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1 Samuel 17:4

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2 Saul and the men of Israel assembled and camped in the Valley of Elah, arraying themselves for battle against the Philistines.

3 The Philistines stood on one hill and the Israelites stood on another, with the valley between them.

Then a champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out from the Philistine camp. He was six cubits and a span in height,

5 and he had a bronze helmet on his head. He wore a bronze coat of mail weighing five thousand shekels,

6 and he had armor of bronze on his legs and a javelin of bronze slung between his shoulders.

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BSB
Then a champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out from the Philistine camp. He was six cubits and a span in height,
KJV
And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.
WEB
A champion out of the camp of the Philistines named Goliath of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span went out.
ASV
And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.
DARBY
And there went out a champion from the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.
BLB
And went out a man, a champion from the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, from Gath. His height [was] six cubits and a span.
ÅB
Da gikk en tvekjemper ut av filistrenes leir; han hette Goliat og var fra Gat; han var seks alen og et spann høy.
OTB
Da kom det en kjempe ut fra filisternes leir, ved navn Goliat, fra Gat, som var seks alen og et spann høy.
B1930
Da gikk en tvekjemper ut av filistrenes leir; han hette Goliat og var fra Gat; han var seks alen og et spann høi.

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  • Joshua 11:22

    No Anakim were left in the land of the Israelites; only in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod did any survive.

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  • 1 Samuel 17:23

    And as he was speaking with them, suddenly the champion named Goliath, the Philistine from Gath, came forward from the Philistines and shouted his usual words, which David also heard.

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  • 1 Chronicles 20:4–8

    Some time later, war broke out with the Philistines at Gezer. At that time Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Sippai, a descendant of the Rephaim, and the Philistines were subdued.

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  • 2 Samuel 21:16–22

    Then Ishbi-benob, a descendant of Rapha, whose bronze spear weighed three hundred shekels and who was bearing a new sword, resolved to kill David.

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  • Deuteronomy 3:11

    (For only Og king of Bashan had remained of the remnant of the Rephaim. His bed of iron, nine cubits long and four cubits wide, is still in Rabbah of the Ammonites.)

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  • 1 Chronicles 11:23

    He also killed an Egyptian, a huge man five cubits tall. Although the Egyptian had a spear like a weaver’s beam in his hand, Benaiah went against him with a club, snatched the spear from his hand, and killed the Egyptian with his own spear.

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  • 1 Samuel 21:9–10

    The priest replied, “The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the Valley of Elah, is here; it is wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If you want, you may take it. For there is no other but this one.” And David said, “There is none like it; give it to me.”

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  • 1 Samuel 27:4

    And when Saul learned that David had fled to Gath, he no longer searched for him.

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