¹⁷ for my father fought for you, and ^[a]risked his life and saved you from the hand of Midian;

⁴⁹ And David put his hand into his bag and took from it a stone and slung it, and struck the Philistine on his forehead. And the stone penetrated his forehead, and he fell on his face to the ground.

⁵⁰ So David prevailed over the Philistine with the sling and the stone: he struck the Philistine and killed him, and there was no sword in David’s hand.

²¹ The woman came to Saul and saw that he was utterly horrified, and she said to him, “Behold, your servant has ^[a]obeyed you, and ^(A)I have ^[b]taken my life in my hand and have listened to your words which you spoke to me.