In reply, the people restated what they had said earlier: “The man who strikes [Goliath] down, the king will enrich him with great riches, and his own daughter he will give him. ” But gaining a material reward was not David’s chief concern. He had a higher objective. David wanted to glorify the true God.
فَحِينَ وَصَلَ دَاوُدُ إِلَى جَبْهَةِ ٱلْقِتَالِ ،‏ سَأَلَ :‏ « مَاذَا يُفْعَلُ لِلرَّجُلِ ٱلَّذِي يَضْرِبُ ذٰلِكَ ٱلْفِلِسْطِيَّ هُنَاكَ وَيُزِيلُ ٱلْعَارَ عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ ؟‏ » .‏