Old Testament1 Samuel 17·David Kills Goliath with a Stone
1 Samuel 17:49–51

David Kills Goliath with a Stone

The Philistine champion Goliath stands over nine feet tall, armored in bronze, with a spear like a weaver's beam. For forty days he taunts Israel's army. A young shepherd boy named David steps forward with five smooth stones and a sling. The stone sinks into Goliath's forehead and he falls face-first. David cuts off his head with Goliath's own sword.

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David Kills Goliath with a Stone

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Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle; and they were gathered together at Socoh, which belongs to Judah, and encamped between Socoh and Azekah, in Ephesdammim.

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