32 David said to Saul, “(A)Let no man’s heart fail on account of him; (B)your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.” 33 Then Saul said to David, “(C)You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for you are but a youth while he has been a warrior from his youth.” 34 But David said to Saul, “Your servant was tending his father’s sheep. When a lion or a bear came and took a lamb from the flock, 35 I went out after him and (a)attacked him, and (D)rescued it from his mouth; and when he rose up against me, I seized him by his beard and (b)struck him and killed him. 36 Your servant has (c)killed both the lion and the bear; and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, since he has taunted the armies of the living God.”

Footnotes:

a. 1 Samuel 17:35: ['Lit ', smote]
b. 1 Samuel 17:35: ['Lit ', smote]
c. 1 Samuel 17:36: ['Lit ', smitten]

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