1 Samuel 17:36

Plain English Version

I’ve killed lions and bears dead. That cheeky man is shaming God’s army, so I will kill him the same way. God is the only powerful one.

Cross References

1 Samuel 17:10

Don’t be weak. Send one man to me so the 2 of us can fight.”

1 Samuel 17:26

David said to the men that stood near him, “That man gives us shame. He doesn’t know God. Somebody has to shut him up. What will Saul give if somebody kills him? We can’t let him make fun of the true God and his army, no way.”

1 Samuel 17:35

I chase it, and I hit the cheeky animal, until it lets the sheep go. If it tries to bite and scratch me, I grab it by the hair and kill it dead.

1 Samuel 17:37

He has saved me from cheeky animals, and he will save me from that cheeky man too.” Saul said, “All right, you go and fight him. God will go with you.”

1 Samuel 31:4

Saul talked to one of the soldiers there, the one that carried his shield for him. He said, “Get your long knife and stab me. I don’t want that mob to kill me dead. They don’t know God. They might make fun of me as they kill me.” The soldier was frightened and did not want to stab him. So Saul got the knife and stabbed himself in his belly and killed himself.