1 Samuel 17:4
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Then a champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out from the Philistine camp. He was six cubits and a span in height,”
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“Then a champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out from the Philistine camp. He was six cubits and a span in height,”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And there goeth out a man of the duellists from the camps of the Philistines, Goliath <FI>is<Fi> his name, from Gath; his height <FI>is<Fi> six cubits and a span,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Samuel 17:4 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 3:11(For only Og king of Bashan had remained of the remnant of the Rephaim. His bed of iron, nine cubits long and four cubits wide, is still in Rabbah of the Ammonites.)
- Joshua 11:22No Anakim were left in the land of the Israelites; only in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod did any survive.
- 1 Samuel 17:23And as he was speaking with them, suddenly the champion named Goliath, the Philistine from Gath, came forward from the Philistines and shouted his usual words, which David also heard.
- 1 Samuel 21:9The priest replied, “The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the Valley of Elah, is here; it is wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If you want, you may take it. For there is no other but this one.” And David said, “There is none like it; give it to me.”
- 1 Samuel 27:4And when Saul learned that David had fled to Gath, he no longer searched for him.
- 2 Samuel 21:16Then Ishbi-benob, a descendant of Rapha, whose bronze spear weighed three hundred shekels and who was bearing a new sword, resolved to kill David.
- 1 Chronicles 11:23He also killed an Egyptian, a huge man five cubits tall. Although the Egyptian had a spear like a weaver’s beam in his hand, Benaiah went against him with a club, snatched the spear from his hand, and killed the Egyptian with his own spear.
- 1 Chronicles 20:4Some time later, war broke out with the Philistines at Gezer. At that time Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Sippai, a descendant of the Rephaim, and the Philistines were subdued.
- Amos 2:9Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, though his height was like that of the cedars, and he was as strong as the oaks. Yet I destroyed his fruit above and his roots below.
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