1 Samuel 13:22
13:22 So on the day of the battle no sword or spear was to be found in the hand of anyone in the army that was with Saul and Jonathan. No one but Saul and his son Jonathan had them.
1 Samuel 15:33
15:33 Samuel said, “Just as your sword left women childless, so your mother will be the most bereaved among women!” Then Samuel hacked Agag to pieces there in Gilgal before the Lord.
1 Samuel 17:47
17:47 and all this assembly will know that it is not by sword or spear that the Lord saves! For the battle is the Lord’s, and he will deliver you into our hand.”
1 Samuel 17:50-51
17:50 1 David prevailed over the Philistine with just the sling and the stone. He struck down the Philistine and killed him. David did not even have a sword in his hand. 2
17:51 David ran and stood over the Philistine. He grabbed Goliath’s 3 sword, drew it from its sheath, 4 killed him, and cut off his head with it. When the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they ran away.
1 Samuel 18:4
18:4 Jonathan took off the robe he was wearing and gave it to David, along with the rest of his gear, including his sword, his bow, and even his belt.
1 tc Most LXX mss lack v. 50.
2 tn Verse 50 is a summary statement; v. 51 gives a more detailed account of how David killed the Philistine.
3 tn Heb “his”; the referent (Goliath) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
4 tc Most LXX mss lack the words “drew it from its sheath.”