Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 86
rd and spear, for the bat-tle is the Lords, and he will give you into ourhands. When the giant heard these daring words heroared louder than ever, and made haste across the the ground. Then David, who had no sword,ran, jumped on the giant, plucked the big swordfrom the sheath, and with it cut off… … the Israelites pursuing and slaying thousands ofthem before they could escape to their own land. This was the end of the giant, but not of littleDavid. He never went back again to the sheep-folds. The Lord had greater work for him to do, andput, instead of the flocks, a nation into his keeping.He…
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