And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines.(1 Samuel 17:2)
And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.(1 Samuel 17:3)
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.(1 Samuel 17:4)
And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.
And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders.(1 Samuel 17:6)
And the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him.(1 Samuel 17:7)
And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me.(1 Samuel 17:8)
