David, (who later became King of Israel) was a shepherd boy working for his father and killed a lion and a bear that was trying to get to the sheep (I Samuel 17:34-36).
David killed Goliath by hitting him with a stone thrown from a slingshot.
A:1 Samuel 17:4 calls Goliath a champion of the Philistines, suggesting that he was a great warrior who had indeed fought before. On the other hand, serious historians do not regard the story of David and Goliath as based on fact. Even Chronicles, in recounting the story of David, entirely omits the story of David and Goliath, suggesting that the Chronicler did not really believe the story. Historically, the giant Goliath had never fought before and did not fight David.
technically Saul [1st Samuel 17, but actually Saul was rejected by Yahweh as king over yisrael back in chapter 15:26; so textually; HOWEVER - because david was anointed by the prophet Samuel as king in 16:13; the death of goliath happened in chap 17....so saul rejected-15:23 david anointed-16:13 goliath killed-17:15 you could then say that david was king when he killed goliath :)
1 Samuel 17:7 says that Goliath carried a spear that was like a weaver's beam, when he was killed by David. This description was the same as the spear that Goliath was carrying when Elhanan killed him, in 2 Samuel 21:19 (The Hebrew Bible in English, JPS 1917 Edition), although the King James Version renders this as the brother of Goliath, with "the brother of " in italics to show that it was not a true translation.
David killed goliath with a stone and a string then goliath was dead and if your a Christian you have to see this if your not please do not tell Christian that they do not pray they do pray more of this go to Mercy Cherop@aol.com
David killed Goliath by hitting him with a stone thrown from a slingshot.
David killed Goliath.
David killed Goliath with a slingshot.A second version of the story says that Elhanan, son of Jair, from Bethlehem, killed Goliath. Explanations include:Elhanan was David's name at one point in his lifeStory tellers changed the story from the lesser known individual to David the King.Elhanan killed Goliath's brother.
I don't know who killed Goliath with five stones, but i do know who killed Goliath with ONE stone and that was David.
David killed Goliath with a stone.
David was 'only a youth' when he killed Goliath [say, 17] and 70 when he died in about 971BC. This would make it about 1024BC when he killed Goliath.
The name of Goliath's son killed by David's son is Ishbi-Benob.
David killed the giant Goliath.
The person who died when hit on the forehead by a stone from a sling was Goliath, as recounted in the biblical story of David and Goliath. Goliath was a Philistine giant who was defeated by the young shepherd David using a sling and a stone.
David killed Goliath in battle in the city of Sochoh in the territory of Judah, which was in the heart of the Kingdom of Israel. See story in 1 Samuel 17.
When David killed Goliath he was a small boy, Jonathan was the son of saul and they were the same age and friends.
A:1 Samuel 17:4 calls Goliath a champion of the Philistines, suggesting that he was a great warrior who had indeed fought before. On the other hand, serious historians do not regard the story of David and Goliath as based on fact. Even Chronicles, in recounting the story of David, entirely omits the story of David and Goliath, suggesting that the Chronicler did not really believe the story. Historically, the giant Goliath had never fought before and did not fight David.