As the Philistine moved closer to attack him, David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet him. Reaching into his bag and taking out a stone, he slung it and struck the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell facedown on the ground.

So David triumphed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone; without a sword in his hand he struck down the Philistine and killed him.

David ran and stood over him. He took hold of the Philistine’s sword and drew it from the scabbard. After he killed him, he cut off his head with the sword.

When the Philistines saw that their hero was dead, they turned and ran. Then the men of Israel and Judah surged forward with a shout and pursued the Philistines. Their dead were strewn along the road. When the Israelites returned from chasing the Philistines, they plundered their camp.

David took the Philistine’s head and brought it to Jerusalem, and he put the Philistine’s weapons in his own tent.

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ANTONIO DEL CASTILLO Y SAAVEDRA
"David with the Head of Goliath"

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GUSTAVE DORÉ
"David Hoists the Severed Head of Goliath"

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ORAZIO GENTILESCHI
"David Contemplating the Head of Goliath"

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PIERRE PUGET
"David Gazing at Goliath's Head"

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ANTONIN MERCIÉ
"David with the Head of Goliath"

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VERROCCHIO
"David"

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FORD MADOX BROWN
"David and Goliath"

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CARAVAGGIO
"David with the Head of Goliath"

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ANDREA VACCARO
"David with the Head of Goliath"

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VALENTIN DE BOULOGNE
"David with the Head of Goliath and Two Soldiers"

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GUIDO RENI
"David with the Head of Goliath"

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ANTONIO DE BELLIS
"David and Goliath"

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GIOVANNI LANFRANCO
"David Dragging Goliath's Head"

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LUCA DELLA ROBBIA
"David and Goliath"

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JACOB VAN OOST
"David with the Head of Goliath"

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CARLO DOLCI
"David with the Head of Goliath"

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NICOLAS RÉGNIER
"David with the head of Goliath"

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CARAVAGGIO
"David and Goliath"

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JACOPO LIGOZZI
"The Triumph of David"

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ANDREA MANTEGNA
"David with the Head of Goliath"

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ALESSANDRO TURCHI
"David with the Head of Goliath"

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ALESSANDRO TURCHI
"David with the Head of Goliath"

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VALENTIN DE BOULOGNE
"David with the Head of Goliath"

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CLAUDE VIGNON
"David with the Head of Goliath"

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TANZIO DA VARALLO
"David with the Head of Goliath"

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DOMENICO FETTI
"David with Head of Goliath"

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GIUSEPPE VERMIGLIO
"David Holding Goliath's Head"

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FRANCESCO SIMONINI
"David with the Head of Goliath"

As Saul watched David going out to meet the Philistine, he said to Abner, commander of the army, “Abner, whose son is that young man?”

Abner replied, “As surely as you live, O king, I don’t know.”

The king said, “Find out whose son this young man is.”

As soon as David returned from killing the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul, with David still holding the Philistine’s head.

“Whose son are you, young man?” Saul asked him.

David said, “I am the son of your servant Jesse of Bethlehem.”

Whatever Saul sent him to do, David did it so successfully that Saul gave him a high rank in the army.

This pleased all the people, and Saul’s officers as well.

When the men were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out from all the towns of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing, with joyful songs and with tambourines and lutes. As they danced, they sang:

“Saul has slain his thousands,
and David his tens of thousands.”

Saul was very angry; this refrain galled him. “They have credited David with tens of thousands,” he thought, “but me with only thousands. What more can he get but the kingdom?” And from that time on Saul kept a jealous eye on David.

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GERRIT DE WET
"Saul Welcoming David after his Victory over Goliath"

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NICOLAS POUSSIN
"Le Triomphe de David"

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NICOLAS POUSSIN
"The Triumph of David"

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MAERTEN DE VOS
"Triomphe de David"

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ANDREA VACCARO
"The Triumph of David"

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FRANS FRANCKEN II
"The Triumph of David"

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MARCANTONIO FRANCESCHINI
"The Triumph of David"

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HENDRICK VAN BALEN
"Triumph of King David after Killing the Philistine Giant Goliath"

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JOSEPH TISSOT
"David Takes the Head of Goliath to Jerusalem"

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BARTOLOMEO MANFREDI
"Triumph of David"

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ANDREA VICENTINO
"David and Goliath"

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ARTEMISIA GENTILESCHI
"David and Goliath"