1Sam.17.27

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1Sam.17.27

And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him.

1Sam.17.27

Eliab, his older brother, heard David fraternizing with the men and lost his temper: "What are you doing here! Why aren't you minding your own business, tending that scrawny flock of sheep? I know what you're up to. You've come down here to see the sights, hoping for a ringside seat at a bloody battle!"

1Sam.17.27

They repeated to him what they had been saying and told him, "This is what will be done for the man who kills him."

1Sam.17.27

And the people answered him in this manner, saying, "So shall it be done for the man who kills him."

1Sam.17.27

And David received the same reply as before: "What you have been hearing is true. That is the reward for killing the giant."