09:017:045 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.
09:017:046 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.
09:017:047 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.
09:017:048 And it came to pass, when the Philistine
arose, and came, and
drew
nigh to meet David, that David hastened, and ran toward
the
army to meet the Philistine.
09:017:049 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.
09:017:050 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.
09:017:051 Therefore David ran, and stood upon the
Philistine, and took
his
sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew
him,
and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines
saw
their champion was dead, they fled.
09:017:052 And the men of Israel and of Judah arose,
and shouted, and
pursued
the Philistines, until thou come to the valley, and
to
the
gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines
fell
down
by the way to Shaaraim, even unto Gath, and unto Ekron.
09:017:053 And the children of Israel returned from
chasing after the
Philistines,
and they spoiled their tents.
09:017:054 And David took the head of the Philistine,
and brought it to
Jerusalem;
but he put his armour in his tent.
09:017:055 And when Saul saw David go forth against
the Philistine, he
said
unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son
is
this
youth? And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king,
I
cannot
tell.
09:017:056 And the king said, Enquire thou whose son the stripling is.
09:017:057 And as David returned from the slaughter
of the Philistine,
Abner
took him, and brought him before Saul with the head
of
the
Philistine in his hand.
09:017:058 And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou,
thou young man? And
David
answered, I am the son of thy servant Jesse the
Bethlehemite.


