Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Samuel 17:4
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1 Samuel17:4
4 ¶ And there went out a Champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliah, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span .
Heb. a man between two; either because he used to come forth, and stand between the two Armies; or, because he moved that the business should be decided between two, whereof he would be one.
Which is not strange, for besides the Giants mentioned in Scripture, Herodotus, Diodorus Siculus, and Pliny, and others, make mention of persons Seven Cubits high; which is near double to an ordinary mans height.
Marginal references: Heb. a middle man, or a man between two.
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