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clad, and all on horseback, as were several hundreds of the troops.
The giant Goliah advanced and gave the challenge: the Israelites retreated in great consternation, till, at length, little David appears, and entreats Saul to let him be his champion, which request, after some time is granted; the rest of the story was well told, and it was so contrived, that after Goliah was stunned by the stone from David's sling, in cutting off his head with the Giant's own great sword, a quantity of blood gushed out, and many of the spectators shrieked with horror, supposing it to be the blood of the person who represented the champion of the Philistines. After this, there was a pitched battle between the two armies, and the Israelites, being victorious, brought David in triumph, at the head of the prisoners and spoils of the enemy, mount- ed on a superb chariot, in the ancient form.
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