sword at his side. Thus equipped, David started

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out upon his heir.

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Speaker 3: You know, of course, your Majesty, that he hasn't a

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chance against that giant.

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Speaker 4: I'm quite sure of that, abner, But what else is

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there to do? Oh, I realize that I should fight Goliath.

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I am the leader of Israel, the king, but I

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shake with fear, for I wouldn't have a chance to win.

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And yes, it's a guilty conscience that may makes me fearful.

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Speaker 3: Your majesty. If you had refused to let David fight Goliath,

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the pholice teams would expect you to fight him.

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Speaker 4: But you realize that I am king and must protect

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my reputation in fighting that giant.

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Speaker 3: Certainly is, your majesty. David is returning.

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Speaker 4: Yes, yes, so I see apparently he's decided not to

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risk his life by fighting the giant.

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Speaker 5: Your majesty.

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Speaker 10: Yes, son, Your Majesty, I can't go forth to fight

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the giant in this coat of armor.

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Speaker 5: I just can't do it.

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Speaker 10: Never before have I worn armor, and I can do

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nothing with it on. If it pleases Majesty, I should

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like to remove it.

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Speaker 4: Permission granted, Lackey, help the lad off with the armor.

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Speaker 10: Your majesty, I would like still to have the privilege

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and honor of ridding Israel of this heathen giant.

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Speaker 4: All right, it's up to you. But what weapons will

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you use?

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Speaker 5: I shall take with me only those I used in

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protecting my father's sheep, A shepherd's rod and my sling.

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Speaker 3: A shepherd's rod and a sling against that giant, Oh,

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your majesty, it would be murder. I beg of you.

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Speaker 5: Not.

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Speaker 4: You have my permission, David, May God be your shield

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and sword.

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Speaker 5: Thank you, your majesty, Long live the king.

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Speaker 1: With courteous gestures, David leaves the presence of the king,

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then descends rapidly the hilly slope to the bottom of

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the ravine which separates the two camps from the brook.

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He chooses for himself five smooth stones and puts them

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in a shepherd's bag, which he carries. Then he draws

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near to the giant Goliath. When Goliath sees David, he

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is filled with amazement and anger.

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Speaker 2: Ay you, perhaps the champion Israelied army has send out

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to fight me?

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Speaker 6: I am.

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Speaker 2: They send a boy to fight a man, A boy

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still ruddy and of a fair countenance.

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Speaker 3: Ha ha ha ha ha.

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Speaker 2: Ha am i a dog that you come to me

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with sticks, By all the gods of Felistia, I curse

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you and your family after.

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Speaker 5: You, Goliath, champion of the heathen Philistines. You come to

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me with a sword and with a spear, with a javel.

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Speaker 2: And what do you come to me with a shepherd's

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rod and a boy's plaything, a sling?

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Speaker 4: Ha ha, I.

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Speaker 5: Come to you in the name of the Lord of Hosts,

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the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.

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Speaker 3: Why you praise a little this day?

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Speaker 5: Will the Lord deliver you into my hands. I will

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strike you down and cut off your head, and I

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will give the dead bodies and the host of the

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Philistines this day to the birds of the air and

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to the wild beasts of the earth. Then shall all

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the earth know that there is a god in Israel.

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But the battle is the Lord's.

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Speaker 2: Come here to me, little boy, and I will show.

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Speaker 3: You a thing.

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Speaker 1: As the thousands of soldiers on both sides watch, David

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pauses a moment to take a stone from his shepherd's bag,

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placing it in his sling, then whirling it around and

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around over his head. He rushes toward the giant and

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slings a stone straight as an arrow. It whizzes through

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the air, finding its mark and Golias forehead. The mighty

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giant trembles and reaches out his hands as if he

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were struck with sudden blindness. Staggers then falls to the ground,

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waiting not an instant. David springs upon the prostrate form

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of the felistine, and with both hands lays hold of

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Golias heavy sword, and slays the giant.

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Speaker 11: Only a boy named David, Only a little sleep, Only

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a boy named David, but he could pray and see.

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Speaker 13: Only a boy named David. Only a little brook, Only

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a boy named David.

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Speaker 9: But five little stones he took.

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Speaker 13: And one leaddle stonemade in the sling, and the sling

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went round and round, and one leaddle stone wade in

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the sling, and the sling went round and.

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Speaker 1: Round and round and round.

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Speaker 13: And round and round and round and round and round,

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And one leaddlestone.

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Speaker 6: Way up in the air, and the giant came tomb,

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and the giant came, and the giant came tumbling down,

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came tumbling.

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Speaker 13: Davy sleep, little sleep, boy, Davy, David, pray and see

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and see.

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Speaker 3: Boy Davy, a little brook, only a boy named Davy.

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Speaker 13: Little stones he took, and one little stone wading the sling,

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and the swing went round and road, and one little

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stonewad in the sling, and the sling went round and

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round and round and round and round and round and round,

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and one little stoneware up in the air.

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Speaker 3: And the giant came home, and the giant came tom.

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Speaker 13: The giant came bling, tumbling, the tom bling, tumbling, tumbling, tumbling, tumbling, tumbly.

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Speaker 8: This has been your story hour, building for a better tomorrow.

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This is Ann Carroll and Uncle Ann saying.

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Speaker 5: Goodbye everyone, see you again next time.

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Speaker 2: The