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MOST DANGEROUS GIANTS in the Bible · truthunedited

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  Speaker 1: The two most dangerous giants in the Bible are first
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  Speaker 1: and foremost, Og, King of Bashan. Og was a powerful
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  Speaker 1: and infamous Amorite king of Bashan who reigned in Ashtaroth
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  Speaker 1: during the time of Moses and fought against the Israelites
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  Speaker 1: on their way back to the Promised Land. God granted
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  Speaker 1: the Israelites victory over King OG's forces, and Moses and
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  Speaker 1: the Israelites captured Bashan, a fertile land to the east
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  Speaker 1: of the Jordan River. Due to OG's terrifying strength and
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  Speaker 1: the relative inexperience of the Israelite forces, the victory was significant.
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  Speaker 1: Before the Israelites encounter with Og, king of Bashan, there
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  Speaker 1: was a battle with another Amorite king, Seun. Moses had
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  Speaker 1: asked Sion to allow the Israelites to pass through his land,
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  Speaker 1: promising not to take any of the Amorite's resources along
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  Speaker 1: the way, but Sihon instead gathered his forces and attacked
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  Speaker 1: the Israelites. God helped Moses and the israel Alites defeat
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  Speaker 1: the Amorites and take their land. In Numbers twenty one,
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  Speaker 1: verses thirty three to thirty five, we read, then they
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  Speaker 1: turned and went up by the way of Bashan, and Og,
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  Speaker 1: the King of Bashan, came out against them. He and
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  Speaker 1: all his people to the battle at Edre. But the
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  Speaker 1: Lord said to Moses, fear him not, for I have
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  Speaker 1: delivered him into thy hand and all his people and
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  Speaker 1: his land, And thou shalt do to him as thou
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  Speaker 1: didst unto Sihon, king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon.
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  Speaker 1: So they smote him and his sons and all his people,
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  Speaker 1: until there was none left him alive, and they possessed
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  Speaker 1: his land. Og the king of Bashan, came out against them.
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  Speaker 1: This was another battle that Israel did not initiate. But
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  Speaker 1: Israel was more than up to the challenge, and through
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  Speaker 1: their God won a glorious victory. Fear him not, for
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  Speaker 1: I have delivered him into thy hand. This was necessary
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  Speaker 1: encouragement because Og of Bashan was known for his size
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  Speaker 1: and strength. Og was another Amorite king who was not
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  Speaker 1: a threat to Israel because the Lord had already given
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  Speaker 1: him and his domain to Israel. The outcome of OG's
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  Speaker 1: fight was predetermined before he had put on his armour.
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  Speaker 1: The battle between OG's forces and moses forces is described
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  Speaker 1: in Deuteronomy. According to the text Og ruled over sixty
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  Speaker 1: fortified cities, all of which were conquered by the Israelites.
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  Speaker 1: This gave Israel more territory to occupy on the west
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  Speaker 1: side of the Jordan River, and showed them that they
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  Speaker 1: could overcome the mighty enemies they would face on the
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  Speaker 1: west side of the Jordan through the power of God.
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  Speaker 1: In Deuteronomy three verses three to five, as soon as
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  Speaker 1: the Lord our God also delivered into our hands Og
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  Speaker 1: king of Bashan, and all his army, we smote them,
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  Speaker 1: leaving none alive. At that time we took all his cities.
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  Speaker 1: There was not one of the sixty cities that we
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  Speaker 1: did not take from them, the whole region of Argob Bashan.
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  Speaker 1: All these cities were fortified with high walls, with gates
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  Speaker 1: and bars, besides a great number of unwalled villages. We
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  Speaker 1: utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon, king of Heshbon,
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  Speaker 1: destroying every city, men, women and children, but all the
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  Speaker 1: cattle and the spoil of their cities we took for ourselves.
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  Speaker 1: Like Sihon, Og led all his army into battle against Israel.
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  Speaker 1: And in the case of Sihon, God had already decided
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  Speaker 1: to deliver the king, along with all his army and
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  Speaker 1: land to Israel. Israel destroyed the entire population and took
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  Speaker 1: control of all sixty cities in OG's kingdom, which had
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  Speaker 1: the same high walls as those of Sion. When God
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  Speaker 1: decided to deliver an enemy to his people, even strongly
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  Speaker 1: fortified cities were no match for the power of God.
