Goliath of Gath
♂United kingdom
Description
Philistine champion of Gath, six cubits and a span tall, who challenged Israel for forty days in the Valley of Elah and was killed by David with a sling-stone, then beheaded with his own sword; David took the sword to Nob and later wielded it (1 Samuel 17; 1 Samuel 21:9; 1 Samuel 22:10).
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Notes
2 Samuel 21:19 reads that Elhanan killed Goliath; 1 Chronicles 20:5 harmonizes by identifying that victim as 'Lahmi the brother of Goliath.'