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1 Samuel 17:26

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

David spoke to the men who were standing with him: ‘What will be done for the man who kills that Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel?  Just who is this uncircumcised Philistine  that he should defy the armies  of the living God? ’

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Nahash the Ammonite replied, ‘I’ll make one with you on this condition: that I gouge out everyone’s right eye  and humiliate all Israel.’


For who out of all humanity has heard the voice of the living God speaking from the fire, as we have, and lived?


Your servant has killed lions and bears; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, for he has defied the armies of the living God.’


Then the Philistine said, ‘I defy the ranks of Israel today.  Send me a man so we can fight each other! ’


Jonathan said to the attendant who carried his weapons, ‘Come on, let’s cross over to the garrison of these uncircumcised men.  Perhaps the Lord will help us. Nothing can keep the Lord from saving, whether by many or by few.’


Perhaps the Lord your God  will hear  all the words of the royal spokesman, whom his master the king of Assyria sent to mock the living God, and will rebuke  him for the words that the Lord your God has heard. Therefore, offer a prayer for the surviving remnant.” ’


Lord, in keeping with all your righteous acts, may your anger and wrath  turn away from your city Jerusalem, your holy mountain;  for because of our sins and the iniquities of our ancestors, Jerusalem and your people have become an object of ridicule to all those around us.


But the Lord is the true God; he is the living God  and eternal King. The earth quakes at his wrath, and the nations cannot endure his fury.


Then I said, ‘What you are doing isn’t right. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God  and not invite the reproach of our foreign enemies?


And we know that the Son of God has come  and has given us understanding so that we may know the true one.  We are in the true one #– #that is, in his Son, Jesus Christ.  He is the true God and eternal life.


for they themselves report  what kind of reception  we had from you: how you turned  to God from idols  to serve the living  and true  God


The Lord answered his people: Look, I am about to send you grain, new wine, and fresh oil. You will be satiated with them, and I will no longer make you a disgrace among the nations.


Then he turned from those beside him to others in front of him and asked about the offer. The people gave him the same answer as before.


Then Saul said to his armour-bearer,  ‘Draw your sword and run me through with it, or these uncircumcised men  will come and run me through and torture me! ’ But his armour-bearer would not do it because he was terrified. Then Saul took his sword and fell on it.


‘ “Look, the days are coming #– #this is the Lord’s declaration #– #when I will punish all the circumcised yet uncircumcised:


Egypt, Judah, Edom, the Ammonites, Moab, and all the inhabitants of the desert who clip the hair on their temples.  All these nations are uncircumcised, and the whole house of Israel is uncircumcised in heart.” ’


You will die the death of the uncircumcised at the hands of strangers. For I have spoken. This is the declaration of the Lord  God.” ’


He said, ‘You will know that the living God is among you  and that he will certainly dispossess before you the Canaanites, Hethites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites, and Jebusites


He also wrote letters to mock the Lord, the God of Israel, saying against him: Just like the national gods of the lands that did not rescue their people from my power, so Hezekiah’s God will not rescue his people from my power.


Who is it you have mocked  and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!


Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of the heavens. The vessels from his house were brought to you, and as you and your nobles, wives, and concubines drank wine from them,  you praised the gods made of silver and gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see or hear or understand.  But you have not glorified the God who holds your life-breath in his hand and who controls the whole course of your life.  ,


He rescues and delivers; he performs signs and wonders in the heavens and on the earth, for he has rescued Daniel from the power of the lions.’





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