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  Speaker 1: In the future, when they came to Jericho, the most
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  Speaker 1: impactful illustration of this reality would take place. There was
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  Speaker 1: also a huge man with an iron bed that measured
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  Speaker 1: nine cubits in length and four cubits in width, which
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  Speaker 1: is equivalent to thirteen and a half feet in length
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  Speaker 1: and six feet in width. The inclusion of this detail
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  Speaker 1: highlights OG's size. A man who needed a bed of
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  Speaker 1: this size was probably very tall, ten or eleven feet.
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  Speaker 1: Israel triumphed against Sihon and Og and took control of
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  Speaker 1: their extensive lands on the eastern bank of the Jordan River.
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  Speaker 1: After being defeated, it was clear that Og was not
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  Speaker 1: a weak ruler. Israel had no reason to be anxious
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  Speaker 1: about the size of their opponents. All that was required
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  Speaker 1: of them was to remember how powerful their God was.
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  Speaker 1: In Deuteronomy three, verse eleven, for only Og, king of Bashan,
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  Speaker 1: remained of the remnant of the giants known as the Refhaean. Behold,
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  Speaker 1: his bedstead was a bed of iron. It is in
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  Speaker 1: Rabbah of the children of Amun. Nine cubits was the
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  Speaker 1: length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after
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  Speaker 1: the cubit of a man. His colossal bed had become
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  Speaker 1: famous and was undoubtedly kept as a memento. The news
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  Speaker 1: of the victories spread quickly, instilling fear in the hearts
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  Speaker 1: of those in Canaan. Raehab, a prostitute from Jericho, believed
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  Speaker 1: that the Lord had power even over that strongly fortified
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  Speaker 1: city because she and others had heard of the victory
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  Speaker 1: over Seon and Og. In Joshua two verse ten, we read,
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  Speaker 1: for we have heard how the Lord dried up the
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  Speaker 1: water of the Red Sea for you when you came
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  Speaker 1: out of Egypt, and what you did to the two
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  Speaker 1: kings of the Amorites that were on the other side, Jordan,
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  Speaker 1: Sion and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed. Moses used the
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  Speaker 1: victory to encourage the Israelites as he left them in
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  Speaker 1: Joshua's care, and on the verge of entering Canaan Deuteronomy
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  Speaker 1: thirty one, verse four, and in Psalm one hundred and
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  Speaker 1: thirty five, verses seven to eleven, Who makes vapors ascend
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  Speaker 1: from the ends of the earth, who makes lighting for
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  Speaker 1: the rain, who brings the wind out of his treasuries,
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  Speaker 1: who struck the first born of Egypt, both of man
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  Speaker 1: and beast, who sent signs and wonders into the midst
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  Speaker 1: of thee o Egypt upon Pharaoh and all his servants,
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  Speaker 1: who smote great nations and slew mighty kings, Sihon, King
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  Speaker 1: of the Amorites, and Og King of Bashan, and all
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  Speaker 1: the kingdoms of Canaan, And in Psalm one hundred and
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  Speaker 1: thirty six, verses eighteen to twenty, and slew famous kings
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  Speaker 1: for his mercy endures forever, Sihon, King of the Amorites,
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  Speaker 1: for his mercy endures forever, and Og King of Bashan,
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  Speaker 1: for his mercy endures forever. According to Deuteronomy three, verse eleven,
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  Speaker 1: Og was a descendant of the Rephem, indicating a man
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  Speaker 1: of great stature or a giant. In Joshua twelve, verse four,
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  Speaker 1: and the coast of Og, King of Bashan, which was
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  Speaker 1: of the remnant of the giants that dwelt at Ashtaroth
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  Speaker 1: and at idre Og is referred to as the last
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  Speaker 1: of the rephaem in due Puteronomy three, verse eleven, and
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  Speaker 1: later in the books of Numbers and Joshua. Refame is
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  Speaker 1: a Hebrew word for giants. The Refhame or Rephaemes were
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  Speaker 1: a people who lived in Canaan and other places during
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  Speaker 1: the time of Moses and Joshua. The term Rephame is descriptive,
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  Speaker 1: not ethnic, meaning the terrifying ones. The Refame were giants
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  Speaker 1: accustomed to battle. When the Israelites first attempted to enter
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  Speaker 1: the Promised Land, the spies reported that it was inhabited
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  Speaker 1: by giants known as the Nephelim and the sons of
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  Speaker 1: a Knak. The repeated references to the Refhaime in these
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  Speaker 1: early chapters demonstrate that Israel, trusting in God, was more
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  Speaker 1: than capable of defeating this fearsome race of warriors. It
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  Speaker 1: also shows that their fear of these men was unfounded.
