1 Samuel 17:4
2 And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines.
3 And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.
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.
5 And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.
6 And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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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.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Joshua 11:22
There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained.
Read in context1 Samuel 17:23
And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the Philistines, and spake according to the same words: and David heard them.
Read in context1 Chronicles 20:4–8
And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezer with the Philistines; at which time Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Sippai, that was of the children of the giant: and they were subdued.
Read in context2 Samuel 21:16–22
And Ishbi-benob, which was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being girded with a new sword, thought to have slain David.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 3:11
For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.
Read in context1 Chronicles 11:23
And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian’s hand was a spear like a weaver’s beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and slew him with his own spear.
Read in context1 Samuel 21:9–10
And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take it: for there is no other save that here. And David said, There is none like that; give it me.
Read in context1 Samuel 27:4
And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him.
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