⁸ He stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel and said to them, “Why do you come out to draw up in battle formation? Am I not the Philistine, and you the ^(A)servants of Saul? Choose a man as your representative and have him come down to me. ^9 (B)If he is able to fight me and ^[a]kill me, then we will become your servants; but if I prevail against him and ^[b]kill him, then you shall become our servants and serve us.” ¹⁰ Then the Philistine said, “^(C)I have defied the ranks of Israel this day! Give me a man, so that we may fight together.”

⁴⁸ Then it happened, when the Philistine ^[a]came closer to meet David, that ^(A)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.