45 David said to the Philistine: “You come against me with a dagger, spear, and sword, but I come against you in the name of Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel’s armies—you have defied Him.(A) 46 Today, the Lord will hand you over to me. Today, I’ll strike you down, cut your head off, and give the corpses[a] of the Philistine camp to the birds of the sky and the creatures of the earth. Then all the world will know that Israel has a God,(B) 47 and this whole assembly will know that it is not by sword or by spear that the Lord saves,(C) for the battle is the Lord’s.(D) He will hand you over to us.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 17:46 LXX reads give your limbs and the limbs

45 David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin,(A) but I come against you in the name(B) of the Lord Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.(C) 46 This day the Lord will deliver(D) you into my hands, and I’ll strike you down and cut off your head. This very day I will give the carcasses(E) of the Philistine army to the birds and the wild animals, and the whole world(F) will know that there is a God in Israel.(G) 47 All those gathered here will know that it is not by sword(H) or spear that the Lord saves;(I) for the battle(J) is the Lord’s, and he will give all of you into our hands.”

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