53 When the Israelites returned from the pursuit of the Philistines, they plundered their camps. 54 David took Goliath’s[a] head and brought it to Jerusalem, but he put Goliath’s weapons in his own tent.

55 [b] When Saul had seen David going out to confront the Philistine, he asked Abner the commander of the army, “Whose son is this youth, Abner?” (A)

“Your Majesty, as surely as you live, I don’t know,” Abner replied.

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Footnotes

  1. 17:54 Lit the Philistine’s
  2. 17:55 LXX omits 1Sm 17:55–18:5

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