Book of Samuel chapter 17, verse 49.
Again the stone plays a vital role when David uses it to beat Goliath.

Rembrandt is suggesting the speed of the thrown stone by adding ‘cartoon-type’ dots in the circle of the swing. Among the men with the spears in the background is one that already raises his hand, as an early sign of victory. Goliath seems to be hit already, his body dark and heavy. The viewpoint is very low, at the same height as the many spectators in the background.

New Hollstein and White-Boon list two states before the plate was cut and three thereafter. Other authors do not see the final 5th state as a separate one.
In the 1st state (NH, WB, R127, NU) the contour of the hill is broken at the top right side.
In the 2nd state (NH, WB, NU) this contour is filled in.
In the 3rd state (NH, WB, NU) the plate is cut. No other changes have been made.
In the 4th state (NH, WB, R128, NU) crosshatching is added to the centre of the shield.
In the 5th state (NH, WB final) a group of trees is added on top of the mountain. Many authors consider the only known impression to be fake.

Of the 1st and 2nd state there are impressions on vellum and on Japanese paper. Of the 5th state only one impression is known, in the Hermitage.

In the 2nd and 3rd state: Fleur-de-lis (1655).

Spijkerboer 2006, p. 100;

New Hollstein/White=Boon: 1st state of V
Sheet 108 x 73 mm. Trimmed just outside the border all around, cutting off the signature and date.