1 Samuel 17:4

New Living Translation

Then Goliath, a Philistine champion from Gath, came out of the Philistine ranks to face the forces of Israel. He was over nine feet tall!

Cross References

1 Chronicles 11:23

Once, armed only with a club, he killed an Egyptian warrior who was 7-1/2 feet tall and who was armed with a spear as thick as a weaver’s beam. Benaiah wrenched the spear from the Egyptian’s hand and killed him with it.

Amos 2:9

“But as my people watched, I destroyed the Amorites, though they were as tall as cedars and as strong as oaks. I destroyed the fruit on their branches and dug out their roots.

Deuteronomy 3:11

(King Og of Bashan was the last survivor of the giant Rephaites. His bed was made of iron and was more than thirteen feet long and six feet wide. It can still be seen in the Ammonite city of Rabbah.)

Joshua 11:22

None of the descendants of Anak were left in all the land of Israel, though some still remained in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod.

1 Samuel 17:23

As he was talking with them, Goliath, the Philistine champion from Gath, came out from the Philistine ranks. Then David heard him shout his usual taunt to the army of Israel.

1 Samuel 17:3

So the Philistines and Israelites faced each other on opposite hills, with the valley between them.

1 Samuel 17:5

He wore a bronze helmet, and his bronze coat of mail weighed 125 pounds.

1 Samuel 27:4

Word soon reached Saul that David had fled to Gath, so he stopped hunting for him.