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1 Samuel 17:41-43
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41 [a] The Philistine, with his shield bearer walking in front of him, kept coming closer to David. 42 When the Philistine looked carefully at David, he despised him, for he was only a ruddy and handsome boy. 43 The Philistine said to David, “Am I a dog, that you are coming after me with sticks?”[b] Then the Philistine cursed David by his gods.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 17:41 tc Most LXX mss lack v. 41.
  2. 1 Samuel 17:43 sn Sticks is a pejorative reference to David’s staff (v. 40); the same Hebrew word (מַקֵּל, maqqel) is used for both.
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