Bible Game · Chapter 29
David's Sling
Goliath, the Philistine champion, has taunted the army of Israel for forty days. When no one dares go out, David — a boy who tends sheep — steps forward. King Saul dresses him in his own bronze helmet and armor, but after a few steps David takes it off. Then he picks five smooth stones from the brook and takes up his sling. You stand there in the valley. — This game does not ask whether God gave him the victory, or whether a sling is a better weapon than a sword. It settles only one thing: why did he refuse that fine armor?
Old Testament · 1 Samuel 17 · between a king's armor and a shepherd's stone
Unfamiliar words in this case
- sling · a weapon of a leather cord that whirls a stone and hurls it with force. A shepherd's tool for driving off beasts; with practice it strikes even a distant mark. This is what David had mastered on lion and bear.
The painting in this case
Circle of Rembrandt · mid-17th century · British Museum — Rembrandt and his pupils drew Old Testament scenes endlessly in pen and wash, and this sheet came from that workshop. The helmet and armor set down at their feet — the very moment David refused what belonged to the king.
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This game makes no theological judgments. Every verdict rests only on the narrative facts the text itself states.
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