Chapter summary
1 Samuel 17 Summary
1 Samuel 17 tells how the young David defeated the giant Goliath, trusting God where Israel’s army was paralyzed by fear.
The Philistine giant Goliath taunts Israel, and no soldier dares face him. The shepherd boy David comes ‘in the name of the LORD Almighty.’
With a sling and a stone, David fells Goliath, declaring ‘the battle is the LORD’s’—a lasting picture of faith over fear.
Key verses BSB · Public Domain (CC0)
1 Samuel 17:45 “But David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD of Hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.” 1 Samuel 17:47 “And all those assembled 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.””
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