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  Speaker 1: In Numbers thirteen, when they refused to enter the Promised Land,
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  Speaker 1: their excuses appear weaker in light of the victories of
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  Speaker 1: the following generation. Nothing is too difficult for God, nothing
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  Speaker 1: is impossible for him in Matthew nineteen, verse twenty six.
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  Speaker 1: But Jesus looked at them and said, with man, this
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  Speaker 1: is impossible, but with God, all things are possible. Second Goliath.
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  Speaker 1: Goliath was a Philistine giant. The Philistines are enemies of
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  Speaker 1: the Israelites and were gathered for war. It wasn't long
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  Speaker 1: ago that the Philistines had been completely defeated, but now
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  Speaker 1: they are making a comeback. They came down into Israeli
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  Speaker 1: territory and appeared to have taken possession of part of
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  Speaker 1: it as they camped in an area controlled by Judah
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  Speaker 1: in First Samuel seventeen verses one to three. Now the
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  Speaker 1: Philistines gathered their armies to battle, and were gathered together
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  Speaker 1: at Shocho, which belongeth to Judah, and pitched between Shocho
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  Speaker 1: and Azeka. In ephiz Damim and Saul and the men
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  Speaker 1: of Israel were gathered together and pitched by the valley
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  Speaker 1: of Ella, and set the battle in array against the Philistines.
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  Speaker 1: And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side,
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  Speaker 1: and Israel's stood on a mountain on the other side,
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  Speaker 1: and there was a valley between them. The valley of
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  Speaker 1: Illa was more like a large canyon than a small valley.
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  Speaker 1: In First Samuel seventeen, verse four, and there went out
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  Speaker 1: a champion out of the camp of the Philistines named
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  Speaker 1: Goliath of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.
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  Speaker 1: We don't immediately understand what this means at first glance,
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  Speaker 1: because we don't measure things by cubits or spans and
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  Speaker 1: count them by feet and inches. So let's put it
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  Speaker 1: in terms we can understand. Goliath was a huge man,
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  Speaker 1: probably about nine feet nine inches tall, and if you
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  Speaker 1: add to his height the length of his arms when
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  Speaker 1: he raised them over his head, you can imagine what
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  Speaker 1: an imposing creature he must have been. But it wasn't
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  Speaker 1: just his size. In First Samuel seventeen, verses five to six,
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  Speaker 1: he had a helmet of brass upon his head, and
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  Speaker 1: he was armed with a coat of mail, and the
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  Speaker 1: weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.
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  Speaker 1: And he had grieve of brass upon his legs, and
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  Speaker 1: a javelin of brass between his shoulders. The staff of
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  Speaker 1: his spear was like a weaver's beam, and his spear's
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  Speaker 1: head weighed six hundred shekels of iron, and one bearing
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  Speaker 1: a shield went before him. He was dressed in what
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  Speaker 1: we would call chain mail. The Philistines prepared for battle
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  Speaker 1: by wearing a massive piece that resembled canvas and was
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  Speaker 1: covered with overlapping bronze rings. This chain mail protected the
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  Speaker 1: wearer from the shoulders to the knees against the weapons
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  Speaker 1: used by the opponent. This particular style and size of
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  Speaker 1: armor weighed five thousand shekels of brass, which is equivalent
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  Speaker 1: to between one hundred and seventy five and two hundred
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  Speaker 1: pounds in modern standards. Goliath was armed with a bronze helmet,
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  Speaker 1: bronze greeves to protect his shins, and a bronze javelin
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  Speaker 1: slung between his shoulders. All these elements were made of bronze. Only.
