Valley of Elah, Israel: David & Goliath Battle: Israelites, Philistines, Azekah, Gath, Ashdod, Saul
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Location
1. The Valley of Elah is about 15 miles (23 km.) west of Bethlehem and about 20 miles (32 km.) east of the Mediterranean Sea.
2. It’s located on the western edge of the Judean lower hills and was an important travel route from the coastal cities up to the center of the land of Judah and its main cities of Bethlehem, Jerusalem, and Hebron.
3. It’s an undeveloped site that can be seen in its natural state. It has parking alongside Hwy 38.
4. The Valley of Elah is best known for the epic battle between young David and the giant Goliath, a skilled veteran warrior.
Historical Background
1. The Philistines were a Canaanite people who inhabited Israel before the Israelites arrived.
2. The Israelites were unable to conquer them, and there were battles between the two nations for much of Israel’s history.
3. The Philistine’s stronghold was on the coastal plane in the Gaza area.
4. They were powerful, cultured, and possessed iron. They were the high-tech people of the day and did all they could to prohibit Israel from gaining iron and access to their technology (1 Sam. 13:19).
5. They worshipped many false gods, among them was the worship of Baal.
6. At this time in Israel’s history, the Philistines were attempting to push up through the Valley of Elah towards the heart of Judah. King Saul and his army engaged with the Philistines here to stop them.
7. The battle was one of the most pivotal between the two nations with the loser agreeing to serve the winner. It was a “winner takes all” kind of battle.
8. Later in King Saul’s life, he would be killed by the Philistines in the Gilboa area.
9. David would eventually subdue the Philistines, and during the time of Solomon, there was peace between the two nations.
10. David was probably around 16-18 years old when he fought Goliath. We'll see this as the story unfolds.
Places of Interest
1. Israelite Camp
2. Philistine Camp at Ephes-dammin
3. Valley of Elah
4. Tel Azekah
5. Tel Socoh (Socho)
6. HaEla Stream (where David selected 5 smooth stones)
7. Battle Location
8. King David’s Palace (built when David became King as a memorial to his victory)
Bible Passage: 1 Samuel 17:1-51
Faith Lesson from the Valley of Elah
1. The outcome of the battle was far more significant than we might realize. If the Israelites lost, they would become the servants of the Philistines. It was a “winner takes all” battle.
2. David’s motivation in the battle was the glory of God and the protection of His name. “So that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel” (1 Sam. 17:46).
3. During David’s youth as a shepherd, he developed many skills. He learned music, how to write, use a sling, how to fight to protect his sheep, and how to love the Lord and obey Him.
4. God used David’s skill of using a sling, along with his love for the Lord, to defeat Goliath.
5. The skills David developed as a youth he used throughout his life. He faithfully led the nation Israel, he instilled a love for the Lord in his kingdom, and he wrote many Psalms that were not only used in his day but throughout history to this day.
6. David knew that it’s not the size of our weapons but the size of our faith in God that matters. He went into the battle full of faith, and confident God would give him the victory.
7. Do I understand that it’s my responsibility to develop my abilities, and it’s God’s responsibility to direct me in how I use them?
8. Do I realize that the most important skill I possess is my love for the Lord and my heart to obey Him?
9. What miracles might God want to do in my life that would show the whole earth that there is a God in the land?
I'm a picture thinker and to actually SEE where all these biblical stories happened is just so cool! Maybe someday I'll actually set foot on the biblical land😊 God bless you, sir.
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Glory to God hallelujah interesting
I truly love this man’s work and appreciate him and his team very much. May the only Living God continue to bless his ministry. 🙏🙏🏼
"the battle belongs to the Lord " ❣️
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Yes i 'm kerala
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It is so comforting to listen to your historical/geographical talks from the Holy Bible. Thank you and God bless you.
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Thank you pastor 🙏🙏🙏🙏from, india , kerala
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Always enjoy your Bible studies,always food for thought.I pray you can continue to with these Bible studies.
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Such a beautiful preaching 🥰
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You're an amazing speaker and presenter ❤️. God bless you Pastor 🙏
Thank you so kindly!
Faith for David is an understatement here. He had *complete* confidence that Goliath was toast because of the Living God he had defied. From the text, defeat never so much as occurred to him, because the battle wasn’t his at all.
Thank for sharing Pastor I hope to visit the Holy Lands one day. God Bless you sir
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1 Samuel 17:49 THE Philistine of Gath ,Goliath fell upon his face to the earth he bowed down to the True GOD Jehovah even in death
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David always give the glory to God in the wilderness, his worshiping alone, train alone to fight the enemy, David well train in the midst of wilderness by God! Pastor God bless you!
