1 Samuel 17:33-35

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³³Saul answered, “You can’t go out and fight against this Philistine. You’re not even a soldier!^[a] Goliath has been fighting in wars since he was a boy.”

³⁴But David said to Saul, “There were times when I was taking care of my father’s sheep that wild animals came to take some sheep from the flock. Once there was a lion and another time, a bear. ³⁵I chased that wild animal, attacked it, and took the sheep from its mouth. The wild animal jumped on me, but I caught it by the fur under its mouth. And I hit it and killed it.

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Footnotes

1 Samuel 17:33 You’re not even a soldier Or “You are only a boy!” The Hebrew word for “boy” often means “servant” or “the helper who carries a soldier’s weapons.”