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  Speaker 1: The head of his spear was made of iron and
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  Speaker 1: weighed six hundred shekels, which are approximately twenty to two
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  Speaker 1: twenty five pounds. According to the written account, he was
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  Speaker 1: accompanied by a shield bearer who walked in front of him.
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  Speaker 1: The Hebrew word used here refers to the larger shield
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  Speaker 1: used in battle, which is large enough to protect an adult.
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  Speaker 1: It's very clear that its purpose was to protect his
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  Speaker 1: body from the arrows shot by the enemy. Thus, in
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  Speaker 1: addition to his armor, Goliath had this man running ahead
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  Speaker 1: of him wielding a man sized shield for additional defense.
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  Speaker 1: Take a moment and allow your mind to visualize the
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  Speaker 1: impressive scene you've just read. Imagine the terror you'd feel
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  Speaker 1: if you had to face a colossus of this size
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  Speaker 1: who was also protected by so much armor. Undoubtedly the
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  Speaker 1: odds are against anyone crazy enough to face him in battle.
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  Speaker 1: Notice what this giant warrior did in First Samuel seventeen,
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  Speaker 1: verses eight to nine. Goliath stood and cried unto the
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  Speaker 1: armies of Israel, and said, unto them, why are ye
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  Speaker 1: come out to set your battle in array? Am not
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  Speaker 1: I of Philistine? And ye servants to Saul. Choose you
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  Speaker 1: a man for you, and let him come down to me.
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  Speaker 1: If he be able to fight with me and to
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  Speaker 1: kill me, then will we be your servants. But if
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  Speaker 1: I prevail against him and kill him, then shall ye
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  Speaker 1: be our servants and serve us again. The Philistine challenged
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  Speaker 1: the battle lines of Israel that day, give me a
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  Speaker 1: man that we may fight together. When Saul and all
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  Speaker 1: Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed
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  Speaker 1: and greatly afraid. Now David was the son of an
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  Speaker 1: Ephrathite of Bethlehem Judah named Jesse, who had eight sons.
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  Speaker 1: Jesse was old in the days of Saul, advanced among men.
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  Speaker 1: His three eldest sons had followed Saul to battle. The
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  Speaker 1: names of his three sons who went to the battle
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  Speaker 1: were Eliab, the first born next to Abinadab, and the
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  Speaker 1: third Shama. David was the youngest. Now the three eldest
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  Speaker 1: followed Saul, but David went and returned from Saul to
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  Speaker 1: shepherd his father flock. At Bethlehem. The Philistine Goliath came
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  Speaker 1: out morning and evening and took his stand for forty days.
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  Speaker 1: Goliath suggested a popular strategy in Eastern civilization, namely representative
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  Speaker 1: combat or one on one conflict. He would represent the
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  Speaker 1: Philistine army, while the chosen one from Israel would represent
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  Speaker 1: the Israeli army. Whoever won his army was victorious, and
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  Speaker 1: whoever lost his entire army lost. During the course of
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  Speaker 1: a good month and a half, he paraded there every
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  Speaker 1: morning and evening, boasting of his size and his power,
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  Speaker 1: and challenging anyone to fight against him. A young man
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  Speaker 1: named David was tending his father's flock of sheep at
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  Speaker 1: the time, and did so in the small town of Bethlehem,
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  Speaker 1: located in the mountains of Judah. He was far from
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  Speaker 1: old enough to join the army. In fact, David probably
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  Speaker 1: wasn't aware of the existing situation between the Israelites and
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  Speaker 1: the Philistines at that time. It's post that he hadn't
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  Speaker 1: even heard of Goliath. His only knowledge was that his
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  Speaker 1: three older brothers were serving in Saul's army. So Jesse
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  Speaker 1: called David to run an errand in First Samuel seventeen
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  Speaker 1: verses seventeen to eighteen, and Jesse said, unto David, his son,
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  Speaker 1: take now for thy brethren an epher of this parched
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  Speaker 1: corn and these ten loaves, and run to the camp
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  Speaker 1: to thy brethren, and carry these ten cheeses unto the
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  Speaker 1: captain of their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare,
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  Speaker 1: and take their pledge. David had no intention of fighting.
