1 Samuel 17:50

Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, The Infant Samuel Brought by Hannah to Eli, 1665 · Ashmolean Museum, Oxford · Public domainGerbrand van den Eeckhout, The Infant Samuel Brought by Hannah to Eli, 1665, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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1 Samuel 17:50 (WEB)
So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and struck the Philistine and killed him; but there was no sword in David’s hand.

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Jerome, Letters Letter 70
“For he had learned from the true David to wrench the sword of the enemy out of his hand and with his own blade to cut off the head of the arrogant Goliath.” — editor's note: Cf. 1 Sam. xvii. 50, 51.
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