1 Samuel 17:9-10
Context17:9 If he is able to fight with me and strike me down, we will become your servants. But if I prevail against him and strike him down, you will become our servants and will serve us.” 17:10 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 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?”