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  Speaker 1: His father had simply sent him to deliver some snacks
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  Speaker 1: to his brothers and show his care for them. The
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  Speaker 1: son rose like any other morning that day. For both
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  Speaker 1: David and Goliath, there was no warning, but in reality
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  Speaker 1: Goliath's morning challenge would be his last, and David's heroic
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  Speaker 1: life would begin. David rose early the next day and
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  Speaker 1: did exactly what his father had advised. Left his flock
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  Speaker 1: of shit with another shepherd, and as he approached the
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  Speaker 1: vicinity of the Israeli camp, he notices the troops preparing
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  Speaker 1: for battle and hears the war cry. He simply wished
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  Speaker 1: to observe what was happening. Then David hurried to the
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  Speaker 1: front line and went in to greet his brothers, leaving
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  Speaker 1: the supplies in the care of the equipment keeper. While
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  Speaker 1: there with his three brothers, David hears a loud shout
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  Speaker 1: from across the valley, and then everyone in his immediate
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  Speaker 1: vicinity starts running back and hiding inside their tents, and
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  Speaker 1: all the men of Israel, when they saw the man,
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  Speaker 1: fled from him and were sore afraid first Samuel seventeen,
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  Speaker 1: verse twenty four. Remember, David had never witnessed or heard
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  Speaker 1: the challenge of the Giant of goth. He sees a
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  Speaker 1: giant man covered in armor, shouting threats and challenges and
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  Speaker 1: cursing the God of Israel while looking across the battlefield.
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  Speaker 1: Now this is the fortieth day, the Israelites are facing Goliath,
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  Speaker 1: but it is the first time for David. In First
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  Speaker 1: Samuel seventeen verses twenty six to twenty seven, and David
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  Speaker 1: spake to the men that stood by him, saying, what
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  Speaker 1: shall be done to the man that killeth this philistine
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  Speaker 1: and taketh away the reproach from Israel? For who is
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  Speaker 1: this uncircumcised philistine? That he should defy the armies of
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  Speaker 1: the Living God? And the people answered him after this manner, saying,
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  Speaker 1: so shall it be done to the man that killeth him.
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  Speaker 1: Saul had concocted a scheme to entice some one to
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  Speaker 1: kill the giant. The problem was he was the only
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  Speaker 1: man in the camp of Israel who was capable of
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  Speaker 1: fighting Goliath, was taller and more robust than all the others,
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  Speaker 1: and was the leader of the people. Saul devised a
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  Speaker 1: strategy that ideally would draw some one else into combat.
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  Speaker 1: Promised the man who killed Goliath a great reward, including
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  Speaker 1: his daughter's hand in marriage and a tax exemption for
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  Speaker 1: his father's house. A bride, great wealth and a tax
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  Speaker 1: free life. Don't sound too bad, right, Yet it was
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  Speaker 1: not enough to draw a volunteer the people in David's
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  Speaker 1: immediate surroundings informed him about the incentive plan, which included
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  Speaker 1: a variety of external motivations. So here is David, dressed
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  Speaker 1: in his simplest shepherd's attire and armed only with his
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  Speaker 1: most basic shepherd's weapons, his sling and his staff, ready
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  Speaker 1: to fight. Then comes the turning point in First Samuel seventeen,
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  Speaker 1: verses forty one to forty six. And the Philistine moved
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  Speaker 1: forward and came near unto David, with his shield bearer
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  Speaker 1: in front of him. When the Philistine looked about and
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  Speaker 1: saw David, he disdained him, for he was but a youth, ruddy,
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  Speaker 1: and of a fair countenance. And the Philistine said, unto David,
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  Speaker 1: am I a dog that thou comest to me with staves?
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  Speaker 1: And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. The Philistine
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  Speaker 1: also said to David, come to me, and I will
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  Speaker 1: give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air and
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  Speaker 1: to the beasts of the field. Then said David to
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  Speaker 1: the Philistine, thou comest to me with a sword, and
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  Speaker 1: with a spear, and with a javelin. But I come
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  Speaker 1: to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts
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  Speaker 1: the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
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  Speaker 1: This day, will the Lord deliver thee into mine hand,
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  Speaker 1: and I will smite thee and take thine head from thee.
