40 He picked up his stick, chose five smooth stones from the stream, and put them in his shepherd’s bag. Carrying his sling in his hand, he approached the Philistine.
41 The Philistine came towards David, closer and closer, with his shield-bearer in front of him. 42 When the Philistine looked closely he could see that David was just a red-faced handsome youth, and so he treated David with contempt.
43 "Do you think I’m a dog, coming to fight me with a stick?" the Philistine asked David, and he cursed David by his gods. 44 Then the Philistine shouted at David, "Come over here, and I’ll feed your flesh to the birds and the wild animals."
45 David replied to the Philistine, "You come to attack me with a sword, a spear, and a javelin. But I come to attack you in the name of the Lord Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel—the one you have mocked. 46 Today the Lord will hand you over to me, and I will strike you down, cut off your head, and give the dead bodies of the Philistine soldiers to the birds and the wild animals. Then all the world will know that there is a God who acts for Israel. 47 Everyone gathered here will realize that the Lord saves, but not with sword and spear. For the battle is the Lord’s, and he will hand all of you over to us."
48 As the Philistine moved forward to attack him, David raced toward the battle line to confront him. 49 David reached into his bag, took out a stone, and fired it from his sling, hitting the Philistine on the forehead. The stone went into his forehead, and he collapsed facedown on the ground.
50 This is how David defeated the Philistine with just a sling and a stone; with no sword in his hand David knocked the Philistine down and killed him.