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1 Samuel 17:45-50
New American Standard Bible
1 Samuel 17:45-50
New American Standard Bible
45 But David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword, a spear, and a [a]saber, (A)but I come to you in the name of the Lord of armies, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. 46 This day the Lord will hand you over to me, and I will strike you and remove your head from you. Then I will give the (B)dead bodies of the army of the Philistines this day to the birds of the sky and the wild animals of the earth, (C)so that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel, 47 and that this entire assembly may know that (D)the Lord does not save by sword or by spear; (E)for the battle is the Lord’s, and He will hand you over to us!”
48 Then it happened, when the Philistine [b]came closer to meet David, that (F)David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet the Philistine. 49 And David put his hand into his bag and took from it a stone and slung it, and struck the Philistine on his forehead. And the stone penetrated his forehead, and he fell on his face to the ground.
50 So David prevailed over the Philistine with the sling and the stone: he struck the Philistine and killed him, and there was no sword in David’s hand.
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- 1 Samuel 17:45 Lit scimitar
- 1 Samuel 17:48 Lit arose and came
1 Samuel 17:45-50
New International Version
1 Samuel 17:45-50
New International Version
45 David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin,(A) but I come against you in the name(B) of the Lord Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.(C) 46 This day the Lord will deliver(D) you into my hands, and I’ll strike you down and cut off your head. This very day I will give the carcasses(E) of the Philistine army to the birds and the wild animals, and the whole world(F) will know that there is a God in Israel.(G) 47 All those gathered here will know that it is not by sword(H) or spear that the Lord saves;(I) for the battle(J) is the Lord’s, and he will give all of you into our hands.”
48 As the Philistine moved closer to attack him, David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet him. 49 Reaching into his bag and taking out a stone, he slung it and struck the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell facedown on the ground.
50 So David triumphed over the Philistine with a sling(K) and a stone; without a sword in his hand he struck down the Philistine and killed him.
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