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Love this channel
I learned a lot from this channel God bless
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May the LORD continue to use you GREATLY mighty man of God! Glory hallelujah! Amen!
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I wish I was with you all to experience this as you have, what an amazing journey to be apart of and see first hand the biblical truths and geographical insights. Thankyou
I would like to visit all biblical places with this guide around. This biblical event is so inspiring since it reveals how great an invincible our God is.
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amazing teaching , amazing place
Thank you brother,,In Jesus Christ name..
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imagine Davids poor brothers worried, scared and upset, our young brother is gonna get killed, and our father is gonna tear his robes and cry like Josephs dad did. when David won, im sure they were among the first ones to yell and raise their hands in happiness
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One of the best teachings I have ever heard. So tender. So profound. -j
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Thank you for your teaching of God’s word. I find your videos on point with the Bible.
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Oh yes I do I the way read the scriptures and explain the meaning of them!!! Some of the scriptures I find hard to understand but with prayer the Holy Spirit helps me out and sometimes later there you are explaining it! Keep on teaching and praying God’s word and may God bless you always. Can’t wait to see another video.. Be Bless 🙏
I love these videos you have been publishing. I found them on UA-cam just a few weeks ago. I have been showing them to my grandson as part of our Bible study time and he really enjoys them as well. I like how you show the aerial view with the names depicting the different sites. It makes our Bible come alive. I would love to be able to show this in my Sunday school class. This is such an inspiring message for us today as well. Very well done and don't change a thing, As for the music, it is fine it is your signature. when I hear the music I know its from you. May God bless you for all the work you do in his name. Thanks
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John, you are a superb grandfather. Your grandson will remember that his entire life.
Amen Thank you Jesus
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Awesome!!!
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Pray and fast, is the line of battle, and Jesus Christ, is a stone, sword. He is the Victory, everlasting. Thanks you, Pastor.
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Brilliant video and you are an awesome teacher! Thank you.
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Thank you Pastor Fink and Holy land site Team, I enjoyed it. My Faith lifted, when you said, That David knew that it wasn't is the size of our weapon, but the size of our Faith in GOD that matters. He didn't look at the obstacle, he looked to GOD. And also when you implied, that Loving GOD is the Most Important weapon we can have, we can use, and it will Motivate us to have Faith, We'll be Motivated to Deepen ourselves, so that we'll do what GOD wants us to do. So right! Our Love for YHWH should be our Primary objective in life. When we Love GOD, we will TRUST Him and OBEY His Commands, that is why, Ancient Israel when into Slavery, because they were to Destroy the tribes that lived into the promised land (CANAAN) but didn't, and as a result, Worshiped the Canaanites gods. The book of Judges Illustrated that, Almost all of the Israelites were lovers of Self, and not YHWH. Shabbat Shalom
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Very nice narration and some interesting examples for everyone to see;
Prayers go out to everyone,
And may peace be with you in your hearts ;
Thanks for all your time in putting this piece together;
I know that it’s a lot of work in order to put something together that is not only informative as well as enjoyable 👍
Thanks for your kind and encouraging words. May God bless you.
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Peace and prayers go out to you all in these unprecedented times,
We’re all living in faith 🙌🏻,
Keep up the good works
Yes all the Glory to God Amen 🙏⚘
So much Spiritual power. God bless you and to your ministry.
Thank you and God bless you as well.
Thanks for the great knowledge to shared to us. May God guide your passion.
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Absolutely amazing! I greatly enjoyed this! God Bless you!
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Keep up the good work brother! God bless!
Thanks, will do!
God is fighting through David against philistines Goliath
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How inspiring and empowering. Thank you so much. May the Lord continually bless you and your ministry.
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👔🙏 Wowzers.. Amazing videos pastor ...please keep me in ur prayers & fastings that God will Guard all my ways & give me strength & victory in every battle ..God bless u & ur family ✨🌟✨🌟✨✨✨✨✨🌟✨✨✨🌟✨✨🌟✨
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Glory to God hallelujah
these videos are fantastic...not sure how many you have....but i watch several a day for a week or so now....absolutely love them....thanks for doing this!....kjv....as usual....lol
I agree with Your comments and understand Your hunger on Lord
Keep doing. Congrats
Thanks brother in the body of Christ.
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David the shepherd boy took down the giant block-head Goliath by the power of God. He was completely fearless and faithful, using skills meant for taking down wild beasts, to take down the biggest and dumbest one of all. Praise God!! I love this lesson pastor, you have honed the skills God has given you to bring excitement to the word of God. I especially love the part about developing our skills, and above all, our weapon/love for God really struck me. God bless you and your beautiful wife.
