1 Samuel 17:49 (WEB)
David put his hand in his bag, took a stone and slung it, and struck the Philistine in his forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the earth.
Fathers and councils · 3
Jerome
“When of old the Philistines had been overcome, when their devilish audacity had been smitten, when their champion had fallen on his face to the earth, it was from this city that there went forth a procession of jubilant souls, a harmonious choir to sing our David’s victory over tens of thousands.” — editor's note: 1 Sam. xvii. 49.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“What David, either by harping, or fighting with his sling, and girded by God with strength unto the battle, and with his fingers trained to war?” — editor's note: 1 Sam. xvi. 16; xvii. 49.
Read the whole comment“I have three stones which I will sling at the Philistine; I have three inspirations against the son of the Sareptan, with which I will quicken the slain; I have three floods against the faggots with which I will…” — editor's note: 1 Sam. xvii. 49.
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