1. Now the Philistines assembled their armies to battle. They were gathered at Socoh of Judah, and camped in Ephes-dammim, between Socoh and Azekah.
2. Saul and the men of Israel gathered and camped in the valley of Elah, then lined up in battle array against the Philistines.
3. The Philistines were standing on the mountain on one side, and Israel was standing on the mountain on the other side, with the valley between them.
4. Then a champion stepped out from the camp 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 a breastplate of scale armor; the weight of the bronze breastplate was 5,000 shekels.
6. He also had bronze shin-guards 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 600 shekels of iron; and his shield-bearer was marching ahead of him.