45. Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword, a spear, and a shield, but I come to you in the name of the Lord of Hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have reviled.
46. This day will the Lord deliver you into my hand. And I will strike you down and cut off your head. Then I will give the corpses of the Philistine camp this day to the birds of the air and to the beasts of the earth so that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.
47. And then all this assembly will know that it is not by sword and spear that the Lord saves. For the battle belongs to the Lord, and He will give you into our hands.”
48. When the Philistine arose and came near to meet David, David hurried and ran toward the battle line to meet the Philistine.
49. David put his hand in his bag and took from there a stone. And he slung it and struck the Philistine in his forehead. Therefore the stone sunk into his forehead and he fell upon his face to the ground.
50. So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone. And he struck down the Philistine and slew him, but there was no sword in the hand of David.
51. Therefore David ran and stood over the Philistine. Then he took his sword and drew it from out of its sheath, and he finished him off and he cut off his head with it.When the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled.
52. And the fighting men of Israel and Judah arose and shouted. And they pursued the Philistines from the entrance of the Valley of Elah as far as the gates of Ekron. So the Philistine dead lay slain on the road to Shaaraim as far as Gath and Ekron.
53. Then the children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines and they plundered their tents.
54. David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem, but he put his armor in his tent.
55. When Saul saw David going out against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the commander of the army, “Whose son is this youth, Abner?”And Abner said, “As your soul lives, O king, I do not know.”
56. The king said, “Inquire whose son the young man is.”
57. So when David returned from slaying the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul with the Philistine’s head in his hand.
58. Saul said to him, “Whose son are you, young man?”And David answered, “I am the son of your servant, Jesse the Bethlehemite.”