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David and Goliath

Old Testament · Book of 1-samuel

David and Goliath

  • Ages 6–9
  • 23pages
  • 1 Samuel 17:1-51

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About this story

In the Valley of Elah, two armies stare at each other across a stony brook. A giant named Goliath steps out and dares anyone in Israel to fight him one on one. For forty days, no one moves — not King Saul, not the soldiers, no one. Then a teenage shepherd named David shows up to bring lunch to his brothers. He hears the giant''s mocking, picks five smooth stones from the streambed, and walks out onto the valley floor with a leather sling. "You come to me with a sword and a spear," he says, "but I come to you in the name of the Lord." One swing of the sling, one stone, one direct hit — and the giant falls. This comic captures the courage of a boy who trusted a bigger God than the world he was facing.

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    Anies JamesVerified purchase
    May 2026

    Goliath looks absolutely massive on the page—my kids were in awe. The art is movie-quality. We've read this one more than any other so far.

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    DonnyVerified purchase
    May 2026

    Finally, a version that explains why David wasn't afraid—because of his faith, not just his sling. My son memorized 1 Samuel 17:37 after reading this. That's a win in my book.

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Meet the cast

The characters in David and Goliath. Tap any face to read more.

David portrait

David

shepherd boy

Goliath portrait

Goliath

giant warrior

King Saul portrait

King Saul

king

Jesse portrait

Jesse

elderly father

E

Eliab

older brother

GS

Goliath’s Shield Bearer

shield bearer

IS

Israelite Soldiers

Israelite soldiers

PS

Philistine Soldiers

Philistine soldiers

SK

Sheep Keeper

sheep keeper

KO

Keeper of the Bags

bag keeper

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Valley of Elah

Valley of Elah

Judean Shephelah

high on the northern Israelite ridge looking south-west across the valley toward the Philistine ridge opposite, camera tilted slightly downward a rocky chalk-and-limestone outcrop on the near ridge, dry summer grass between the stones, two terebinth saplings clinging to the slope

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Bethlehem

Bethlehem

Judean Highlands

standing inside a small open-air herder's courtyard in Bethlehem, low whitewashed stone walls enclosing the foreground, looking across toward the village beyond hard-packed earth swept clean, two clay storage jars against a low limestone wall, a woven reed mat and a flat grinding

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