1 Samuel 17:4

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.

And there went out {H3318} a champion {H376}{H1143} out of the camp {H4264} of the Philistines {H6430}, named {H8034} Goliath {H1555}, of Gath {H1661}, whose height {H1363} was six {H8337} cubits {H520} and a span {H2239}.

There came out a champion from the camp of the P'lishtim named Golyat, from Gat, who was nine feet nine inches tall.

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 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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Cross-References

  • Joshua 11:22 (6 votes)

    There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained.

  • 1 Samuel 17:23 (4 votes)

    And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the Philistines, and spake according to the same words: and David heard [them].

  • 2 Samuel 21:16 (4 votes)

    And Ishbibenob, which [was] of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear [weighed] three hundred [shekels] of brass in weight, he being girded with a new [sword], thought to have slain David.

  • 2 Samuel 21:22 (4 votes)

    These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

  • 1 Chronicles 20:4 (4 votes)

    ¶ And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezer with the Philistines; at which time Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Sippai, [that was] of the children of the giant: and they were subdued.

  • 1 Chronicles 20:8 (4 votes)

    These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

  • 1 Chronicles 11:23 (2 votes)

    And he slew an Egyptian, a man of [great] stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian's hand [was] a spear like a weaver's beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.