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Goliath

The Philistine champion of Gath who defied the armies of the living God for forty days — felled by a shepherd's sling stone and beheaded with his own sword in the valley of Elah.

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Early monarchy
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Champion of Gath
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1-samuel · philistines

Goliath in Scripture

9 verses use this name, in 3 books. Open a book to read its mentions here. Text: Berean Standard Bible. Names repeat in Scripture — some of these verses may speak of another person called Goliath.

First named1 Samuel 17:4Then a champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out from the Philistine camp. He was six cubits and a span in height,Last named1 Chronicles 20:5Once again there was a battle with the Philistines, and Elhanan son of Jair killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.

Old Testament3 books · 9 mentions

1 Samuel7 mentions

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2 Samuel1 mention

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1 Chronicles1 mention

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Named alongside

Other people MannaFest has a page for whose name the text uses in 1 Samuel 17, 1 Samuel 21, 1 Samuel 22, 2 Samuel 21 and 1 Chronicles 20. Each card shows the verse it came from. Scripture reuses names freely, so a page behind a name here may belong to another person who shares it.

DavidSecond king of united Israel, shepherd-turned-monarch, ancestor of the Messiah, and traditional author of many Psalms.1 Samuel 17:12Now David was the son of a man named Jesse, an Ephrathite from Bethlehem of Judah who had eight sons in the days of Saul. And Jesse was old and well along in years.
SaulIsrael's first king, head and shoulders above the people; began in humility, ended in rejection — sparing what God devo…1 Samuel 17:2Saul and the men of Israel assembled and camped in the Valley of Elah, arraying themselves for battle against the Philistines.
AhimelechPriest of Nob who gave the fugitive David the showbread and Goliath's sword, not knowing the king's quarrel; slain with…1 Samuel 21:1Then David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest. And when Ahimelech met David, he trembled and asked him, “Why are you alone? Why is no one with you?”
JonathanSon of King Saul who climbed a cliff to rout a garrison on the conviction that nothing restrains Jehovah; cut a covenan…2 Samuel 21:7Now the king spared Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, because of the oath before the LORD between David and Jonathan son of Saul.
JudahJacob's fourth son who pledges himself for Benjamin; the tribe that carries the scepter to Shiloh (49:10) and the line…1 Samuel 17:1Now the Philistines gathered their forces for war at Socoh in Judah, and they camped between Socoh and Azekah in Ephes-dammim.
Doeg the EdomiteSaul's chief herdsman and informer, the one man willing to fall upon the priests of Nob when the king's own footmen ref…1 Samuel 21:7Now one of Saul’s servants was there that day, detained before the LORD. And his name was Doeg the Edomite, the chief shepherd for Saul.

Studies in the same chapters

No study on the site quotes a verse that names Goliath yet. These work in the chapters where the name appears.

Messianic Psalms1 Samuel 22Genealogies of Christ1 Samuel 17Power Made Perfect in Weakness — 2 Corinthians 12:7–101 Samuel 17

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