1 Samuel 17:32 to 50 tells how David says he will go against the Philistine, and Saul says he is but a youth. David takes five smooth stones and his sling. The Philistine speaks, David answers in the name of the LORD, and a stone strikes the Philistine, who falls. Read the story in short sentences, then the real verse.
9 words you will really use: they appear in the story and in the exercises, and come back for review in the next stories.
sword
a long metal weapon with a sharp edge
noun
stone
a small piece of hard rock
noun
field
open land with grass or crops
noun
hand
the part at the end of the arm; it can also mean a person’s power
noun
head
the top part of the body, with the face on it
noun
can
to be able to do something; can’t means not able to
verb
strike
to hit someone or something hard
verb
deliver
to save someone from danger, or to hand someone over to a person’s power
verb
off
away from something; no longer on it
adverb
The moments of the story, in the order they happen.
David tells Saul he will go and fight this Philistine, and Saul says: Go.
David takes off Saul’s armor and chooses five smooth stones out of the brook.
The Philistine asks if he himself is a dog. David says he comes in the name of the LORD.
David slings a stone, the Philistine falls on his face, and there is no sword in David’s hand.
The verse that closes the story, in the World English Bible. After 4 lessons, this is how you read it: the real text, with nothing simplified.
1 Samuel 17:50 · WEB
So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and struck the Philistine and killed him; but there was no sword in David’s hand.
One detail about the scene, with the work it comes from.
Where were Saul and the men of Israel encamped? 1 Samuel 17:2 names the valley of Elah. The Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Samuel 17:2 say the valley of Elah was a fertile area, fifteen miles southwest of Bethlehem.
Source: World English Bible · Public domain; Tyndale Open Study Notes · CC BY-SA 4.0
First the whole story, in simple English with audio for every sentence. Then 4 short lessons, each with a piece of the story, a tip and exercises. At the end, the Bible verse and a little celebration.
1 Samuel 17:32 to 50, in the World English Bible.
He says he struck them while keeping his father’s sheep, and that the LORD delivered him from them (1 Samuel 17:34-37).
He takes his staff, five smooth stones out of the brook and his sling (1 Samuel 17:40).
He asks whether he himself is a dog, that David comes to him with sticks, and says: Come to me (1 Samuel 17:43-44).
David says he comes in the name of the LORD of Armies (1 Samuel 17:45).
No. 1 Samuel 17:50 says there was no sword in David’s hand.
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