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Then Saulsaid to David, "You are not able to goagainstthisPhilistine to fight with him; for you are but a youth while he has been a warrior from his youth."
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I went out after him and attacked him, and rescued it from his mouth; and when he rose up against me, I seized him by his beard and struck him and killed him.
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"Your servant has killedboth the lion and the bear; and thisuncircumcisedPhilistine will be like one of them, since he has taunted the armies of the livingGod."
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And Davidsaid, "The LORDwhodelivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear, He will deliver me from the hand of thisPhilistine." And Saulsaid to David, "Go, and may the LORD be with you."
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Davidgirded his swordover* his armor and tried to walk, for he had not tested them. So Davidsaid to Saul, "I cannot*go with these, for I have not tested them." And Davidtook them off*.
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He took his stick in his hand and chose for himself fivesmoothstones from the brook, and put them in the shepherd'sbagwhich he had, even in his pouch, and his sling was in his hand; and he approached the Philistine.
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Then Davidsaid to the Philistine, "You come to me with a sword, a spear, and a javelin, but I come to you in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have taunted.
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"Thisday the LORD will deliver you up into my hands, and I will strike you down and remove your head from you. And I will give the deadbodies of the army of the Philistinesthisday to the birds of the sky and the wildbeasts of the earth, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel,
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and that allthisassembly may know that the LORD does not deliver by sword or by spear; for the battle is the LORD'S and He will give you into our hands."
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And Davidput his hand into his bag and took from it a stone and slung it, and struck the Philistine on his forehead. And the stonesank into his forehead, so that he fell on his face to the ground.
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Then Davidran and stoodover the Philistine and took his sword and drew it out of its sheath and killed him, and cutoff his head with it. When the Philistinessaw that their champion was dead, they fled.
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The men of Israel and Judaharose and shouted and pursued the Philistines as far as the valley, and to the gates of Ekron. And the slainPhilistineslay along the way to Shaaraim, even to Gath and Ekron.
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Now when SaulsawDavidgoing out against the Philistine, he said to Abner the commander of the army, "Abner, whoseson is thisyoungman?" And Abnersaid, "By your life, O king, I do not know."