36. I, your servant, have killed both a lion and a bear! Goliath, the Philistine who is not circumcised, will be like the lion or bear I killed. He will die because he has stood against the armies of the living God.
37. The Lord saved me from a lion and a bear. He will also save me from this Philistine.”Saul said to David, “Go, and may the Lord be with you.”
38. Saul put his own clothes on David. He put a bronze helmet on David’s head and armor on his body.
39. David put on Saul’s sword and tried to walk around. But he was not used to all the armor Saul had put on him.He said to Saul, “I can’t go in this. I’m not used to it.” Then David took it all off.
40. He took his stick in his hand. And he chose five smooth stones from a stream. He put them in his pouch and held his sling in his hand. Then he went to meet Goliath.
41. At the same time, the Philistine was coming closer to David. The man who held his shield walked in front of him.
42. Goliath looked at David. He saw that David was only a boy, tanned and handsome. He looked down at David with disgust.
43. He said, “Do you think I am a dog, that you come at me with a stick?” He used his gods’ names to curse David.
44. He said to David, “Come here. I’ll feed your body to the birds of the air and the wild animals!”
45. But David said to him, “You come to me using a sword, a large spear and a small spear. But I come to you in the name of the Lord of heaven’s armies. He’s the God of the armies of Israel! You have spoken out against him.