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David and Goliath. The narrative of how the shephered boy David Ben Ishai (David, son of Jesse) defeated and slew the enormous Philistine warrior Goliath is one of the best-known Bible stories. Goliath was about 7 or 9 feet tall (according to variant manuscripts) and was armed with sword and spear and protected with heavy body armor. David had only a sling and five smooth river pebbles, the size and shape of goose eggs. After the usual exchange of taunts and boasts, David fired his weapon. The projectile (moving at about 200 miles per hour) sank into Goliath's skull as if it were water, killing him instantly. The Philistine army fled in panic, and Israel had the victory. There are doubts as to how historical the narrative is, but there can be no doubt that it has become a powerful myth - that is, a symbolic, influential story. At the beginning of the Six-day War of 1967, the Arabs, convinced of their imminent victory, used the taunt "O David, where is thy sling?" After the brief but decisive conflict, the Israeli retort was "O Goliath, where is thy army?" Before the actual fight, King Saul of Israel offered his own armor and weapons to David, but the young shepherd wisely declining, preferring the weapon he was used to: his sling. Niccolo Machiaveli, in "The Prince" points out that the lesson of the story is: Use your own weapons, rely on your own strengths. Do not hire mercenaries.
Goliath, who is described as a "champion" in the Biblical text, positioned himself between the two armies and challenged the Israelites to send out a warrior to challenge him.
David, who was born approximately 1030 B.C., was the youngest of the eight sons of the Bethlehemite Jesse.
Goliath and the Rebel Slave (aka The Tyrant of Lydia Vs. The Son of Hercules, 1963) starring Gordon Scott as Goliath (Note* - this film was sold directly to American TV in a syndication package known as "Sons of Hercules", in this case referring to Goliath as a Son of Hercules, simply for marketing reasons).
David, the youngest of the sons of Jesse, brought food each day to his brothers who were with Saul, and heard the Philistine champion, the giant Goliath, challenge the Israelites to send out their own champion to decide the outcome in single combat.
In Judaism, David's reign represents the formation of a coherent Jewish kingdom with its political and religious capital in Jerusalem and the institution of a royal lineage that culminates in the Messianic Age.
The Hebrew Bible places David's reign from around 1005 until around 965 BC and the end of the reign of the last king of the Davidic dynasty at 586 BCE; building on this basis, the first sentence of the New Testament asserts that Jesus is "the son of David" (Matthew 1:1).
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