What is the significance of david and goliath?
There are several; David demonstrated his faith in the Lord because he knew he couldn’t be killed as he had already been anointed by Samuel the prophet to be the next King of Israel therefore he knew he couldn’t die in the battle. More significant was the fact that David took 5 stones from the brook before he went up before Goliath: why 5 stones when he knew he could kill Goliath with only one? When you read more you will find that Goliath had 4 brothers so he assumed he may have to fight them as well. The real issue here is that the Lord used a young boy, possibly about 13 y.o. although the Bible doesn’t say exactly, but we know that David was the youngest of 8 sons. When we read through the Bible we find that the Lord almost always used people who society may have regarded as insignificant to achieve his purposes. When David slew Goliath, this totally demoralized the opposing army and they fled in terror as their “invincible” mascot had been killed by a small boy. The Israelites won