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Thanks brother another great video God bless you!!✌️🇺🇲
Samuel 1, 17
The Philistines were trying to give the impression their warriors were generally like Goliath rather than Goliath being an exception in their ranks, so as to scare Israelites into fleeing a fight. Notice how they paraded Goliath out front decked in armor and strong weapons to instill fear.
When a non military boy with no armor or sword beat this mighty fighting man, the philistine plan backfired big time.
Thank You for sharing this!! It is Beautiful Video AND Enriching Teaching!!
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Thank you, God bless, from Sri Lanka
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you people are strong, beautiful, bold and inspiring. I love you guys. keep up the good work. your angels and beautiful souls are planting seeds of righteousness
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That battle is still going on today.
I love the story David defeating the giant Goliath. I'm a kids Sunday school teacher and I love telling them this story.
God bless this channel.
Thank you for showing the actual sites where the stories happened.
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Should check out David the Shepard doing a presentation on slings. They were (and still are) incredible weapons!
Your videos are great. thank you
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Well said!! ✝️🇺🇸✡️🇮🇱
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It’s about what Jesus did for us, there’s nothing we can do to earn salvation! It’s a GIFT 🎁 to anyone who truly Believes the saving Gospel found in 1 Corinthians 15:1~4….. none of us are good enough to enter heaven, we will never be good enough! Salvation is a gift to all that do the will of the father…and that is, BELIEVE on the ONE HE SENT, Jesus Christ! Rest in the Lord until the day of redemption… Grace Alone in Christ Alone through Faith Alone Our Faith in Christ is what saves us for eternity…..
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Thank you n interesting story. Praise the Lord Jesus.
Wonderful vedio. 🙏
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The Mouth Is Open But Utters No Sounds. The Eyes Are Open But View No Surroundings. David's Nemesis Is No More. ANON
Z thank you sir I have the highest respect to you for the ministry that you have
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I'm blessed by this video thank you 🙏🏽
Good teaching, God bless you,wish I could reach that place too
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David took 5 stones because Goliath also had 4 brothers. Talk about faith & confidence!
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Thanks for that comment . I didnt know about the 5 stones , One for each if needed . Wow thanks man I didnt know that .🙏🙏🙏🇨🇦
David had to cut off Golaiths head before he died, supernatural. Gen. 6. Job 38
Samson if he was around at that time will squash this Goliath with his God given supernatural strength.
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GREAT VIDEO
David is destine by God to be king of israel. Bcoz of his attitude n motivation. N faithfulness.
To God be the glory!
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Thank you Amen i am from Fiji lsland Labasa amen hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah Amen selah
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@@HolyLandSite Thank you so much Amen
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God spoke to me directly. Told me many things and see a vision of heaven. God called me by name. Said yes Lord. God said Blessed is me for I have you. And other things. Was Amazing.
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@James Bond Thanks for your comment and for your passion for the truth. I agree that the canon of Scripture is closed and that if someone claims to speak new Scripture they would be in great error.
Would love to metal detect there....
Thank you for this video
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I want to buy all these video teachings of Israel the holy land!
Outstanding video. The One who was with him Is the only One.
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Hope you are sabbath keepers
Is that all you’re worrying about?
Amen and Amen
Please next topic the location site of eden
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the philistines worshipped Poseidon aka Dagon, because they were a sea faring people.
Where do people come up with theses gods and goddesses? Do they just use they imagination
Yes
Thank you for sharing videos and images of the location. I really enjoyed it! You are right, what are we doing during our free time? Something to really think about. God Bless You...
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Great video..
I loved it......
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Amen
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Always wondered how Saul let a kid fight Goliath when everything was at stake but I guess God worked His magic.
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I don't think either side intended to honor the terms of Goliath's challenge. After David killed Goliath, the Philistines did not surrender. Israel still had to defeat them in battle.
In analysing the locations of the event I think it would be better done with still images with appropriate superimposing text or graphic tools. If you zoom in to the various locations showing the two different camps, the topography, the stream location and the possible location of the encounter it would be more helpful to the viewers than with moving images as it is done now.
Good point!
4 Stones were for Goliath family i think
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I learned from one of my church’s Bible Talk studies that Goliath most likely had a pituitary disease and had a tumor that pressed on his optic nerve. This would have affected his peripheral vision where he wouldn’t have been able to see David coming from the left or from the right. These type of giants had great physical stature but lacked speed and agility that David had. And having a guard stand next to Goliath with a shield most likely helped him out by telling him where the enemy was. David knew where to hit him to knock him down. Goliath basically fell to the ground unconscious but was still alive. It wasn’t until David decapitated him that he died.
