Monday; November 28
One of the great stories of the Bible is found in I Samuel 17. David, the young Israelite, answers the challenge of Goliath, the giant Philistine. Here, the young man armed with a slingshot, a few stones and a faith in God, killed the nemesis of his people. While most people are familiar with the David and Goliath story, there is something that is tucked away in I Chronicles 20 that is an interesting inspiration. Sometime after David’s feat, the Scriptures state, “And there was war with the Philistines again, and Elhanan the son of Jair killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam. Again there was war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature who had twenty-four fingers and toes, six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot; and he also was descended from the giants. When he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea, David’s brother, killed him. These were descended from the giants in Gath, and they fell by the han