1 Samuel 17:40

God's Word

He took his stick with him, picked out five smooth stones from the riverbed, and put them in his shepherd’s bag. With a sling in his hand, he approached the Philistine.

Cross References

Matthew 10:10

Don’t take a traveling bag for the trip, a change of clothes, sandals, or a walking stick. After all, the worker deserves to have his needs met.

Judges 20:16

Out of all these troops, the best 700 were left-handed. Each could sling a stone at a hair and not miss.

Judges 3:31

After Ehud came Shamgar, son of Anath. He killed 600 Philistines with a sharp stick used for herding oxen. So he, too, rescued Israel.

1 Samuel 17:39

David fastened Saul’s sword over his clothes and tried to walk, but he had never practiced doing this. “I can’t walk in these things,” David told Saul. “I’ve never had any practice doing this.” So David took all those things off.

1 Samuel 17:41

The Philistine, preceded by the man carrying his shield, was coming closer and closer to David.