1 Samuel 17:40-46

Christian Standard Bible

⁴⁰ Instead, he took his staff in his hand^(A) and chose five smooth stones from the wadi and put them in the pouch, in his shepherd’s bag. Then, with his sling in his hand, he approached the Philistine.

⁴¹ The Philistine came closer and closer to David, with the shield-bearer in front of him. ⁴² When the Philistine looked and saw David, he despised him^(B) because he was just a youth, healthy^[a](C) and handsome. ⁴³ He said to David, “Am I a dog^(D) that you come against me with sticks?” ^[b] Then he cursed David by his gods.^{(E) 44} “Come here,” the Philistine called to David, “and I’ll give your flesh to the birds of the sky and the wild beasts!” ^(F)

⁴⁵ David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with a sword, spear, and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the Lord of Armies, the God of the ranks of Israel—you have defied him.^{(G) 46} Today, the Lord will hand you over to me. Today, I’ll strike you down, remove your head, and give the corpses^[c] of the Philistine camp to the birds of the sky and the wild creatures of the earth. Then all the world will know that Israel has a God,^(H)