David the Shepherd Boy English

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Writt en by: Edward Hughes

Illustrated by: Lazarus

Adapted by: Ruth Klassen

Produced by: Bible for Childr enwww.M1914.org

2007 Bible for Children, In c.License: You have the right to copy or print this story,

as long as you do not sell it.


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Long ago, in the d ays of King Saul of Isr ael, a boynamed David helped his seven brothers look aftert heir father's flo cks. Though he was youngest,David was a stron g, brave boy who loved andt rusted God. He l ived in the town of Be thlehem.
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Once a lion attack ed the flock to snatch a littlelamb for supper. Young David attacked the

at tacker. Pulling the lam b away,he grabbed the snar ling beast

by its beard and k illed it.David knew Godhadhelped him.


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Samuel, God's pro phet, was still sad tha t King Saulhad failed God so badly. "How long will you mourn

for Saul ?" God scolded Samue l. "I amsending you to Jesse . . . For Ihave provided Myself a kingamong his sons." Jess e wasDavid's father.


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Even though Sa muel knewKing Saul might kill him forgoing to find an other king,the prophet ob eyed God.


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When Samuel arrived,Jesse made seven ofhis sons pas s beforeSamuel. And Samuelsaid to Jess e, "TheLORD has not chosenthese." Tha t only leftDavid, the y oungest.He was out with thesheep. The y brought

David in. And theLORD said, "Arise,anoint him; for this

is the one."


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I n Saul's palace, t he Spirit of the LORD departedf rom Saul and he became a very trouble d man. His

servants thought good musicmight settle Sa ul's mind.

One of them k new a young man who played

the harp well. Can

you guess who that young man was?Yes, David.


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David's music soo thed Saul andhelped him to thin k straight.Saul asked Jesse to let Davidstay in the King's service.Whenever Saul ha d anattack of depress ionor fear, David pla yed

t he harp for him.I t helped.


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After David went home, Saul had a big b attle witht he Philistines. D avid's brothers fough t in Saul'sarmies. Jesse sen t David to the battle front tot ake food to his b rothers and find out h ow theywere.
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A HUGE Philistine giant, Goliath, had sc ared all theI sraelite soldiers.


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"Choose a man for yourselves, and let hi m comedown to me!" Goliath shouted. "If he is able to

fight with me and kill me, then we will be your ser vants. But if I kill him , then you

shall be our servants and serv e us."

All the men of Israel,when th ey saw thegiant, fl ed fromhim and were

dreadfull yafraid.


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T hen David said t o Saul, "Let no man'sheart fail because of him; your servantwill go and fight w ith this Philistine."Saul wanted David to wear armor andcarry a sword. In stead, David took hissling and picked fi ve smooth stonesf rom the brook.


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Goliath laughed when he saw that young Davidwasn't even weari ng armor. "I will give your flesht o the birds of th e air and the beasts o f the field!"

he roared. "I c ome to youin the name o f the

LORD!" Davidanswered. "This daythe LORD will deliver you into my hands . . .for the b attle is the

LORD's!"


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Then David ranstrai ght towardGoliath. As heran, he fired onestone from hissling - right intoGoliath'sfore head.Goliath fell!


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David quickly drew Goliath's hugesword and cut off his head.When the Philisti nes sawGoliath dead, the y ranf or their lives.


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King Saul did not remember that this w as the sameDavid who had soothed him with the har p. He put

David in charge of his ar my - thengot jealous when the people

honored David's vic tories."Now what more canhe have but the kin gdom?"Saul thought. So S aul eyedDavid from thatday forward.


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Again, King Saul's mind was troubled. S o Davidplayed music to try and soothe him. T hree

times Saul t hrew his spear at Dav id.But David escaped each time.

Saul was afraid of David,

because he knew t he LORDwas with him, but haddeparted from Sa ul.


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But Jonathan, Sau l's son, loved David as a brother. "My fa ther Saul seeks to kil l

you," he warned David. So David escape d.His wife put a dum my in his bed, and let David down from the window in themiddle of the nigh t. When Saul'smen came in the m orning, David

was gone.


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David had to flee far away from Saul. B efore hedid, he and Jonat han made a covenant t ogether.T hey promised th ey would always help each other.


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Sadly, the two fri ends said goodbye. D avid set outt o find a place wh ere he could live witho ut fear ofSaul's soldiers fin ding him.


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T he End


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This Bible story t ells us about our wonderf ul God whomade us and who wants us to know Him.

God knows we have done bad things, which He calls sin.The punishment for sin is death, but God l oves us so

much He sent His Son, Jesus, to die on a Cr oss and be

punished for our si ns. Then Jesus came bac k to life andwent home to Hea ven! If you believe in Je sus and askHim to forgive you r sins, He will do it! He will come and

live in you now, and you will live with Himforever.If you want to t urn from your sins, say th is to God:Dear God, I b elieve that Jesus died for me and

now lives again. Please come into my life andforgive my sins, so that I can have new l ife now,and one day go to be with You forever. Help me

to live f or You as Your child. Amen.Read the Bible an d talk with God every day! John 3:16

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