Who killed Goliath?
1 Samuel 17:49-50
49 And he put his hand into his scrip, and took a stone, and cast it with the sling, and fetching it about struck the Philistine in the forehead: and the stone was fixed in his forehead, and he fell on his face upon the earth. 50 And David prevailed over the Philistine, with a sling and a stone, and he struck, and slew the Philistine. And as David had no sword in his hand,
1 Samuel 17:45-47
45 And David said to the Philistine: Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, which thou hast defied. 46 This day, and the Lord will deliver thee into my hand, and I will slay thee, and take away thy head from thee: and I will give the carcasses of the army of the Philistines this day to the birds of the air, and to the beasts of the earth: that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel. 47 And all this assembly shall know, that the Lord saveth not with sword and spear: for it is his battle, and he will deliver you into our hands.
2 Samuel 21:19
19 And there was a third battle in Gob against the Philistines, in which Adeodatus the son of the Forrest an embroiderer of Bethlehem slew Goliath the Gethite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.
Catholic view (generated):
According to the biblical account in 1 Samuel 17, Goliath was killed by David, a young shepherd who later became the King of Israel. Armed only with a sling and stones, David defeated the giant, which symbolizes the triumph of faith and divine assistance over seemingly insurmountable challenges. This event is often interpreted in Catholic theology as a demonstration of God's ability to empower the humble and the faithful to achieve great things.
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