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1 Chronicles 20:4–8, “And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezer with the Philistines; at which time Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Sippai, that was of the children of the giant: and they were subdued. And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff was like a weaver’s beam. And yet again there was war at Gath, where was a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on each hand, and six on each foot: and he also was the son of the giant. But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David’s brother slew him. These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.”
It is not remarkable that legendary feats were carried out during the time of king David, who was a man after the Lord’s own heart. We know that the Lord will never lie or change His mind. (1 Sam 15:29) He promised Israel that, if they remained faithful to the Law then they would see the Lord work in mighty ways in the Land. The Lord promised them that they would see one hundred Israelis put ten thousand of their enemies to flight. (Lev 26:1–13) David was the first of his time to completely trust the Lord. He was a young boy when he went to fight Goliath and he went to the battle armed with the Name of the Living God. (1 Sam 17: 31-47) David was faithful to the Lord and the Lord proved to have absolute integrity. Not only David, but his great soldiers were able to perform remarkable deeds in battle, to the glory of God. When Israel first came out of the land of Egypt, they were afraid of giants and had to wander in the desert for forty years. However, under David’s leadership, the Israeli warriors were able to defeat giants without trouble.
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