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1 Samuel 17:27-37 Darby Translation 1890 (DARBY)

27. And the people told him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that smites him.

28. And Eliab, his eldest brother, heard while he spoke to the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why art thou come down? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride and the naughtiness of thy heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.

29. And David said, What have I now done? Was it not laid upon me?

30. And he turned from him to another, and spoke after the same manner; and the people answered him again after the former manner.

31. And the words were heard which David spoke, and they rehearsed them before Saul; and he sent for him.

32. And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him: thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine.

33. And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.

34. And David said to Saul, Thy servant fed his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and also a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock.

35. And I went after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth; and when he arose against me, I seized him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him.

36. Thy servant smote both the lion and the bear; and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, because he has defied the armies of the living God

37. And David said, Jehovah who delivered me out of the paw of the lion and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said to David, Go, and Jehovah be with thee.

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