David and Goliath: I Samuel 17
· There was a war between the Philistines and the Israelites
· The Philistines had a champion named Goliath who was a great warrior
· For forty days, he came out of his camp and challenged anyone the Israelites could send
· The Israelites were terrified of him
· There was an Israelite named David who was merely a young man, that took care of his father's sheep
· When David heard of Goliath's challenge, and the reward for killing him, he accepted
· Although David was much smaller and weaker than Goliath, he killed him by hitting him in the forehead with a stone from a sling, and then cutting off his head.
· The story is an archetype for many stories, it is the original underdog story. Any instance where a weaker character bests a stronger opponent is a reference to David and Goliath
· There was a war between the Philistines and the Israelites
· The Philistines had a champion named Goliath who was a great warrior
· For forty days, he came out of his camp and challenged anyone the Israelites could send
· The Israelites were terrified of him
· There was an Israelite named David who was merely a young man, that took care of his father's sheep
· When David heard of Goliath's challenge, and the reward for killing him, he accepted
· Although David was much smaller and weaker than Goliath, he killed him by hitting him in the forehead with a stone from a sling, and then cutting off his head.
· The story is an archetype for many stories, it is the original underdog story. Any instance where a weaker character bests a stronger opponent is a reference to David and Goliath