1Sa 17:9-10, 26, 36 | ESV | STEP | If he is able to fight with me and kill me, then we will be your servants . But if I prevail against him and kill him, then you shall be our servants and serve us.

e[See ver. 25 above]

1 Samuel 17:9-10

9 If he is able to fight with me and kill me, then we will be your servants. But if I prevail against him and kill him, then you shall be our servants ^aand serve us.” 10 And the Philistine said, ^b“I defy the ranks of Israel this day. Give me a man, that we may fight together.”

1 Samuel 17:26

26 And David said to the men who stood by him, “What shall be done for the man who kills this Philistine and takes away ^cthe reproach from Israel? For who is this ^duncircumcised Philistine, that he should ^edefy the armies of ^fthe living God?”

1 Samuel 17:36

36 Your servant has struck down both lions and bears, and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be like one of them, ^gfor he has defied the armies of the living God.”