⁴⁴ The Philistine said to David, “Come to me, and I will give your flesh ^(A)to the birds of the air and to the beasts of the field.”

⁴⁶ This day the Lord will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you down and cut off your head. ^(A)And I will give the dead bodies of the host of the Philistines this day ^(B)to the birds of the air and to the wild beasts of the earth, ^(C)that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel,

^4 (A)They shall die of deadly diseases. ^(B)They shall not be lamented, nor shall they be buried. ^(C)They shall be as dung on the surface of the ground. ^(D)They shall perish by the sword and by famine, ^(E)and their dead bodies shall be food for the birds of the air and for the beasts of the earth.

⁷ And in this place ^(A)I will make void the plans of Judah and Jerusalem, ^(B)and will cause their people to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hand of those who seek their life. ^(C)I will give their dead bodies for food to the birds of the air and to the beasts of the earth.