How tall was Goliath?
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
A cubit is the length from your elbow to the tip of your longest finger. Currently, as far as I am aware, there are a couple of competing cubits, 18″, 21″, or 24″. Of course if you were using Goliath cubit it would be a bit more. A span is 4″ to 6″.
A 18″ cubit would be = 9′ + a span of 4″, 6″ = top end 9″ 6″
A 21″ cubit would be = 10′ 6″ + a span of 4″, 6″ = top end 11′
A 24″ cubit would be = 12′ + a span of 4″ = 12′ 6′
Goliath is not said to be a giant but a son of the giant.
1 Chronicles 20:6 And yet again there was war at Gath, where was a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on each hand, and six on each foot: and he also was the son of the giant.
Apparently, there was somebody bigger somewhere.
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