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1 Samuel 17:57
ESV And as soon as David returned from the striking down of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.
NIV As soon as David returned from killing the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul, with David still holding the Philistine’s head.
NASB So when David returned from killing the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul with the Philistine’s head in his hand.
CSB When David returned from killing the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul with the Philistine’s head still in his hand.
NLT As soon as David returned from killing Goliath, Abner brought him to Saul with the Philistine’s head still in his hand.
KJV And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.
NKJV Then, as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

What does 1 Samuel 17:57 mean?

As David was making his way from his meeting with Saul to go fight Goliath (1 Samuel 17:40), the king had asked the commander of his army, Abner, whose son David was. Abner did not know, and the king commissioned him to find out (1 Samuel 17:55–56).

In the interim, David defeated Goliath. Confident in the Lord's protection and might, the youth accepted the Philistine champion's challenge (1 Samuel 17:8–10) for a fight to the death on the field of battle (1 Samuel 17:32–50). In the name of the Lord of hosts (1 Samuel 17:45), David brought the giant (1 Samuel 17:4–7) down with his sling and cut off Goliath's head with the Philistine's own sword (1 Samuel 17:49, 51).

Now Abner completes his mission following the battle, delivering the unlikely young champion of Israel before Saul with Goliath's still-fresh head in his hands.
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