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26 David spoke to the men who were standing by him saying, “What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the armies of the living God?”[a] 27 The people answered him saying something like, “This is what will be done for the man who kills him.”

28 When Eliab, David’s oldest brother, heard him speaking to the men, Eliab became very angry at David. He said, “Why have you come down here? With whom did you leave those few sheep in the desert? I know about your pride and the wickedness of your heart, for you only came down here to see the battle.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 17:26 David was not terrorized by Goliath’s size as were most of the people. He was enraged that Goliath was defying God, and he trusted that God would win the victory over the Philistines.