1 Samuel 17:53-55

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⁵³Then the Israeli army returned and plundered the deserted Philistine camp.

⁵⁴(Later David took Goliath’s head to Jerusalem, but stored his armor in his tent.)

⁵⁵As Saul was watching David go out to fight Goliath, he asked Abner, the general of his army, “Abner, what sort of family does this young fellow come from?”^[a]

“I really don’t know,” Abner said.

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Footnotes

1 Samuel 17:55 what sort of family does this young fellow come from? literally, “Whose son is this?” Since David was, if successful, scheduled to marry Saul’s daughter, Saul wanted to know more about his family! The other explanation of this confusing passage is that Saul’s mental condition caused forgetfulness, so that he didn’t recognize David.