There was a war in the land of Israel. King Saul and the Israelites were fighting the Philistines. One of the Philistines was a giant. His name was Goliath. He was very big and strong. The Israelites were afraid of him.

1 Samuel 17:1–7

Goliath shouted to the Israelites. He told them to choose a man to fight him. No one wanted to fight the giant. Goliath shouted to them every morning and every night for forty days. None of the Israelites would fight him.

1 Samuel 17:4–11, 16

David’s brothers were in the Israelite army. Jesse sent David to take some food to them.

1 Samuel 17:13–20

David saw the giant. He heard Goliath shouting. He saw that the men were afraid of Goliath.

1 Samuel 17:23–24

David said he would fight the giant. His brothers were angry. They said David should be taking care of the sheep.

1 Samuel 17:26–37

David knew God would help him. He picked up five stones. He took his sling and went to fight Goliath.

1 Samuel 17:37, 40

Goliath saw that David was young. He was angry. He shouted at David and made fun of him. David shouted back. He said God would help him kill Goliath.

1 Samuel 17:41–47

Goliath came at David to fight. Then David put a stone in his sling and threw the stone.

1 Samuel 17:49

The stone hit Goliath in the head. Goliath fell to the ground.

1 Samuel 17:49

David took Goliath’s sword and cut off his head.

1 Samuel 17:50–51

The Philistines saw David kill Goliath. They were afraid and ran away. God had helped David kill the giant.

1 Samuel 17:51–53