Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled.
So David ran over and stood on top of the Philistine. He grabbed Goliath's sword, pulled it out of its sheath, and killed him by cutting off his head with it. When the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they ran away.
David finished defeating Goliath by using the giant's own sword to cut off his head, which caused the entire Philistine army to flee in terror.
📚 Historical Context
This is the climactic moment of the famous David and Goliath story, where young David had just felled the giant with a stone from his sling. In ancient warfare, the death of a champion or key warrior often led to the collapse of army morale. The Philistines were Israel's enemies who had been terrorizing God's people, and Goliath had been their intimidating champion for forty days.
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