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Goliath

Also known as Calut, Goliath the Gittite, Goliah

thumb|David and Goliath (1888) by Osmar Schindler Goliath ( ) is a Philistine warrior of giant stature who plays a pivotal role in the origin myth of King David in the Book of Samuel. According to 1 Samuel, Goliath challenges the Israelites to best him in single combat. David, then a young shepherd, takes up the challenge and kills Goliath with a stone slung from a sling. The narrative signifies King Saul's unfitness to rule for not taking up the giant's challenge himself.

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Goliath is a giant Philistine warrior from the biblical Book of Samuel who challenged the Israelites to single combat, only to be defeated and killed by the young shepherd David using a sling and stone. The story is significant because it establishes David's rise to power and demonstrates King Saul's unfitness to rule by showing his failure to accept Goliath's challenge himself.

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Image: David gegen goliath2.jpg
Height: 2.80

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Commons category: Goliath
date of birth: 1100-00-00
date of death: 1023-00-00
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Biblical accounts
Composition of the Book of Samuel
Structure of the David and Goliath narrative
Textual considerations
Goliath's height
Goliath and Saul
Elhanan and Goliath
Goliath and the Greeks
Goliath's name
Later traditions
Judaism
Islam
Modern usages of David and Goliath
In popular culture
Italian Goliath film series (1960–1964)
See also
References
Notes
Citations
Bibliography
External links

The phrase "David and Goliath" has taken on a more popular meaning denoting an underdog situation, a contest wherein a smaller, weaker opponent faces a much bigger, stronger adversary. Some modern scholars now believe that the original slayer of Goliath in the text may have been Elhanan, son of Jair, who features in 2 Samuel 21:19, in which Elhanan kills Goliath the Gittite, and that the authors of the Deuteronomistic history changed the original text to credit the victory to the more famous figure of David.