¹⁰ Then the Philistine said, “This day I defy^(A) the armies of Israel! Give me a man and let us fight each other.^(B)”

²¹ When he taunted^(A) Israel, Jonathan son of Shimeah,^(B) David’s brother, killed him.

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)

³⁶ Your servant has killed both the lion^(A) and the bear; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, because he has defied the armies of the living God.

²⁵ Now the Israelites had been saying, “Do you see how this man keeps coming out? He comes out to defy Israel. The king will give great wealth to the man who kills him. He will also give him his daughter^(A) in marriage and will exempt his family from taxes^(B) in Israel.”

²⁶ David asked the men standing near him, “What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace^(C) from Israel? Who is this uncircumcised^(D) Philistine that he should defy^(E) the armies of the living^(F) God?”

¹⁹ But when Sanballat^(A) the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official and Geshem^(B) the Arab heard about it, they mocked and ridiculed us.^(C) “What is this you are doing?” they asked. “Are you rebelling against the king?”

⁷ Then Balaam^(A) spoke his message:^(B)