The Battle Is Yahweh's

The Philistines and Israel lined up on two mountains with the valley of Elah between them. Goliath of Gath was six cubits and a span tall. He wore bronze armor. He defied the armies of Israel. He asked for a man to fight him. For forty days, morning and evening, Saul and all Israel were dismayed and greatly afraid.

Jesse sent David with grain, bread, and cheese for his brothers. David heard Goliath. He asked who this Philistine was, to defy the armies of the living God. His brother Eliab was angry with him. But David told Saul he would fight. David said, Yahweh, who delivered me out of the paw of the lion and out of the paw of the bear, will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine.

Saul put his armor on David. But David could not walk in it. He took his staff, five smooth stones from the brook, and his sling. Goliath despised him. David said he came in the name of Yahweh of Armies, for the battle is Yahweh's. David slung a stone, and it struck the Philistine in the forehead. He fell on his face, and the Philistines fled.