Many years ago, the Philistines and the Israelites were going to
fight each other in a war. The Philistines were on one mountain
and the Israelites were on another mountain. The valley of
E'-lah was in between them. The Israelites were God's choosen
people, but the Philistines had a secret weapon--his name was
Goliath. Goliath was the champion of the Philistines. He was a
man who was 9 feet tall! Goliath's coat weighed 150 pounds, he
wore brass on his legs for protection and had a spear with a tip
that weighed 20 pounds. Only a very strong man could fight with
such heavy armour and weaponry. Because he was such a huge,
fearsome man, Goliath was very bold. He stood on the mountain
across from the Israelites and cried to the armies of Israel
saying, "Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not
I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for
you, and let him come down to me. If he be able to fight with
me, and to kill me, then will we be your servants: but if I
prevail against him, and