When all manner of evil was being spoken against Israel and their God, spiritual indignation of one soul was used by God! Today, the church of Jesus Christ is being assailed and God is also blasphemed! A young and untrained boy with a love for God stepped out and defended God, and His people! God is on the throne and can take care of himself! But David unashamedly spoke of the Lord, as many in history before us! Reminding the world that Jesus is Lord and let us also confidently speak of their end and defeat! Though this may only incite their anger, rather their anger than our fear that the Lord will address! TR I thought this was interesting … Why did David have 5 smooth stones? He was confident he was going to kill not only Goliath but his other 4 brothers as well. :whistle: David chose five smooth stones because Goliath had four brothers, and David was readying himself to dispatch all five giants. This theory is based on 2 Samuel 21:15–22. That passage lists four very large Philistines who were related to Goliath in some way: Ishbi-benob, Saph, Goliath, and an unnamed giant with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot. “These four were born to the giant in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants” (2 Samuel 21:22). 2 Samuel 21: 15-22 Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines: and David waxed faint. And Ishbibenob, which was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being girded with a new sword, thought to have slain David. But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the light of Israel. And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph, which was of the sons of the giant. And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim, a Bethlehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam. And there was yet a battle in Gath, where was a man of great stature, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant. And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimeah the brother of David slew him. These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants. ————————- Skull Of Biblical Giant Goliath Is Buried On The Hill Golgotha In Jerusalem – New Claim Ancient Pages.com Written by Conny Waters 1 Samuel 17:53-54 (ESV) “And the people of Israel came back from chasing the Philistines, and they plundered their camp. 54 And David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem, but he put his armor in his tent.” The existence of Biblical giant Goliath described in the Book of Samuel has not been proven. According to the Biblical account, the Philistine giant Goliath was defeated by the young David with a slingshot and a smooth stone in single combat. For years researchers have tried to locate the remains Goliath, excavating all across Jerusalem, but no trace of the Biblical giant has been reported. There are now claims that Goilath’s giant skull is buried on the hill of Golgotha, outside Jerusalem, Israel. US-based Christian minister Bonnie Nelson, pointed out that both the name of the hill, which could be translated as the Place of the Skull, and the Genesis prophecies support this theory. “I would say logically, in looking at this stuff, David took the head of Goliath, and buried in Jerusalem on the hill of Golgotha. And that is why it became known as, the hill of the skull. Could it really be that simple?” Nelson said, noting that from her point of view, the Philistine giant represents the “seed of the serpent” predicted by the Bible’s first book, so “if Goliath’s head was buried there it fulfilled Genesis”. Jewish-Christian thinker Ken Ammi agrees with Nelson saying that the name of the site where Jesus was crucified suggests its link to Goliath from the ancient city of Gath. According to him, Golgotha might be “a compound word which combines Goliath and Gath”. It may be that Golgotha was referred to as such due to the skull-like rocks or due to Goliath’s skull being buried there or a combination of the two: perhaps his skull was buried where the rocks look like a skull”, he said, voicing hope that “one day archaeologists will dig up Goliath’s skull” if it has not been moved. Rick Shenk from Bethlehem College & Seminary also thinks the name is by no means a coincidence. “Hundreds of years later, Jesus was crucified at the ‘place of the skull’ outside of Jerusalem. But why was that place called Golgotha in Jesus' day? The text does not tell us, but it is intriguing that this place name sounds very much like, Goliath”, he said. According to him, even if the etymology of Golgotha’s name is different, it was located in the area of the very same city where David took the head of the defeated giant. - Fair Use - Five smooth stones: Faith, hope, love, trust and sovereignty! TR
