And he struck down an Egyptian who was five cubits tall. Although the Egyptian had a spear like a weaver’s rod in his hand, Benaiah went against him with a club. He snatched the spear from the Egyptian’s hand and killed him with his own spear.
1 Samuel 17:4 - New International Version (Anglicised) A champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out of the Philistine camp. His height was six cubits and a span. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And a champion went out of the camp of the Philistines named Goliath of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span [almost ten feet]. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible A champion named Goliath from Gath came out from the Philistine camp. He was more than nine feet tall. Catholic Public Domain Version And there went out from the camp of the Philistines, a man of illegitimate birth, named Goliath of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a palm. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And there went out a man baseborn from the camp of the Philistines named Goliath, of Geth, whose height was six cubits and a span. |
And he struck down an Egyptian who was five cubits tall. Although the Egyptian had a spear like a weaver’s rod in his hand, Benaiah went against him with a club. He snatched the spear from the Egyptian’s hand and killed him with his own spear.
‘Yet I destroyed the Amorites before them, though they were tall as the cedars and strong as the oaks. I destroyed their fruit above and their roots below.
(Og king of Bashan was the last of the Rephaites. His bed was decorated with iron and was more than nine cubits long and four cubits wide. It is still in Rabbah of the Ammonites.)
No Anakites were left in Israelite territory; only in Gaza, Gath and Ashdod did any survive.
As he was talking with them, Goliath, the Philistine champion from Gath, stepped out from his lines and shouted his usual defiance, and David heard it.
The Philistines occupied one hill and the Israelites another, with the valley between them.
He had a bronze helmet on his head and wore a coat of scale armour of bronze weighing five thousand shekels;
When Saul was told that David had fled to Gath, he no longer searched for him.