1. Now the Philistines gathered their armies for battle; and they were gathered at Socoh which belongs to Judah, and they camped between Socoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim.
2. Saul and the men of Israel were gathered and camped in the valley of Elah, and drew up in battle array to encounter the Philistines.
3. The Philistines stood on the mountain on one side while Israel stood on the mountain on the other side, with the valley between them.
4. Then a champion came out from the armies of the Philistines named Goliath, from Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.
5. He had a bronze helmet on his head, and he was clothed with scale-armor which weighed five thousand shekels of bronze.
6. He also had bronze greaves on his legs and a bronze javelin slung between his shoulders.
7. The shaft of his spear was like a weaver's beam, and the head of his spear weighed six hundred shekels of iron; his shield-carrier also walked before him.