1 Samuel 17:31-39

31When the words which David spoke were heard, they told them 1to Saul, and he sent for him.

32David said to Saul, “2Let no man’s heart fail on account of him; 3your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.”

33Then Saul said to David, “4You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for you are but a youth while he has been a warrior from his youth.”

34But David said to Saul, “Your servant was tending his father’s sheep. When a lion or a bear came and took a lamb from the flock,

35I went out after him and 5attacked him, and 6rescued it from his mouth; and when he rose up against me, I seized him by his beard and 7struck him and killed him.

36Your servant has 8killed both the lion and the bear; and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, since he has taunted the armies of the living God.”

37And David said, “9The Lord who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear, He will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.” And Saul said to David, “10Go, and may the Lord be with you.”

38Then Saul clothed David with his garments and put a bronze helmet on his head, and he clothed him with armor.

39David girded his sword over his armor and tried to walk, for he had not tested them. So David said to Saul, “I cannot go with these, for I have not tested them.” And David took them 11off.