David was a child (probably teenager) who kills Goliath with a stone from his slingshot. He later becomes the second king of Israel.

David was about 14 years of age when he slew Goliath, the same year he was anointed King of Israel by Samuel, a judge and prophet in Israel. David was the Son of Jesse, and a shepherd boy who tended the flocks.

Millions of young children have been taught the famous story of David slaying the Philistine giant, Goliath, to guide them to understand the greatness of David and, perhaps, his God.

David had already had intimate acquaintance with Saul, when he became the king's armour bearer and then his personal musician. A little later, David told Saul that he would fight Goliath, so Saul offered him his own personal armour, but did not appear to recognise David. Finally, after David had slain Goliath, Saul had the young warrior brought to him, but once again did not recognise David. The likely explanation for this is that the account blends together several different legends, without attempting to harmonise them. Perhaps this is why the Book of Chronicles omits David's defeat of Goliath, even though the Deuteronomic History saw this as the most important reason David was accepted as king.

If there is underlying truth in the story as it comes down to us, then David attempted to wear Saul's armour. Chronicles' rejection of this story would mean that David did not attempt to wear any armour,because he did not fight Goliath.

Goliath's head was buried there (Calvary) and this is where the name Golgotha is derived from. Goliath was a person sent by Satan himself to destroy the Hebrew (Israel) nation at that time when God chose David the Shepherd boy to slay him.

This is why when Jesus was crucified on top of the hill (Golgotha, which was predestined by God the Father, Jesus's precious blood that spilled on this hill fulfilled and sealed the promise God gave us. "Through His stripe's we are healed." And this is why we Christians proclaim that Satan was defeated at the Cross because this is exactly what Jesus did. Jesus descended into hell to hand Satan his imminent death certificate. All praises to our King, Lord Jesus.

The reference to this analogy was proven by the contemporary Pastor, Perry Stone.

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David did become famous for slaying Goliath. The story is mentioned in Islam, as well as within Christianity. It is a story that is well-known amongst many.

The bible does not say davids height at all. But he was still a teenager when he killed Goliath..... But remember he only killed Goliath with gods help:) god was the stone that hit Goliath's head

Well for one thing he was not afraid of Goliath. David had already killed a bear and a lion. He must have been a pretty good shot with that sling shot. Another thing, no one else wanted to do it.

At that David runs toward Goliath, takes a stone from his bag, puts it in his sling, and hurls it straight into Goliath's forehead. When the Philistines see that the giant is dead, they are terrified and they run away. The Israelites chase after them and win the battle. Please read together with your family this whole story at 1 Samuel 17:12-54. As a youth, you may at times become afraid to follow God's commands. Jeremiah was a young person and he was afraid at first, but God told him: "Do not be afraid . . . for 'I am with you.'" Jeremiah took courage and preached as God instructed him to do. Like David and Jeremiah,

The phrase is used to describe a victory where the weaker or smaller party wins over the larger or more powerful opponent particularly when the victory is unexplainable in any other way than with divine guidance. David killed Goliath with only a sling and stone yet God guided the stone which triumphed over Goliath's armour, brawn and bravado.

It's worth noting that David wasn't king when he killed Goliath. This is detailed in full in 1 Samuel chapter 17, but basically, the Israelites were constantly at war with the Philistines, and at one point, they camped their armies across from each other. The 9-foot champion of the Philistines was Goliath, and he challenged Israel to send out one man to fight him. All of the soldiers were too cowardly to accept this challenge. David was still living at home in Bethlehem at the time, but his three oldest brothers were fighting in the war. So David was sent back and forth between tending to the flocks of sheep at home and going to Saul's army. One day while he was bringing his brothers supplies from home, he arrived as Goliath was shouting his daily challenge that no one had yet accepted. He was outraged that none of the soldiers would fight Goliath, so he volunteered. And the rest, as they say, is history. He went out with five smooth stones and a sling because he was not comfortable in Saul's armor.

Your answer, to show it to Saul, would be incorrect. At that time Saul was with the army where the battle took place, at the Valley of Elah. He would have seen David slaying Goliath. [1 Samuel 17]

Jerusalem at the time was still a Jebusite city, not a city of Israel. Jerusalem was not taken until after Saul had died and after David had been made King of Israel [in 2 Samuel 2]. [Jerusalem was not captured until 2 Samuel 5.]

David did not kill Goliath in a city, but rather in a field known as the Valley of Elah.

David is nude, unlike the other sculptures of that era.

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King David belonged to the Tribe of Judah in Israel and lived out his youth in Bethlehem with his father. Goliath was a Philistine who grew up in the city of Gath. Their only encounter resulted in Goliath's death.

The Book of Samuel, Chapter 17 of the Old Testament gives the account of Goliath and David (who slew Goliath). Whether David actually killed Goliath when he hit him in the forehead with the stone is not entirely clear although verse 50 says "So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David." That implies that the stone killed him but it's not certain. At any rate after Goliath collapsed, David took Goliath's sword out of it's sheath and cut off Goliath's head. At that point he was definitely dead. In theory someone wielding a sling can get a stone up to sufficient velocity to cause fatal damage when it strikes someone in the head. A sling can be used to fire a projectile at speeds approaching 140 mph. At such high speeds, if the blow didn't kill Goliath, it certainly would have knocked him cold. There is no mention of him putting up any resistance to the much smaller shepherd boy coming up to his prostrate form, taking the sword out of its scabbard, and STANDING ON HIM to cut off his head, so he had to either be dead or at least totally dead to the world (unconscious).

What were the stones like? It is unlikely they were mere pebbles the size of grapes or olives. Slingstones have been found that are from 2 to 3 inches [5 to 8 cm] in diameter, the size of a small orange. A slinger could fling such a stone at speeds of from 100 to 150 miles per hour [160 to 240 km/hr].

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