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  Speaker 1: And I will give the carcasses of the host of
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  Speaker 1: the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air
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  Speaker 1: and to the wild beasts of the earth, that all
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  Speaker 1: the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.
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  Speaker 1: Imagine the possibilities. David stood undaunted before this massive creature.
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  Speaker 1: All David had was a sling and a stone against
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  Speaker 1: a giant wearing two hundred pounds of armor. A stone
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  Speaker 1: hurled through the air, and that was all it took.
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  Speaker 1: Goliath fell like a sack of stones. In Firse Samuel seventeen,
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  Speaker 1: verses forty seven to fifty one. And that all this
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  Speaker 1: assembly may know that the Lord saveth not with sword
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  Speaker 1: and spear, for the battle is the Lord's, and he
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  Speaker 1: will give you into our hands. And it came to
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  Speaker 1: pass when the Philistine arose and came and drew nigh
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  Speaker 1: to meet David, that David hasted and ran toward the
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  Speaker 1: army to meet the Philistine. And David put his hand
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  Speaker 1: in his bag and took thence a stone and slung
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  Speaker 1: it and smote the Philistine in his forehead. That the
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  Speaker 1: stone sunk into his forehead, and he fell upon his
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  Speaker 1: face to the earth. So David prevailed over the Philistine
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  Speaker 1: with a sling and a stone, and smote the Philistine
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  Speaker 1: and slew him. But there was no sword in the
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  Speaker 1: hand of David. Therefore David ran and stood upon the Philistine,
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  Speaker 1: and took his sword, and drew it out of the
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  Speaker 1: sheath thereof, and slew him and cut off his head. Therewith,
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  Speaker 1: and when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled.
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  Speaker 1: After this, the Philistines did not stay. They scattered when
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  Speaker 1: they realized that their champion was dead. Afterward, David brought
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  Speaker 1: the head of the Philistine Jerusalem. As for Goliath's weapons,
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  Speaker 1: David had to use Goliath's own sword to kill him.
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  Speaker 1: The narrator says that the hero kept his weapon inside
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  Speaker 1: his tent. They simply remained there as trophies. This crucial
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  Speaker 1: conflict between giants teaches us four things. First, facing giants
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  Speaker 1: is an intimidating experience with the perfect perspective and a
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  Speaker 1: safe distance of thousands of years we can look back
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  Speaker 1: at the boldness and victory of Moses and David. However, consider,
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  Speaker 1: even with the eyes of faith, what it would be
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  Speaker 1: like to face the intimidating presence of such a brute. David, however, asserted,
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  Speaker 1: my God is greater than him. Second, you have to
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  Speaker 1: enter the fight. No one else can fight for you.
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  Speaker 1: Your og is your og, your giant is your giant,
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  Speaker 1: and your goliath is your goliath. Oh, do not worry.
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  Speaker 1: Someone would say, but it is a goliath to you.
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  Speaker 1: No one else, not even a counselor or pastor, not
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  Speaker 1: even a father or a friend, can fight for you. Third,
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  Speaker 1: in God provides a sense of security. Moses and the
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  Speaker 1: Israelites defeated Theirs with confidence in God, which served as
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  Speaker 1: a source of stability in their lives. When you have
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  Speaker 1: spent a significant amount of time on your knees, it's
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  Speaker 1: surprising how stable you can become. However, if you try
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  Speaker 1: to defeat the giant in person, you will fail. Fourth,
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  Speaker 1: acquiring victories is an experience that will stay with you.
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  Speaker 1: We are expected to remember the successes we had in
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  Speaker 1: the past. We are expected to share our stories of
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  Speaker 1: lions and bears, as well as our personal victories against Goliath.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe you do not know what is on the other
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  Speaker 1: side of the valley. Maybe you have no idea what
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  Speaker 1: giant it is, but it's there lurking. That uncertainty alone
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  Speaker 1: is huge, But compared to the Lord God himself, say
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  Speaker 1: with faith, the battle is yours. Lord, It's your fight.
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  Speaker 1: I trust in you. I give all my weapons and
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  Speaker 1: abilities to you and present myself before you, trusting in you.
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