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He killed an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high. In the Egyptian’s hand was a spear like a weaver’s beam; and he went down to him with a staff, plucked the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and killed him with his own spear.
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ExplanationCommentary
Verse 23. Cubits. 2 Kennicott. “a man of great aspect.”—Ones. Hebrew “and he had a name among three mighty men.” Ken.—Shelosha, “three,” has the u omitted, (2 Kennicott.) as it is frequently on other occasions. Bible.
A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters. Therefore this Egyptian was about 7 feet and 6 inches or 2.28 meters tall.
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