Atlas Biblica

    person

    Goliath

    גׇּלְיַת

    Goliath was the Philistine champion from Gath who was defeated by David in a battle.

    verses
    6
    first named
    1 Samuel 17:4
    last named
    1 Chronicles 20:5
    period
    United Monarchy
    role
    Giant

    Description

    Who was Goliath?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Goliath was a Philistine warrior from the city of Gath who fought against the Israelites during the reign of King Saul. He is described as a giant, standing at six cubits and a span (approximately 9 feet 9 inches or 3 meters) tall, and wearing heavy bronze armor (1Sa.17.4-7). Goliath challenged the Israelites to send a champion to face him in single combat, but no one dared to accept the challenge until David, a young shepherd, volunteered. With a sling and a stone, David defeated Goliath, striking him on the forehead and killing him (1Sa.17.48-50). David then cut off Goliath's head with the giant's own sword (1Sa.17.51). This event is significant in David's life, as it marked the beginning of his rise to prominence in Israel. The sword of Goliath was kept as a trophy, and David later retrieved it from the tabernacle at Nob when he was fleeing from Saul (1Sa.21.9, 22:10). In 2Sa.21.19 and 1Ch.20.5, there is mention of another Goliath, also from Gath, who was killed by Elhanan, one of David's warriors. Some scholars believe this may refer to a brother or relative of the Goliath killed by David.

    Relations

    Direct connections

    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    How the graph connects Goliath10 of 14 entities the graph connects to Goliath, in 3 groups: kinship 2, company 4, events 4. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.RaphaChild of · 7 versesLahmiSibling of · 3 versesKinshipPhilistiaAssociated with · 2 events · 250 versesGoliath’s coming outTook part in · 3 versesGoliath and Philistia’s standingTook part in · 2 versesGoliath’s defiance of Israel, Goliath, and Armies Of The Living GodTook part in · 2 versesCompanyIsrael2 events · 2,578 versesDavid2 events · 964 versesMen Of Israel2 events · 11 versesElah Valley1 event · 3 versesEventsGoliath

    The 10 best-attested of 14 are drawn. All 14 are listed below.

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    Where this happens

    The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.

    Where the story of Goliath happensAll 2 places the claims about Goliath reach, on a map of the world the text moves through, framed to them: Philistia, Elah_Valley. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer, sized by how many rows put Goliath there. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.PhilistiaElah_Valley
    United MonarchyAll 2 places the claims about Goliath reach

    Read it

    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 6, across 3 books.

    1. 1 Samuel4 verses

      17:417:2321:922:10

    2. 2 Samuel1 verse

      21:19

    3. 1 Chronicles1 verse

      20:5

    Onward

    Where this page goes

    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via Goliath’s coming out and Goliath’s defiance of Israel, Goliath, and Armies Of The Living GodIsraelPatriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribesvia Goliath’s coming outComing OutComing Out is a concept gathering 57 labelled instances in the text.via Goliath’s shoutingDavidAnointed king of Israel, ancestor of Jesus Christvia Goliath’s shoutingShoutingShouting is a concept gathering 19 labelled instances in the text.via Goliath and Philistia’s standingStandingStanding is a concept gathering 199 labelled instances in the text.via PhilistiaDavid And His Men’s attack of PhilistiaDavid And His Men’s attack of Philistia is an event attested across 2 verses, connecting 3 pageable entities.via PhilistiaDavid’s dedicationDavid’s dedication is an event attested across 2 verses, connecting 6 pageable entities.via PhilistiaDavid’s escapeDavid’s escape is an event attested across 3 verses, connecting 4 pageable entities.via PhilistiaDavid’s going and fighting of PhilistiaDavid’s going and fighting of Philistia is an event attested across 2 verses, connecting 3 pageable entities.

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    Atlas's reading of each chapter this person appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.

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