1 Samuel 17:42–51

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

⁴³The 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 the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have taunted.

⁴⁶“This day the Lord 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 army of the Philistines this day to the birds of the sky and the wild 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 ^athe Lord does not deliver by sword or by spear; ^bfor the battle is the Lord’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 put his hand 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 killed him; 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 killed him, and cut off his head with it. ^bWhen the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled.