Discovery Box1 Samuel 17:10 
Context17:10 Then the Philistine said, “I defy Israel’s troops this day! Give me a man so we can fight 1 each other!”
1 Samuel 17:26
Context17:26 David asked the men who were standing near him, “What will be done for the man who strikes down this Philistine and frees Israel from this humiliation? 2 For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he defies the armies of the living God?”
1 Samuel 17:36
Context17:36 Your servant has struck down both the lion and the bear. This uncircumcised Philistine will be just like one of them. 3 For he has defied the armies of the living God!”
1 Samuel 17:45-46
Context17:45 But David replied to the Philistine, “You are coming against me with sword and spear and javelin. But I am coming against you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel’s armies, whom you have defied! 17:46 This very day the Lord will deliver you into my hand! I will strike you down and cut off your head. This day I will give the corpses of the Philistine army to the birds of the sky and the wild animals of the land. Then all the land will realize that Israel has a God
1 tn Following the imperative, the cohortative verbal form indicates purpose/result here.
2 tn Heb “and turns aside humiliation from upon Israel.”
3 tc The LXX includes here the following words not found in the MT: “Should I not go and smite him, and remove today reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised one?”
