1 Samuel 17:39

David strapped his sword on over the armor but he couldn't walk because he wasn't used to it. “I can't walk in all this,” David told Saul. “I'm not used to it.” So David took all the armor off.

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In The King James Version

And David girded his sword upon his armour, and he assayed to go; for he had not proved it. And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with these; for I have not proved them. And David put them off him.

In Context

38Saul gave David his own battle clothes to wear, placed a bronze helmet on his head, and put armor on him.

40He 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.

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Cross References

Hosea 1:7But I will have pity on the house of Judah, and I will save them—but I will not save them by bow or sword or war or horses and riders.”

2 Corinthians 10:4Our weapons are not of this world but God's mighty power that destroys fortresses of human thinking, demolishing misleading theories.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 17:32-40

David Meets Goliath. ( b. c. 1060.) 31 And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them before Saul: and he sent for him. 32 And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him; thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine. 33 And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth. 34 And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear,… Read the whole commentary →

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