¹⁶ Among all these soldiers there were seven hundred select troops who were left-handed,^(A) each of whom could sling a stone at a hair and not miss.

¹⁵ Again the Israelites cried out to the Lord, and he gave them a deliverer^(A)—Ehud^(B), a left-handed^(C) man, the son of Gera the Benjamite. The Israelites sent him with tribute^(D) to Eglon king of Moab.

² they were armed with bows and were able to shoot arrows or to sling stones right-handed or left-handed;^(A) they were relatives of Saul^(B) from the tribe of Benjamin):

¹⁴ Uzziah provided shields, spears, helmets, coats of armor, bows and slingstones for the entire army.^(A)

²⁹ Even though someone is pursuing you to take your life,^(A) the life of my lord will be bound securely in the bundle of the living by the Lord your God, but the lives of your enemies he will hurl^(B) away as from the pocket of a sling.^(C)

⁴⁹ Reaching into his bag and taking out a stone, he slung it and struck the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell facedown on the ground.

⁵⁰ So David triumphed over the Philistine with a sling^(A) and a stone; without a sword in his hand he struck down the Philistine and killed him.

⁴⁰ Then he took his staff in his hand, chose five smooth stones from the stream, put them in the pouch of his shepherd’s bag and, with his sling in his hand, approached the Philistine.