1 Samuel 17:42–51

⁴²And the Philistine looked and saw David. And ^ahe despised him; for he was but a youth and ^bruddy, with a handsome appearance.

⁴³And the Philistine said to David, “^aAm I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?” And ^bthe Philistine cursed David by his gods.

⁴⁴The Philistine also said to David, “Come to me, and I will give your flesh ^ato the birds of the sky and the beasts of the field.”

⁴⁵Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword, a spear, and a javelin, ^abut I come to you in the name of Yahweh of hosts, the God of the battle lines of Israel, whom you have ¹reproached.

⁴⁶“This day Yahweh will deliver you up into my hands, and I will strike you down and remove your head from you. And I will give the ^adead bodies of the camp of the Philistines this day to the birds of the sky and the beasts of the earth, ^bthat all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel,

⁴⁷and that all this assembly may know that ^aYahweh does not save by sword or by spear; ^bfor the battle is Yahweh’s, and He will give you into our hands.”

⁴⁸Then it happened when the Philistine rose and came and drew near to meet David, that ^aDavid ran quickly toward the battle line to meet the Philistine.

⁴⁹And David sent his hand down into his bag and took from it a stone and slung it and struck the Philistine on his forehead. And the stone sank into his forehead, so that he fell on his face to the ground.

⁵⁰Thus David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone, and he struck the Philistine and put him to death; but there was no sword in David’s hand.

⁵¹Then David ran and stood over the Philistine and ^atook his sword and drew it out of its sheath and put him to death and cut off his head with it. ^bThen the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, so they fled.