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.
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.
Then a champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out from the Philistine camp. He was six cubits and a span in height,
And there goeth out a man of the duellists from the camps of the Philistines, Goliath is his name, from Gath; his height is six cubits and a span,
And there went out a champion from the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old Testament1 Samuel — The transition from judges to monarchy. Samuel rises as prophet-judge; Israel demands a king; Saul rises and is rejected; David is anointed in obscurity and flees across the wilderness. Three lives overlapping — the prophetic-judicial-royal handoff.
- Author
- Traditionally Samuel (with additions after his death by Nathan and Gad — cf. 1 Chr 29:29)
- Date
- Events c. 1050–1010 BC; compilation during the early monarchy