Kings I

40 And he took his staff in his hand, and he chose for himself five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in the shepherd's scrip which he had for his store, and his sling was in his hand; and he approached the Philistine.§

42 And Goliath saw David, and despised him; for he was a lad, and ruddy, **with a fair countenance.

43 And the Philistine said to David, Am I as a dog, that thou comest against me with a staff and stones? ††[and David said, Nay, but worse than a dog.] And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.

44 And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh to the birds of the air, and to the beasts of the earth.

45 And David said to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with sword, and with spear, and with shield; but I come to thee in the name of the Lord God of hosts of the army of Israel, which thou hast defied

46 this day. And the Lord shall ‡‡deliver thee this day into my hand; and I will slay thee, and take away thy head from off thee, and will give thy limbs and the limbs of the army of the Philistines this day to the birds of the sky, and to the wild beasts of the earth; and all the earth shall know that there is a God in Israel.

47 And all this assembly shall know that the Lord delivers not by sword or spear, for the battle is the Lord's, and the Lord will deliver you into our hands.

48 And the Philistine arose and went to meet David.

49 And David stretched out his hand to his scrip, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine on his forehead, and the stone penetrated through the helmet into his forehead, and he fell upon his face to the ground.§§

51 And David ran, and stood upon him, and took his sword, and slew him, and cut off his head: and the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, and they fled.

52 And the men of Israel and Juda ***arose, and shouted and pursued them as far as the entrance to †††Geth, and as far as the gate of Ascalon: and the slain men of the Philistines fell in the way of the ‡‡‡gates, both to Geth, and to Accaron.

53 And the men of Israel returned §§§from pursuing after the Philistines, and they *destroyed their camp.

54 And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armour in his tent.†