1Sa 17:40-47 | ESV | STEP | Then he took his staff in his hand and chose five smooth stones from the brook and put them in his shepherd’s pouch . His sling was in his hand , and he approached the Philistine .

f[See ver. 36 above]

1 Samuel 17:40-47

40 Then he took his staff in his hand and chose five smooth stones from the brook and put them in his shepherd’s pouch. His sling was in his hand, and he approached the Philistine.

41 And the Philistine moved forward and came near to David, ^awith his shield-bearer in front of him. 42 And when the Philistine looked and saw David, he disdained him, for he was but a youth, ^bruddy and handsome in appearance. 43 And the Philistine said to David, “Am I ^ca dog, that you come to me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. 44 The Philistine said to David, “Come to me, and I will give your flesh ^dto the birds of the air and to the beasts of the field.” 45 Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword and with a spear and with ^ea javelin, but I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, ^fwhom you have defied. 46 This day the Lord will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you down and cut off your head. ^gAnd I will give the dead bodies of the host of the Philistines this day ^hto the birds of the air and to the wild beasts of the earth, ⁱthat all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel, 47 and that all this assembly may know that ^jthe Lord saves not with sword and spear. ^kFor the battle is the Lord’s, and he will give you into our hand.”