Goliath, the giant who was felled by King David in the Hebrew Bible, is described as having a jaw-dropping height. Turns out, that may not have been accurate.

The biblical warrior Goliath may not have been so giant after all. The width of his home city’s walls were possibly used to metaphorically represent the champion’s height.

New archaeological research, however, suggests that Goliath may not have been much of a giant after all. In the Bible, the setting for the iconic duel is the Valley of Elah, a shallow valley about ...

GOLIATH the giant is one of the Bible's most memorable villains but descriptions of his mighty stature may have been "metaphorically" exaggerated, a researcher has claimed.

In the Bible, Goliath was a giant with an attitude. His occupation was a soldier, and a champion of the Philistine Army. Goliath created a fear that immobilized the entire army of the Israelites ...