1 Samuel 17:4

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The Philistine army had a hero named Goliath who was from the town of Gath and was about three metres tall.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 11:23

Another time he killed an Egyptian who was over two metres tall and was armed with a spear. Benaiah only had a club, so he grabbed the spear from the Egyptian and killed him with it.

Amos 2:9

Israel, the Amorites were there when you entered Canaan. They were tall as cedars and strong as oaks. But I wiped them out— I destroyed their branches and their roots.

Deuteronomy 3:11

King Og was the last of the Rephaim, and his coffin is in the town of Rabbah in Ammon. It is made of hard black rock and is four metres long and almost two metres wide.

Joshua 11:22

There were not any Anakim left in the regions where the Israelites lived, although there were still some in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod.

1 Samuel 17:23

While David was talking with them, Goliath came out from the line of Philistines and started boasting as usual. David heard him.

1 Samuel 17:5

He wore a bronze helmet and had bronze armour to protect his chest and legs. The chest armour alone weighed about fifty-seven kilogrammes. He carried a bronze sword strapped on his back,

1 Samuel 27:4

When Saul found out that David had run off to Gath, he stopped trying to catch him.