When Saul set out with the troops, he said, “God will be testing you with a river. Whoever drinks from it does not belong with me. But whoever does not drink from it, does belong with me, except for whoever scoops up a little with his hand.” But they drank from it, except for a few of them. Then, when he crossed it, he and those who believed with him, they said, “We have no strength to face Goliath and his troops today.” But those who knew that they would meet God said, “How many a small group has defeated a large group by God’s will. God is with the steadfast.”
چون طالوت سپاهش را به راه انداخت، گفت: خدا شما را به جوى آبى مى‌آزمايد: هر كه از آن بخورد از من نيست، و هر كه از آن نخورد يا تنها كفى بياشامد از من است. همه جز اندكى از آن نوشيدند. چون او و مؤمنانى كه همراهش بودند از نهر گذشتند، گفتند: امروز ما را توان جالوت و سپاهش نيست. آنانى كه مى‌دانستند كه با خدا ديدار خواهند كرد، گفتند: به خواست خدا چه بسا گروه اندكى كه بر گروه بسيارى غلبه كند، كه خدا با كسانى است كه پاى مى‌فشرند.