1 Samuel 17:39

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

David strapped his sword on over the military clothes and tried to walk, but he was not used to them. ‘I can’t walk in these,’ David said to Saul, ‘I’m not used to them.’ So David took them off.

Cross References

Zechariah 4:6

So he answered me, ‘This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: “Not by strength or by might, but by my Spirit,”  says the Lord of Armies.

Hosea 1:7

But I will have compassion on the house of Judah, and I will deliver them by the  Lord  their God. I will not deliver them by bow, sword, or war, or by horses and cavalry.

1 Samuel 17:38

Then Saul had his own military clothes put on David. He put a bronze helmet on David’s head and made him put on armour.

1 Samuel 17:40

Instead, he took his staff in his hand  and chose five smooth stones from the wadi and put them in the pouch, in his shepherd’s bag. Then, with his sling in his hand, he approached the Philistine.