In one of our Bible stories this week (1 Samuel 5) the ark of the covenant was captured by the Philistines. All sorts of bad stuff happened in Ashdod, where the Lord's ark was. Then the ark was taken from Ashdod to Gath. The same bad stuff happened in Gath – plague and tumors. The Philistine people concluded that Yahwah was zotting them.
Goliath was from Gath. He would have known this. This plague would’ve been during his lifetime or maybe shortly before (during his parents’ lifetime). But still, he shows up on the battlefields a few chapters later, sassing God. Amazing.
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