⁸ He stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel, “Why have you come out to draw up for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and ^(A)are you not servants of Saul? Choose a man for yourselves, and let him come down to me. ⁹ If he is able to fight with me and kill me, then we will be your servants. But if I prevail against him and kill him, then you shall be our servants ^(B)and serve us.” ¹⁰ And the Philistine said, ^(C)“I defy the ranks of Israel this day. Give me a man, that we may fight together.”