1 Samuel 17:42–51

⁴²When the Philistine looked and saw David, he despised him^e because he was just a youth, healthy^Bf and handsome. ⁴³He said to David, “Am I a dog^g that you come against me with sticks?”^C Then he cursed David by his gods.^{h 44}“Come here,” the Philistine called to David, “and I’ll give your flesh to the birds of the sky and the wild beasts!”ⁱ

⁴⁵David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with a sword, spear, and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the Lord of Armies, the God of the ranks of Israel—you have defied him.^{j 46}Today, the Lord will hand you over to me. Today, I’ll strike you down, remove your head, and give the corpses^D of the Philistine camp to the birds of the sky and the wild creatures of the earth. Then all the world will know that Israel has a God,^{k 47}and this whole assembly will know that it is not by sword or by spear that the Lord saves,^l for the battle is the Lord’s.^m He will hand you over to us.”

⁴⁸When the Philistine started forward to attack him, David ran quickly to the battle line to meet the Philistine.^{n 49}David put his hand in the bag, took out a stone, slung it, and hit the Philistine on his forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell facedown to the ground. ⁵⁰David defeated the Philistine with a sling and a stone. David overpowered the Philistine and killed him without having a sword. ⁵¹David ran and stood over him. He grabbed the Philistine’s sword,^o pulled it from its sheath, and used it to kill him. Then he cut off his head. When the Philistines saw that their hero was dead, they fled.^p