This doesn’t eliminate the miracle in how God used David. But it shows that even some one who can appear as mighty and strong as Goliath can also have a physical weakness. So our enemy may seem like a terrifying unconquerable tower of strength, but that’s really a facade to cover their weakness. God can give us his strength to overcome Satan’s fiery facade so that he can fully use us for his holy and righteous will. We just need to fully trust in him and have faith that he is always with us.
Isaiah 41:10 NIV
[10] So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
The Bible clearly says there were giants before flood and afterwards.
This would have been great if the maps had not been almost impossible to read
I am a Muslim ..... this fight between David and Goliath is mentioned in our holy Quran in the very second chapter.
You have to mention about the stream of water which separated them. Saul is refferred to as Talut in Quran, he was leading the battle. On the day of the battle it was very hot and Saul instructs them not to drink water from the stream, a few of them who drank the water lost faith in God and were terrified by the strength of Goliath. The Quran also mentions about the Ark of the covenant which was recovered by David.
This channel is too good. Keep up your good work.
Ur voice is very inspiring and melodious like that of David.
God bless you..... Amen
the quran is irrelevant and pure fantasy. stick to the bible and archeology
@@someonethatisachristian Bible is in English .... English was not spoken by Christ and his early disciples....
How can anyone trust a book which has different versions.
Injeel was the book that was revealed to Jesus in Aramaic language which is close to Arabic.
Is ur Bible the same as the Aramaic Injeel that was revealed 2021 years ago ??
I hope you got the answer.
Quran has never changed and will never change. It was revealed in Arabic and will remain in Arabic forever.
Who can change it when God is protecting it.
@@zameerahmed1775 God is powerful and we shouldn't limit His way of preserving His living words. It may a mess for others because it was translated and printed in many copies BUT remember He can turn a mess into a message. He is the Creator, the Alpha, the Omega, the Beginning, and the End (even if He doesn't have a beginning and end, He is eternal), He can use anyone and everything to preserve His word for thousand of years or more for the sake of His children/creation.
23:30, The sling shot was heard of Judg. 20:16, "Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded; every one could sling stones at an hair breadth, and not miss."
God turned that stone into a musket ball type projectile~
Slings can sling projectiles at energy levels rivaling 44 Magnum.
A very good video thanxs God bless your ministries...
Also why did David pick 5 stones? Because he had 4 brothers...
Thanks for commenting. I don't know why David chose 5 stones. Maybe it was just what he did.
@@HolyLandSite i look it up on Google and there was some speculation that he had four brothers but I don't always believe Google thanxs for the come back God bless..
I think from the description of David fighting lions and bears and trying on Saul's armor (it didn't say it didn't fit him) but not having tested it, shows me he was most likely over 17 to 20 years old, was strongly built, fast, skilled and smart, not as tall as his brother's but not a little 13 year old depicted in many pictures. In addition, he immediately became a General in the army. You had to be 20 to be in the army.
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I've watched most of your videos and have enjoyed learning so much about the geography and the events of the Bible. I'm just curious as to why your home page now has the Barbie videos. Doesn't really seem to fit in. God bless you.
Thanks for letting us know about our homepage. We certainly didn't put Barbe videos on our homepage so I don't know what is happening. Can you be more specific and help us fix the problem? Can you provide a link or something? Are you talking about the adds that UA-cam has in our videos, or whatever the problem is? Thanks.
@@HolyLandSite I could try to send you a screen shot, but when I click on your main UA-cam channel page, the first to lines are videos of how to make Barbie cakes, etc. I'm not kidding.
Sorry that I originally said "homepage." I meant to say your main UA-cam page.
Septuagint manuscripts, all give it as "four cubits and a span" (6 feet 9 inches or 2.06 metres), whereas the Masoretic Text has "six cubits and a span" (9 feet 9 inches ... he was tall either way. but height doesnt mean anything, goliath was a veteran, experienced fighter. david wasnt he was just a farm boy who protected the sheep against wild animals. God gave David the victory
With all that said, David was an experience slinger. The sling was the pinnacle ranged weapon for most of mankind's existence, only being supplanted by the bow because of ease of use.
Expert slingers - such as David - could deliver more force on target than my 357, and reach out to 500m+!
I was on the same spot you were teaching. I even have a stone from that creek. I love your from sky pictures and filming the whole location. and of course the profound teaching
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Read psalms 89 . 20. Till the end . You will be surprised . Goliath never a chance .
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When mentioning that David gathered 5 stones, please mention that Goliath had 4 brothers. So many discount David's faith by claiming he needed 5 tries at killing the giant.
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goliath was a nephelium giant
Goliath would have carried a shield.