Everyone knows about the story of David & Goliath - the phrase, "It was a battle between David & Goliath" or "they are the Goliath" are a part of our everyday lexicon.
So, just to recap, the Philistines and Israel are at war. The Philistines have brought their champion, Goliath, now, 1 Samuel says that he was 9 feet tall - basically just read that he was big - bigger than the rest of the soldiers. He was also well armored and a good fighter.
No one has been able to defeat him. David is the younger son of Jesse. His older brothers are in the army and he gets sent to bring them some supplies.
David goes to see his brothers and hears Goliath taunting the Israeli army and asks why no one is doing anything about it. - in other words, David is being a know-it-all, annoying teenager. His brother calls his bluff and David now has to face Goliath.
You know the rest of the story - David takes down Goliath with the slingshot that he used to chase wolves away from the sheep.
This is another example of something that recurs in Scripture - God often uses the least expected person and the person that God chooses doesn't have to be perfect
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