1 Samuel 17:39 meaning and explanation

David strapped his sword over the tunic and tried to walk, but he was not accustomed to them. “I cannot walk in these,” David said to Saul. “I am not accustomed to them.” So David took them off.

1 Samuel 17:39, Berean Standard Bible

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Saul has just dressed David in his own tunic, bronze helmet and armor, and strapped a sword over it all. The setting is the Valley of Elah, where Israel's army faces the Philistines and their champion Goliath.

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