he hand of this Philistine." So Saul said to David, "Go, and may
Jehovah be with you."

Saul clothed David with his own garments, and put a helmet of bronze on
his head and gave him a coat of mail. And David fastened on his sword
over his coat and was not able to walk, for he was not used to them. So
he said to Saul, "I cannot go with these, for I am not used to them." So
David took them off.

Then he took his club in his hand, and he chose five smooth stones from
the bed of the brook and put them in his bag, and he took his sling in
his hand and drew near to the Philistine. When the Philistine looked and
saw David, he despised him, for he was but a fair and ruddy youth. So
the Philistine said to David, "Am I a dog that you come against me with
a club?" And he cursed David by his gods, and said, "Come to me that I
may give your flesh to the birds of the heavens and to the beasts of the
field."

Then David answered the Philistine, "You come to me with a sword and
spear and javelin, but I come to you in the name of Jehovah of hosts and
of the God of the armies of Israel whom you have insulted this day.
Jehovah will deliver you into my hand that I may kill you and cut off
your head."

When the Philistine started to attack him, David put his hand into his
bag and took from it a stone, and slung it and struck the Philistine in
the forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face
to the earth. Then David ran and stood over the Philistine, and drawing
his sword from its sheath, he killed him and cut off his head with it.

When the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled. The
men of Israel and of Judah rose up and raised the battle-cry and
followed the Philistines to the entrance to Gath and to the gates of
Ekron, so that the wounded of the Philistines fell all the way from the
battle-field even to Gath and Ekron.

SAUL'S MEAN JEALOUSY

When the Israelites and David returned from slaying the Philistines, the
women came out from all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to
meet Saul with tambourines, with cries of rejoicing, and with cymbals.
The women sang gaily to each other and said,

"Saul has slain his thousands,
And David his tens of thousands."

Saul was very angry, for their words displeased him, and he said, "To
David they give credit for ten thousands, but to me only thousands; what
more can he have but the rulership?" So Saul kept his eye on David f