One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on a hill.
And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with E´phra-im. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind.
And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.
And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goli´ath by name, out of the armies of the Philistines, and spake according to the same words: and David heard them.
And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel.