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51 Then David ran and stood over him; with the Philistine’s own sword which he drew from its sheath he killed him, and cut off his head.(A)

Flight of the Philistines. When the Philistines saw that their hero was dead, they fled.

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54 (A)David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem; but he kept Goliath’s armor in his own tent.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 17:54 Jerusalem was a Jebusite city; it came under Israelite control only at the beginning of David’s rule. As a young shepherd, David would not have had a military tent. In 21:10, Goliath’s sword is in the Nob temple.