26And David said to the men who stood by him, “What shall be done for the man who kills this Philistine and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?”
David sees and hears what others do not. He sees a man who blasphemes.1 Goliath’s statements dishonour the Lord.2 He is not an unconquerable foe, but a foolish man who has set himself against the Lord (cf. Psalm 2:2).
26 And David said to the men who stood by him, “What shall be done for the man who kills this Philistine and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?”