1 Samuel 17:32-37 (New Living Translation)
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"Don't worry about a thing," David told Saul. "I'll go fight this Philistine!"
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"Don't be ridiculous!" Saul replied. "There is no way you can go against this Philistine. You are only a boy, and he has been in the army since he was a boy!"
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But David persisted. "I have been taking care of my father's sheep," he said. "When a lion or a bear comes to steal a lamb from the flock,
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I go after it with a club and take the lamb from its mouth. If the animal turns on me, I catch it by the jaw and club it to death.
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I have done this to both lions and bears, and I'll do it to this pagan Philistine, too, for he has defied the armies of the living God!
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The LORD who saved me from the claws of the lion and the bear will save me from this Philistine!"Saul finally consented. "All right, go ahead," he said. "And may the LORD be with you!"
Scripture quotations marked NLT are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved. (New Living Translation - The Bible Online)
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