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1Sa_17:4 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.
Ver. 4. And there went out a champion.] {a} Intermedius, sequester, duellio. The Vulgate calleth him a bastard: and it is held by some that those old giants were the devil’s brats, {b} and that there was none of them good, no not one, but all áíôéèåïé , and èåïìá÷ïé , fighters against God. This man was of the race of the Rephaims. See Jos_11:22.
Whose height was six cubits and a span.] Hence his presumption, which is the presage and cause of ruin -
“ Magna repente ruunt, summa cadunt subito. ”
{a} Dõíáôïò . - Sept.
{b} Josephus thinks they were begotten of Incubi devils.