Then a championcameout from the armiesof the PhilistinesnamedGoliath,from Gath,whose heightwas sixcubitsand a span.
He killedan Egyptian,a manof [great] staturefivecubitstall. Now in the Egyptian'shand[was] a spearlike a weaver'sbeam,but he wentdownto him with a cluband snatchedthe spearfrom the Egyptian'shandand killedhim with his own spear.
"Yet it was I who destroyedthe Amoritebeforethem, Though his height[was] like the heightof cedarsAnd he [was] strongas the oaks;I even destroyedhis fruitaboveand his rootbelow.
(For onlyOgkingof Bashanwas leftof the remnantof the Rephaim.Behold,his bedsteadwas an ironbedstead;it is in Rabbahof the sonsof Ammon.Its lengthwas ninecubitsand its widthfourcubitsby ordinarycubit.)
There were noAnakimleftin the landof the sonsof Israel;onlyin Gaza,in Gath,and in Ashdodsome remained.
As he was talkingwith them, behold,the champion,the Philistinefrom GathnamedGoliath,was comingup from the armyof the Philistines,and he spokethesesamewords;and Davidheard[them].
The Philistinesstoodon the mountainon onesidewhile Israelstoodon the mountainon the otherside,with the valleybetweenthem.
[He had] a bronzehelmeton his head,and he was clothedwith scale-armorwhich weighedfivethousandshekelsof bronze.
Now it was toldSaulthat Davidhad fledto Gath,so he nolongersearchedfor him.
