1. The Philistines got ready for war and brought their troops together to attack the town of Socoh in Judah. They set up camp at Ephes-Dammim, between Socoh and Azekah.
10. Here and now I challenge Israel's whole army! Choose someone to fight me!
11. Saul and his men heard what Goliath said, but they were so frightened of Goliath that they couldn't do a thing.
12. David's father Jesse was an old man, who belonged to the Ephrath clan and lived in Bethlehem in Judah. Jesse had eight sons:
13-14. the eldest was Eliab, the next was Abinadab, and Shammah was the third. The three of them had gone off to fight in Saul's army.David was Jesse's youngest son.