1 Samuel 17:42–51

⁴²And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him: for he was but a youth, and ^hruddy, and of a fair countenance. ⁴³And the Philistine said unto David, ⁱAm I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. ⁴⁴And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field. ⁴⁵Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a ^kshield: but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast ^ldefied. ⁴⁶This day will the Lord ^†deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give ^mthe carcases of the host of the Philistines this day ⁿunto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; ^othat all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel. ⁴⁷And all this assembly shall know that the Lord ^psaveth not with sword and spear: for ^qthe battle is the Lord’s, and ^rhe will give you into our hands. ⁴⁸And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came and drew nigh to meet David, that David hasted, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine. ⁴⁹And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth. ⁵⁰So ^sDavid prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David. ⁵¹Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took ^this sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and ^ucut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled.