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1Sa 17:4 Strong Concordance And there went out [03318] a champion [0376] [01143] out of the camp [04264] of the Philistines [06430], named [08034] Goliath [01555], of Gath [01661], whose height [01363] was six [08337] cubits [0520] and a span [02239].
  King James 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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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
GOLIATH CHALLENGES A COMBAT. (Sa1 17:4-11)

a champion--Hebrew, a "man between two"; that is, a person who, on the part of his own people, undertook to determine the national quarrel by engaging in single combat with a chosen warrior in the hostile army.
 
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4 And there went out [03318] a champion [0376] [01143] out of the camp [04264] of the Philistines [06430], named [08034] Goliath [01555], of Gath [01661], whose height [01363] was six [08337] cubits [0520] and a span [02239].
5 And he had an helmet [03553] of brass [05178] upon his head [07218], and he was armed [03847] with a coat [08302] of mail [07193]; and the weight [04948] of the coat [08302] was five [02568] thousand [0505] shekels [08255] of brass [05178].
6 And he had greaves [04697] of brass [05178] upon his legs [07272], and a target [03591] of brass [05178] between his shoulders [03802].
7 And the staff [06086] [02671] of his spear [02595] was like a weaver's [0707] beam [04500]; and his spear's [02595] head [03852] weighed six [08337] hundred [03967] shekels [08255] of iron [01270]: and one bearing [05375] a shield [06793] went [01980] before [06440] him.
8 And he stood [05975] and cried [07121] unto the armies [04634] of Israel [03478], and said [0559] unto them, Why are ye come out [03318] to set your battle [04421] in array [06186]? am not I a Philistine [06430], and ye servants [05650] to Saul [07586]? choose [01262] you a man [0376] for you, and let him come down [03381] to me.
9 If he be able [03201] to fight [03898] with me, and to kill [05221] me, then will we be your servants [05650]: but if I prevail [03201] against him, and kill [05221] him, then shall ye be our servants [05650], and serve [05647] us.
10 And the Philistine [06430] said [0559], I defy [02778] the armies [04634] of Israel [03478] this day [03117]; give [05414] me a man [0376], that we may fight [03898] together [03162].
11 When Saul [07586] and all Israel [03478] heard [08085] those words [01697] of the Philistine [06430], they were dismayed [02865], and greatly [03966] afraid [03372].
11 For only Og [05747] king [04428] of Bashan [01316] remained [07604] of the remnant [03499] of giants [07497]; behold, his bedstead [06210] was a bedstead [06210] of iron [01270]; is it not [03808] in Rabbath [07237] of the children [01121] of Ammon [05983]? nine [08672] cubits [0520] was the length [0753] thereof, and four [0702] cubits [0520] the breadth [07341] of it, after the cubit [0520] of a man [0376].
11 For only Og [05747] king [04428] of Bashan [01316] remained [07604] of the remnant [03499] of giants [07497]; behold, his bedstead [06210] was a bedstead [06210] of iron [01270]; is it not [03808] in Rabbath [07237] of the children [01121] of Ammon [05983]? nine [08672] cubits [0520] was the length [0753] thereof, and four [0702] cubits [0520] the breadth [07341] of it, after the cubit [0520] of a man [0376].
12 And this land [0776], which we possessed [03423] at that time [06256], from Aroer [06177], which is by the river [05158] Arnon [0769], and half [02677] mount [02022] Gilead [01568], and the cities [05892] thereof, gave [05414] I unto the Reubenites [07206] and to the Gadites [01425].
13 And the rest [03499] of Gilead [01568], and all Bashan [01316], being the kingdom [04467] of Og [05747], gave [05414] I unto the half [02677] tribe [07626] of Manasseh [04519]; all the region [02256] of Argob [0709], with all Bashan [01316], which [01931] was called [07121] the land [0776] of giants [07497].
20 (That also was accounted [02803] a land [0776] of giants [07497]: giants [07497] dwelt [03427] therein in old time [06440]; and the Ammonites [05984] call [07121] them Zamzummims [02157];
21 A people [05971] great [01419], and many [07227], and tall [07311], as the Anakims [06062]; but the LORD [03068] destroyed [08045] them before [06440] them; and they succeeded [03423] them, and dwelt [03427] in their stead:
10 The Emims [0368] dwelt [03427] therein in times past [06440], a people [05971] great [01419], and many [07227], and tall [07311], as the Anakims [06062];
11 Which [01992] also were accounted [02803] giants [07497], as the Anakims [06062]; but the Moabites [04125] call [07121] them Emims [0368].
4 And it came to pass after this [0310], that there arose [05975] war [04421] at Gezer [01507] with the Philistines [06430]; at which time [0227] Sibbechai [05444] the Hushathite [02843] slew [05221] Sippai [05598], that was of the children [03211] of the giant [07497]: and they were subdued [03665].
5 And there was war [04421] again with the Philistines [06430]; and Elhanan [0445] the son [01121] of Jair [03265] slew [05221] Lahmi [03902] the brother [0251] of Goliath [01555] the Gittite [01663], whose spear [02595] staff [06086] was like a weaver's [0707] beam [04500].
6 And yet again there was war [04421] at Gath [01661], where was a man [0376] of great stature [04060], whose fingers [0676] and toes [0676] were four [0702] and twenty [06242], six [08337] on each hand, and six [08337] on each foot: and he also was the son [03205] of the giant [07497].
7 But when he defied [02778] Israel [03478], Jonathan [03083] the son [01121] of Shimea [08092] David's [01732] brother [0251] slew [05221] him.
8 These [0411] were born [03205] unto the giant [07497] in Gath [01661]; and they fell [05307] by the hand [03027] of David [01732], and by the hand [03027] of his servants [05650].
15 Moreover the Philistines [06430] had yet war [04421] again with Israel [03478]; and David [01732] went down [03381], and his servants [05650] with him, and fought [03898] against the Philistines [06430]: and David [01732] waxed faint [05774].
16 And Ishbibenob [03430], which was of the sons [03211] of the giant [07497], the weight [04948] of whose spear [07013] weighed three [07969] hundred [03967] shekels of brass [05178] in weight [04948], he being girded [02296] with a new [02319] sword, thought [0559] to have slain [05221] David [01732].
17 But Abishai [052] the son [01121] of Zeruiah [06870] succoured [05826] him, and smote [05221] the Philistine [06430], and killed [04191] him. Then the men [0582] of David [01732] sware [07650] unto him, saying [0559], Thou shalt go [03318] no more out with us to battle [04421], that thou quench [03518] not the light [05216] of Israel [03478].
18 And it came to pass after this [0310], that there was again a battle [04421] with the Philistines [06430] at Gob [01359]: then Sibbechai [05444] the Hushathite [02843] slew [05221] Saph [05593], which was of the sons [03211] of the giant [07497].
19 And there was again a battle [04421] in Gob [01359] with the Philistines [06430], where Elhanan [0445] the son [01121] of Jaareoregim [03296], a Bethlehemite [01022], slew [05221] the brother of Goliath [01555] the Gittite [01663], the staff [06086] of whose spear [02595] was like a weaver's [0707] beam [04500].
20 And there was yet a battle [04421] in Gath [01661], where was a man [0376] of great stature [04067] [04055], that had on every hand [03027] six [08337] fingers [0676], and on every foot [07272] six [08337] toes [0676], four [0702] and twenty [06242] in number [04557]; and he also was born [03205] to the giant [07497].
21 And when he defied [02778] Israel [03478], Jonathan [03083] the son [01121] of Shimea [08092] the brother [0251] of David [01732] slew [05221] him.
22 These four [0702] were born [03205] to the giant [07497] in Gath [01661], and fell [05307] by the hand [03027] of David [01732], and by the hand [03027] of his servants [05650].
22 There was none of the Anakims [06062] left [03498] in the land [0776] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478]: only in Gaza [05804], in Gath [01661], and in Ashdod [0795], there remained [07604].