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1 Samuel 17:4

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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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  1. 1 Samuel 17:2

    And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines.

  2. 1 Samuel 17:3

    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. 1 Samuel 17:5

    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.

  4. 1 Samuel 17:6

    And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders.

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