30. He then turned to other people and asked the same questions. And they gave him the same answer as before.
31. Some men heard what David said and told Saul. Then Saul ordered David to be sent to him.
32. David said to Saul, “Don’t let anyone be discouraged. I, your servant, will go and fight this Philistine!”
33. Saul answered, “You can’t go out against this Philistine and fight him. You’re only a boy. Goliath has been a warrior since he was a young man.”
34. But David said to Saul, “I, your servant, have been keeping my father’s sheep. When a lion or bear came and took a sheep from the flock,
35. I would chase it. I would attack it and save the sheep from its mouth. When it attacked me, I caught it by its fur. I would hit it and kill it.
36. I, your servant, have killed both a lion and a bear! Goliath, the Philistine who is not circumcised, will be like the lion or bear I killed. He will die because he has stood against the armies of the living God.