3779934 David about to cut off Goliath \'s head - Bible by Hole, William Brassey (1846-1917); (add.info.: David about to cut off Goliath \'s head after slaying him. I Samuel 17 : 50-51. \'So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David. Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled.\' Illustration by William Hole 1846 - 1917 Old Testament History by William Hole, 1925 Eyre & Spottiswoode, London); Lebrecht History.