1 Samuel 17:32-50

32And David said to Saul, “1May no one’s heart fail on account of him; 2your servant will go and fight this Philistine!” 33But Saul said to David, “3You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight him; for you are only a youth, while he has been a warrior since 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 sheep from the flock, 35I went out after it and 4attacked it, and 5rescued the sheep from its mouth; and when it rose up against me, I grabbed it by its mane and struck it and killed it. 36Your servant has 6killed both the lion and the bear; and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, since he has defied the armies of the living God.” 37And David said, “7The Lord who saved me from the paw of the lion and the paw of the bear, He will save me from the hand of this Philistine.” So Saul said to David, “8Go, and may the Lord be with you.” 38Then Saul clothed David with his military attire and put a bronze helmet on his head, and outfitted him with armor. 39And David strapped on his sword over his military attire and struggled at walking, for he had not trained with the armor. So David said to Saul, “I cannot go with these, because I have not trained with them.” And David took them 9off. 40Then he took his staff in his hand and chose for himself five smooth stones from the brook, and put them in the shepherd’s bag which he had, that is, in his shepherd’s pouch, and 10his sling was in his hand; and he approached the Philistine.

41Then the Philistine came and approached David, with the shield-bearer in front of him. 42When the Philistine looked and saw David, 11he was contemptuous of him; for he was only a youth, and 1213reddish, with a handsome appearance. 43So the Philistine said to David, “14Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?” And 15the Philistine cursed David by his gods. 44The Philistine also said to David, “Come to me, and I will give your flesh 16to the birds of the sky and the 17wild animals.” 45But David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword, a spear, and a 18saber, 19but I come to you in the name of the Lord of armies, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. 46This day the Lord will hand you over to me, and I will strike you and remove your head from you. Then I will give the 20dead bodies of the army of the Philistines this day to the birds of the sky and the wild animals of the earth, 21so that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel, 47and that this entire assembly may know that 22the Lord does not save by sword or by spear; 23for the battle is the Lord’s, and He will hand you over to us!”

48Then it happened, when the Philistine 24came closer to meet David, that 25David 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 penetrated his forehead, and he fell on his face to the ground.

50So David prevailed over the Philistine with the sling and the stone: he struck the Philistine and killed him, and there was no sword in David’s hand.