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1 Samuel 17:31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37

1 Samuel 17:31 NLT

Then David’s question was reported to King Saul, and the king sent for him.

1 Samuel 17:32 NLT

“Don’t worry about this Philistine,” David told Saul. “I’ll go fight him!”

1 Samuel 17:33 NLT

“Don’t be ridiculous!” Saul replied. “There’s no way you can fight this Philistine and possibly win! You’re only a boy, and he’s been a man of war since his youth.”

1 Samuel 17:34 NLT

But David persisted. “I have been taking care of my father’s sheep and goats,” he said. “When a lion or a bear comes to steal a lamb from the flock

1 Samuel 17:35 NLT

I go after it with a club and rescue the lamb from its mouth. If the animal turns on me, I catch it by the jaw and club it to death.

1 Samuel 17:36 NLT

I have done this to both lions and bears, and I’ll do it to this pagan Philistine, too, for he has defied the armies of the living God!

1 Samuel 17:37 NLT

The LORD who rescued me from the claws of the lion and the bear will rescue me from this Philistine!” Saul finally consented. “All right, go ahead,” he said. “And may the LORD be with you!”