39. David fastened on his sword over the tunic and tried walking around, because he was not used to them.‘I cannot go in these,’ he said to Saul, ‘because I am not used to them.’ So he took them off.
40. Then he took his staff in his hand, chose five smooth stones from the stream, put them in the pouch of his shepherd’s bag and, with his sling in his hand, approached the Philistine.
41. Meanwhile, the Philistine, with his shield-bearer in front of him, kept coming closer to David.
42. He looked David over and saw that he was little more than a boy, glowing with health and handsome, and he despised him.