John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 17:50
So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone ,.... And with them only, without any other warlike weapon: and smote the Philistine, and slew him ; smote him with the stone, which brought him to the ground, and then slew him with his own sword, as afterwards related: but there was no sword in the hand of David ; when he engaged with the Philistine, and smote him, for he had put off all his armour, 1 Samuel 17:39 . read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 17:49
And David put his hand in his bag ,.... The shepherd's scrip, in which he had put the five stones he took out of the brook: and took thence a stone ; and put it into his sling he had in his hand: and slang it , and smote the Philistine in his forehead ; it is made a difficulty of how he should smite him on his forehead, when he had a helmet of brass upon his head, 1 Samuel 17:5 ; in answer to this Kimchi observes, that some say, that when David said he would give his flesh to the... read more