Goliath

How Nave’s arranged it

• (A giant champion of Gath)
• Defied armies of Israel and is killed by David1 Samuel 171 Samuel 21:91 Samuel 22:10
• His sons2 Samuel 21:15–221 Chronicles 20:4–8

The passages, in Bible order (5)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 5 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. 1 Samuel 17:1

   Now the Philistines gathered their forces for war at Socoh in Judah, and they camped between Socoh and Azekah in Ephes-dammim.

   ›Commentary on 1 Samuel 17:12 voices

   “Shocoh--now Shuweikeh, a town in the western plains of Judah (Jos 15:35), nine Roman miles from Eleutheropolis, toward Jerusalem [ROBINSON]. Azekah--a small place in the neighborhood. Ephes-dammim--or, "Pas-dammim" (1Ch 11:13), "the portion" or "effusion of blood," situated between the other two.

   “Gathered, &c. - Probably they had heard, that Samuel had forsaken Saul, and that Saul himself was unfit for business. The enemies of the church are watchful to take all advantages, and they never have greater advantage, than when her protectors have provoked God's Spirit and prophets to leave them.

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2. 1 Samuel 21:9

   The 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.”

   ›Commentary on 1 Samuel 21:92 voices

   “And the priest said: Behold the sword of Goliath the Philistine, etc. The apostles said to Christ, teachers seeking against the kingdom of the world: Behold men accustomed to battle for the devil with perverse doctrines for a long time, whom you have overcome in …

   “And the priest said, the sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of Elah,....

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3. 1 Samuel 22:10

   Ahimelech inquired of the LORD for him and gave him provisions. He also gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.”

   ›Commentary on 1 Samuel 22:102 voices

   “But they chose rather to disobey the king than to offend God by imbruing their hands in the blood of his ministering servants. A foreigner alone (Ps 52:1-3) could be found willing to be the executioner of this bloody and sacrilegious sentence. Thus was the doom of the house of Eli fulfilled [1Sa 2:30-36].

   “I am taught through these words that whenever understanding guides my life like it did the life of the great David, that this carries me through to the end of the victory.

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4. 2 Samuel 21:15–22

   Once again the Philistines waged war against Israel, and David and his servants went down and fought against the Philistines; but David became exhausted.

   ›Commentary on 2 Samuel 21:15–222 voices

   “Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel--Although the Philistines had completely succumbed to the army of David, yet the appearance of any gigantic champions among them revived their courage and stirred them up to renewed inroads on the Hebrew territory.

   “Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel,....

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5. 1 Chronicles 20:4–8

   Some 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.

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