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1 Samuel 17
1 Samuel 17:45-47
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. This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand … and the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel. Then all those assembled here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the LORD saves; for the battle belongs to the LORD, and He will deliver all of you into our hands.”
Berean Standard Bible · public domain
A teenage shepherd faces a champion. The story everyone remembers turns on a sentence the trained soldiers had forgotten — the battle belongs to the LORD. Five smooth stones; only one needed.
Scripture on 1 Samuel 17
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Voices on 1 Samuel 17
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