³⁴ But David said to Saul, “Your servant used to keep sheep for his father. And when there came a lion, or a bear, and took a lamb from the flock, ³⁵ I went after him and struck him and delivered it out of his mouth. And if he arose against me, I caught him by his beard and struck him and killed him. ³⁶ Your servant has struck down both lions and bears, and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be like one of them, ^(A)for he has defied the armies of the living God.”

¹² Thus says the Lord: ^(A)“As the shepherd rescues from the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear, ^(B)so shall the people of Israel ^(C)who dwell in Samaria be rescued, with the corner of a couch and part^[a] of a bed.