What’s standing at the bottom of the valley shouting at us: 1. Goliath, from Gath. 2. Nearly three metres tall. 3. Bronze helmet, bronze on his legs, and a coat of bronze scales weighing about 57 kilos. 4. A bronze javelin slung on his back. 5. A spear with a shaft like a weaver’s beam and an iron point that weighs about 7 kilos on its own. 6. A man walking in front of him carrying his shield.
Why line up for a battle? I’m a Philistine. You’re Saul’s servants. Pick one man and send him down to me. If he can fight me and kill me, we’ll be your servants. If I kill him, you serve us. Simple.
A man in Israel’s front line
@elah.frontline · 17 posts
Front row. Worst seat in the valley.
Called up to fight for King Saul against the Philistines in the Valley of Elah. I stand in the front of the line, which means I get the best view of him. The Bible doesn’t name me.
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Replying to @saulsarmy
Not me.
Marching out to our positions again, everyone shouting the battle cry. They’re lined up opposite. Here we go.
What everyone in camp is saying: the king will make the man who kills him rich. Give him his daughter to marry. And his father’s family never pays tax again.
Replying to @elah.frontline
I’m just telling you what I heard.
Replying to @david
Same as I said. Rich, the king’s daughter, and no tax for your dad’s family.
Replying to @david
Wait. A bear? By the fur?
Replying to @david
So what’s he going down with?
The boy’s shouting back. Says Goliath comes with a sword and a spear and a javelin, but he comes in the name of the LORD of armies, the God Goliath’s been insulting. Says today the whole world will know there’s a God in Israel. And that the LORD doesn’t save with swords and spears.
Replying to @philistine.ranks
Did everyone see that?
He’s run over and he’s standing over him. Pulled Goliath’s own sword out of its sheath and killed him with it. It’s over.
Now we’re the ones shouting. The whole army of Israel and Judah is charging down the hill after them.
Replying to @elah.frontline
Chased them right up to Gath and to the gates of Ekron.