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摘要

Tales of a victorious underdog have captured imaginations for millennia. Among the oldest is that of David and Goliath, the biblical tale of a young shepherd winning a one-on-one battle against a much larger and more experienced foe. As the story is remembered by most, David was merely a shepherd boy with no apparent advantages other than his faith. However, a closer look at the Book of Samuel reveals a somewhat different background to this story. Although David's offer to fight is initially rebuffed, he countered that he had killed lions and bears to protect father's flock. Also, although he was young, he was an adult (specifically, "little more than a boy"). He wasn't the young teenager most imagine he was.