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| | <center><small>''The Philistines prepare for battle.<br/>Goliath mocks God, and makes a challenge to Israel.<br/>David accepts, and slays Goliath.<br/>1063 B.C. (?)''<ref>after Bishop [[James Ussher]]</ref><br/><span style="color:#800000">''1042 B.C. (?)''</span><ref>According to current historical and archaeological research.</ref></small></center> | | <center><small>''The Philistines prepare for battle.<br/>Goliath mocks God, and makes a challenge to Israel.<br/>David accepts, and slays Goliath.<br/>1063 B.C. (?)''<ref>after Bishop [[James Ussher]]</ref><br/><span style="color:#800000">''1042 B.C. (?)''</span><ref>According to current historical and archaeological research.</ref></small></center> |
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| | '''1''' Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephesdammim. | | '''1''' Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephesdammim. |
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| | '''3''' And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them. | | '''3''' And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them. |
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| − | '''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. | + | '''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.<ref>The [[Dead Sea Scrolls]] suggest a shorter Goliath than some estimates, but still a giant.</ref> |
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| | '''5''' And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass. | | '''5''' And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass. |