Quotes about David
The people told him about the offer, saying, “That is what will be done for the man who kills him.”
- 1 Samuel 17:27
“What have I done now?” said David. “Was it not just a question?”
- 1 Samuel 17:29
Now David’s words were overheard and reported to Saul, who called for him.
- 1 Samuel 17:31
And David said to Saul, “Let no man’s heart fail on account of this Philistine. Your servant will go and fight him!”
- 1 Samuel 17:32
Then Saul clothed David in his own tunic, put a bronze helmet on his head, and dressed him in armor.
- 1 Samuel 17:38
David strapped his sword over the tunic and tried to walk, but he was not accustomed to them. “I cannot walk in these,” David said to Saul. “I am not accustomed to them.” So David took them off.
- 1 Samuel 17:39
And David took his staff in his hand, selected five smooth stones from the brook, and put them in the pouch of his shepherd’s bag. And with his sling in hand, he approached the Philistine.
- 1 Samuel 17:40
Now the Philistine came closer and closer to David, with his shield-bearer before him.
- 1 Samuel 17:41
When the Philistine looked and saw David, he despised him because he was just a boy, ruddy and handsome.
- 1 Samuel 17:42
“Am I a dog,” he said to David, “that you come at me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
- 1 Samuel 17:43
“Come here,” he called to David, “and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field!”
- 1 Samuel 17:44
As the Philistine started forward to attack him, David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet him.
- 1 Samuel 17:48