1 Samuel 17:21-27

English Standard Version

²¹ And Israel and the Philistines drew up for battle, army against army. ²² And David left the ^(A)things in charge of the keeper of the ^(B)baggage and ran to the ranks and went and greeted his brothers. ²³ As he talked with them, behold, ^(C)the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, came up out of the ranks of the Philistines and spoke ^(D)the same words as before. And David heard him.

²⁴ All the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him and were much afraid. ²⁵ And the men of Israel said, “Have you seen this man who has come up? Surely he has come up to ^(E)defy Israel. And the king will enrich the man who kills him with great riches ^(F)and will give him his daughter and make his father's house free in Israel.” ²⁶ And David said to the men who stood by him, “What shall be done for the man who kills this Philistine and takes away ^(G)the reproach from Israel? For who is this ^(H)uncircumcised Philistine, that he should ^(I)defy the armies of ^(J)the living God?” ²⁷ And the people answered him in the same way, ^(K)“So shall it be done to the man who kills him.”