In the Bible (1 Samuel, xvii. 4) it is said that the height of Goliath, the Philistine champion, was six cubits and a span. Joeephus reckons the cubit to be equal to two spans—*. ® 17} inches. On this estimate, was nearly 9ft Sin hi?h ! f itrtbentie him so tall that very _ . caJl accounts can be found of , be compared with him-
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 263, 7 November 1939, Page 5
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