1Samuel:17:32-50
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And David said to Saul ,
Let no man '
s heart fail because of him ;
thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine .
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And Saul said to David ,
Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him :
for thou art but a youth ,
and he a man of war from his youth .
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And David said unto Saul ,
Thy servant kept his father '
s sheep ,
and there came a lion ,
and a bear ,
and took a lamb out of the flock :
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And I went out after him ,
and smote him ,
and delivered it out of his mouth :
and when he arose against me ,
I caught him by his beard ,
and smote him ,
and slew him .
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Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear :
and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them ,
seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God .
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David said moreover ,
The LORD that delivered me out of the paw of the lion ,
and out of the paw of the bear ,
he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine .
And Saul said unto David ,
Go ,
and the LORD be with thee .
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And Saul armed David with his armour ,
and he put an helmet of brass upon his head ;
also he armed him with a coat of mail .
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And David girded his sword upon his armour ,
and he assayed to go ;
for he had not proved it .
And David said unto Saul ,
I cannot go with these ;
for I have not proved them .
And David put them off him .
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And he took his staff in his hand ,
and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook ,
and put them in a shepherd '
s bag which he had ,
even in a scrip ;
and his sling was in his hand :
and he drew near to the Philistine .
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And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David ;
and the man that bare the shield went before him .
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And when the Philistine looked about ,
and saw David ,
he disdained him :
for he was but a youth ,
and ruddy ,
and of a fair countenance .
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And the Philistine said unto David ,
Am I a dog ,
that thou comest to me with staves ?
And the Philistine cursed David by his gods .
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And the Philistine said to David ,
Come to me ,
and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air ,
and to the beasts of the field .
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Then said David to the Philistine ,
Thou comest to me with a sword ,
and with a spear ,
and with a shield :
but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts ,
the God of the armies of Israel ,
whom thou hast defied .
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This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand ;
and I will smite thee ,
and take thine head from thee ;
and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air ,
and to the wild beasts of the earth ;
that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel .
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And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword and spear :
for the battle is the LORD '
S ,
and he will give you into our hands .
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And it came to pass ,
when the Philistine arose ,
and came and drew nigh to meet David ,
that David hasted ,
and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine .
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And David put his hand in his bag ,
and took thence a stone ,
and slang it ,
and smote the Philistine in his forehead ,
that the stone sunk into his forehead ;
and he fell upon his face to the earth .
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So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone ,
and smote the Philistine ,
and slew him ;
but there was no sword in the hand of David .
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