Matthew Poole Commentary - 1 Samuel 17:4 - 17:4

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Matthew Poole Commentary - 1 Samuel 17:4 - 17:4


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A champion, Heb. a man between two, either because he used to come forth, and stand between the two armies; or because he moved that the business should be decided between two, whereof he would be one.



Whose height was six cubits and a span; which is not strange, for besides the giants mentioned in Scripture, Herodotus, Diodorus Siculus, and Pliny, and others, make mention of persons seven cubits high, which is near double to an ordinary man’s height.