because Goliath was so tall (and David couldn’t fly)
In the Valley of Elah, standing face to face,
they prepared to fight each other : triumph or disgrace.
Goliath was a tall person (a giant, you might say),
and David took advantage of this fact on that hot day.
“Wow you’re big, so FREAKING tall!” David then exclaimed.
And the giant burst in rage as David’s taunts maintained:
“You can’t hug, be intimate, or lie straight on a bed!”
Then Goliath became sad from the words Dave said.
David broke the giant’s spirit easily, it seemed,
the Philistine was beaten quicker than he ever dreamed.
Being tall is hard my friend, it’s not easy pal.
Their hardships put a strain on life, and may cause low morale.
The moral of the story? Tall men don’t have easy lives.
(Even though they easily can satisfy their wives).
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And here’s the biblical text telling the story of David and Goliath (1 Samuel, 17):
And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines.
And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.
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.
And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.
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And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, 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 kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve us.
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And David said to Saul, Let no man’s heart fail because of him; thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine.
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And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd’s bag which he had, even in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine.
And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and the man that bare the shield went before him.
And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him: for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance.
And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field.
Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
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And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came, and drew nigh to meet David, that David hastened, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine.
And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth.
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.
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And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines, until thou come to the valley, and to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even unto Gath, and unto Ekron.