The Bible says that Goliath of Gath was six cubits and a span (1 Samuel

17:4, Masoretic Text). Various ones put that to be between 8 feet 6 inches

to 9 feet 9 inches? Skeptics say that was not possible, and that his height

grew because of exaggerations. Could Wikipedia or Daniel Hays be right that

the wrong height has been pushed? Is there skeletal evidence that points to

people being that tall 3,000 or so years ago? Did David kill Goliath? Is

there any archaeological evidence that the Philistines even used names like

'Goliath' three thousand years ago? What about the so-called 'Goliath

Ostracon'? …