1 Samuel 17:42–51

⁴²And when the Philistine looked about and saw David, he ^cdisdained ⁴him; for he was only a youth, ^druddy and good-looking. ⁴³So the Philistine ^esaid to David, “Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. ⁴⁴And the Philistine ^fsaid to David, “Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field!”

⁴⁵Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin. ^gBut I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have ^hdefied. ⁴⁶This day the Lord will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you and take your head from you. And this day I will give ⁱthe carcasses of the camp of the Philistines to the birds of the air and the wild beasts of the earth, ^jthat all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel. ⁴⁷Then all this assembly shall know that the Lord ^kdoes not save with sword and spear; for ^lthe battle is the Lord’s, and He will give you into our hands.”

⁴⁸So it was, when the Philistine arose and came and drew near to meet David, that David hurried and ^mran toward the army to meet the Philistine. ⁴⁹Then David put his hand in his bag and took out a stone; and he slung it and struck the Philistine in his forehead, so that the stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the earth. ⁵⁰So David prevailed over the Philistine with a ⁿsling and a stone, and struck the Philistine and killed him. But there was no sword in the hand of David. ⁵¹Therefore David ran and stood over the Philistine, took his ^osword and drew it out of its sheath and killed him, and cut off his head with it.

And when the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, ^pthey fled.