David and Goliath; 1 Samuel 17:51

[Brother V]

1 Samuel 17:51 Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled.

Friends, we are all familiar with the story of David and Goliath.

How David went to King Saul and asked for permission to be the champion of Isreal. How David then went and got five stones, and then went and killed Goliath.

My favorite part of the story comes seconds after David killed the giant with the sling.

How David then took Goliaths own sword and chopped off his head.

Friends, lets take a second or two to think about what this would have looked like.

Remember David was just a small boy at the time. Goliath was probably two or three times taller than him; and probably outweighed him by a good 300 pounds.

Remember back earlier in the story when King Saul offered David his armour and weapons, and David refused them because they weren't his and didn't fit. (verse 39)

Ok, now lets think about after David fell Goliath. The young lad runs up to the body, and draws out Goliath's sword. This sword was probably only slightly shorter than David himself and probably weighed nearly the same.

Imagine this five foot tall 75 pound lad, trying to lift this massive sword over his head. It was probably quite comical. And then once he finally did get it up, with all his might, he dropped it onto the neck of Goliath. I'd imagine that he probably didn't chop through completely on the first hack. It probably took the boy about 5 or 10 tries before he finally got the entire head lopped off.

I'd bet this was quite a funny scene from the Hebrew side of the battle. Watching the young lad struggle against the weight of the philistine's own sword.

Brings a smile to my face just imagining it.

I hope this happy story of decapitation, brightens your day as much as it does mine.

PRAISE JESUS

YIC
V

[Bobby-Joe]

Re: David and Goliath; 1 Samuel 17:51

Just the though of Goloth’s mutilated head hanging by it hair from David’s hands filled me with so much laughter I gave thanks to Jesus He made sure I was not drinking at the time Brother V. Think about the flaps of bloody skin dangling from the head while that child stagers around with it. Oh, that is so funny. Then on top of it Golith’s brains would be dribbling out from his smashed scull! That Bible is truly a source of joy!

Not to detract from your story Brother V but here is another thought; Golith was most probably using a sickle sword (the blade is shaped like question mark). It was probably only about two feet long. So there was this huge man with teeny little sword thinking he could scare God’s army. Golith was just begging Jesus to get his head cut off.

[Brother V]

Re: David and Goliath; 1 Samuel 17:51

Something like this...



Although, I didn't imagine the head to be twice the size of a normal head, but that makes sense doesn't it?

YIC
V

[Bobby-Joe]

Re: David and Goliath; 1 Samuel 17:51

Something like this...



Although, I didn't imagine the head to be twice the size of a normal head, but that makes sense doesn't it?

YIC
V

Yes it does Brother V, the unsaved are so full of themselves. I do picture Golith's face (what left of it) utter contorted in agony. I think Jesus would have made it very clear that Golith died a slow, very painful death at the hands of His chosen agent. I picture Golith lying on the ground, whimpering and moaning as he is dying in agony. All the while David clumsily hacking again and again at Golith’s neck with pieces of Golith’s flesh failing off his writhing body. The pain would have driven Golith mad.

[Jeb Stuart Thurmond]

Re: David and Goliath; 1 Samuel 17:51

I imagine Goliath would have suffered wonderfully. Hollywood makes throat-cutting look like an instant, painless death, but in reality it's slow, painful, and extremely shocking to someone who has never witnessed it before. That's how Al Quea managed to take over whole airliners on 9/11: the first thing they did was slit a stewardresses throat, causing the passengers to freak out and become incapable of organizing resistance. Some of my buddies taught them how to do that back in the 80's when they were killing commies. We gave then video cameras so they could send videos of the killing to the soldier's mother back home in Russia. Good times.

Interesting thing about swords, it's much more effective to stab than to slash, yet most people just don't have the bloody-mindedness to use the point instead of the edge. Must be over-coddling by mothers that makes them lacking in the manhood required to make a deep, penetrating thrust into another man.

I really noticed this when I was on safari in Rwanda during their "golden age", as I call it - you know, when they thinned out their heathen ranks, mostly with machettes. A bunch of pansy catholics and fellow-travellers, they took forever to do a proper neutralization, and in the end the corpse looked less like a godly smiting than some adolescent girl's wrist-slashing suicide. (I used to run a tough-love reform camp for teen lesbians, so I know exactly what that looks like.)

[Sister Noddy]

Re: David and Goliath; 1 Samuel 17:51

Golith was most probably using a sickle sword (the blade is shaped like question mark). It was probably only about two feet long. So there was this huge man with teeny little sword thinking he could scare God’s army. Golith was just begging Jesus to get his head cut off.

Gosh, am wondering with amazement how such a teeny weensy guy like David could have conquered a giant like Goliath with human strength and strength alone ...

Why he did it with the power of Jesus of course ... praise the Lord ...

[Brother Temperance]

Re: David and Goliath; 1 Samuel 17:51

Something like this...



Although, I didn't imagine the head to be twice the size of a normal head, but that makes sense doesn't it?

YIC
V

I'm just thinking that it's almost a pity Satan hadn't invented Halloween back in those days. I'm trying to imagine a more stylish way to enter a costume party than with the incredibly oversized head of one of God's enemies sitting on your head like an unspeakably macabre helmet, and drawing a blank.

[Pastor Rune Enoe]

Re: David and Goliath; 1 Samuel 17:51

I imagine Goliath would have suffered wonderfully. Hollywood makes throat-cutting look like an instant, painless death, but in reality it's slow, painful, and extremely shocking to someone who has never witnessed it before.

Sure it takes time. You'll notice, how David had to kill Goliath twice (well, he was a big man).

1st Samuel 17:50 So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David.

So he was slain, but David had to slay him once more (do I hear somebody say "resurrection"? Alleluia! )

1st Samuel 17:51 Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled.

Now, if you were to read one of those newfangled Bibles - like the No-good Infidel Version - you'd see how Goliath was slain once more - 20 years later.

(Forgive me, Jesus, for quoting the NIV on Your most Holy board):

2nd Samuel 21:19 In another battle with the Philistines at Gob, Elhanan son of Jaare-Oregim the Bethlehemite killed Goliath the Gittite, who had a spear with a shaft like a weaver's rod. (NIV)

How can Goliath be killed thrice? That's just silly. Thanks God(!) we can trust our holy King James Bible (1611) to preserve the truth: It was the brother of Goliath that was killed 20 years later:

2nd Samuel 21:19 And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim, a Bethlehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.

Another example of why we should always eschew the modern Bible (per)versions that SATAN keeps spewing out.

[Deaner]

Re: David and Goliath; 1 Samuel 17:51

Imagine this five foot tall 75 pound lad, trying to lift this massive sword over his head. It was probably quite comical.

I got a little choked up at that part; just imagining the childish innocence of it all. The poor little guy struggling with that big sword trying to be just like an adult...makes you realize what's really important in life.