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. 1 Samuel 17:50 Slew he not a giant, when he was yet but young? and did he not take away reproach from the people, when he lifted up his hand with the stone in the sling, and beat down the boasting of Goliath? Ecclesiastics 47:4 Now what does the Quran say? So they defeated them by permission of Allah, and David killed Goliath, and Allah gave him the kingship and prophet-hood and taught him from that which He willed. And if it were not for Allah checking [some] people by means of others, the earth would have been corrupted, but Allah is full of bounty to the worlds. Sura 2:251 So we know from the Hebrew Scriptures clearly that David prevailed over Philistine which the Quran speaks of as Goliath. Now the Quran doesnt tell us anything about Philistine of course so you would have to reference the Hebrew Scriptures as to understand who is Goliath. Goliath (Hebrew: גָּלְיָת, Modern Golyat Tiberian Golyāṯ; Arabic: جالوت, Ǧālūt (Quranic term), جليات Ǧulyāt (Christian term)) or Goliath of Gath (one of five city states of the Philistines) is a giant Philistine warrior defeated by the young David, the future king of Israel.
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