1 Samuel 17
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New American Standard Bible 1995

1 Samuel 17:42-49

42When the Philistine looked and saw David, 1he disdained him; for he was but a youth, and 2ruddy, with a handsome appearance. 43The Philistine said to David, “3Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?” And 4the Philistine cursed David by his gods. 44The Philistine also said to David, “Come to me, and I will give your flesh 5to 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, 6but I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have taunted. 46This 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 7dead bodies of the army of the Philistines this day to the birds of the sky and the wild beasts of the earth, 8that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel, 47and that all this assembly may know that 9the Lord does not deliver by sword or by spear; 10for 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 11David 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.

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Notes

  1. 1. 1 Samuel 17:42 Ps 123:4; Prov 16:18 ↩
  2. 2. 1 Samuel 17:42 1 Sam 16:12 ↩
  3. 3. 1 Samuel 17:43 1 Sam 24:14; 2 Sam 3:8; 2 Kin 8:13 ↩
  4. 4. 1 Samuel 17:43 1 Kin 20:10 ↩
  5. 5. 1 Samuel 17:44 1 Sam 17:46 ↩
  6. 6. 1 Samuel 17:45 2 Sam 22:35; 2 Chr 32:8; Ps 124:8; Heb 11:32-34 ↩
  7. 7. 1 Samuel 17:46 Deut 28:26 ↩
  8. 8. 1 Samuel 17:46 Josh 4:24; 1 Kin 8:43; 18:36; 2 Kin 19:19; Is 37:20 ↩
  9. 9. 1 Samuel 17:47 1 Sam 14:6; 2 Chr 14:11; 20:15; Ps 44:6; Hos 1:7; Zech 4:6 ↩
  10. 10. 1 Samuel 17:47 2 Chr 20:15 ↩
  11. 11. 1 Samuel 17:48 Ps 27:3 ↩

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