1 Samuel 17:26-28

Easy-to-Read Version

²⁶ David asked the men standing near him, “What did he say? What is the reward for killing this Philistine and taking away this shame from Israel? Who is this Goliath anyway? He is only some foreigner,^[a] nothing but a Philistine. Why does he think he can speak against the army of the living God?”

²⁷ So the Israelite told David about the reward for killing Goliath. ²⁸ David’s oldest brother Eliab heard David talking with the soldiers and became angry. Eliab asked David, “Why did you come here? Who did you leave those few sheep with in the desert? I know why you came down here. You didn’t want to do what you were told to do. You just wanted to come down here to watch the battle.”