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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Traveller" data-source="post: 7882839" data-attributes="member: 24268">Well, in the Bible, David does not pray. Goliat curses him and his God (loosely translated) "Am I a dog that you carry a stick against me?": and he cursed David with/in his God; "Come to me I will feed your body to birds and animals"David answers  "You come to me with a sword and a Javelin and a spear [weapon name translations are problematic, the sword is safe; javelin and spear not so much] While I come to you in the name of the "Lord of Hosts", the "God the armies of Israel" that you cursed... "He is presented as a competent fighter, who knows how use his mobility against the heavy armed single opponent.</blockquote>