"The Lord who delivered me from
the paw of the lion and the paw of the
bear will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine."
Goliath, the
Giant "He looked
David over and saw that he was only a boy, ruddy and
handsome, and he despised him.
'Am I a dog, that you come at me with sticks?" And the
Philistine cursed David by his gods.
Come here,' he said, 'and I'll give your flesh to the birds
of the air and the beasts of the field!
David, the
Boy "You come against
me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you
in the name of the Lord Almighty, the God of the armies of
Israel, whom you have defied.
This day the Lord will hand you over to me, and I'll strike
you down and cut off your head. Today I will give the
carcasses of the Philistine army to the birds of the air and
the beasts of the earth, and the whole world will know that
there is a God in Israel.
All those gathered here will know that it is not by sword or
spear that the Lord saves; for the battle is the Lord's, and
he will give all of you into our hands."
After 40 days of
Goliath's challenge, the battle was over quickly...Goliath was
headless.
When the Philistines saw Goliath was dead, they
ran...
and the Israelite army chased them all the way to Gath.