54 David took Goliath’s[a] head and brought it to Jerusalem, but he put Goliath’s weapons in his own tent.

55 [b] When Saul had seen David going out to confront the Philistine, he asked Abner the commander of the army, “Whose son is this youth, Abner?”(A)

“My king, as surely as you live, I don’t know,” Abner replied.

56 The king said, “Find out whose son this young man is!”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 17:54 Lit the Philistine’s
  2. 1 Samuel 17:55 LXX omits 1Sm 17:55–18:5

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