The Bible Story - Volume VI - Basil Wolverton - 1968

Basil Wolverton

DAVID A NATIONAL HERO, DAVID was disappointed because of the Israelite soldiers' fear of Goliath — the giant Philistine soldier. For loudly voicing his opinion to some of the troops, David was taken to Saul. King Saul asked for an explanation. Saul was surprised when David blurted out that he would fight Goliath. (I Samuel 17:20-32.) Re-acquaintance with King Saul. "I admire your courage, young man," Saul told him, "but you would have no chance of coming out alive in a contest with this mountain of a man. You are young and untrained. He has been a professional soldier for years. And according to his terms, Israel would have to surrender after your death!" "I'm not exactly inexperienced in fighting, sir," David explained. "I herd sheep for my father, and once I killed a grown bear that had stolen a lamb. At another time a lamb was taken by a lion. I killed the powerful beast with my bare hands!" - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library