¹⁶ Among all this people were seven hundred select men who were ^(A)left-handed; every one could sling a stone at a hair’s breadth and not miss.

¹⁵ But when the children of Israel ^(A)cried out to the Lord, the Lord raised up a deliverer for them: Ehud the son of Gera, the Benjamite, a ^(B)left-handed man. By him the children of Israel sent tribute to Eglon king of Moab.

² armed with bows, using both the right hand and ^(A)the left in hurling stones and shooting arrows with the bow. They were of Benjamin, Saul’s brethren.

¹⁴ Then Uzziah prepared for them, for the entire army, shields, spears, helmets, body armor, bows, and slings to cast stones.

²⁹ Yet a man has risen to pursue you and seek your life, but the life of my lord shall be ^(A)bound in the bundle of the living with the Lord your God; and the lives of your enemies He shall ^(B)sling out, as from the pocket of a sling.

⁴⁹ Then David put his hand in his bag and took out a stone; and he slung it and struck the Philistine in his forehead, so that the stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the earth. ⁵⁰ So David prevailed over the Philistine with a ^(A)sling and a stone, and struck the Philistine and killed him. But there was no sword in the hand of David.

⁴⁰ Then he took his staff in his hand; and he chose for himself five smooth stones from the brook, and put them in a shepherd’s bag, in a pouch which he had, and his sling was in his hand. And he drew near to the Philistine.