2025-02-03 22:46 UTC
@jackeric@beige.party @ElleGray@mstdn.social if Goliath was anywhere near as large as he was described in the Bible, he would have had a hard time moving or standing upright. It's feasible that he would have been used to intimidate their opponents into surrendering, but otherwise wasn't very capable of much else on the battlefield.
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@FrChazzz@mastodon.social 2025-02-03 23:05
@jhooper@techhub.social @jackeric@beige.party @ElleGray@mstdn.social So something that kinda blew my mind once I realized it: Goliath’s height is based on measurements made by hands when the average height was like 4’11”. So he was probably like Shaq height or something. But to a people that were in the high-4s, that dude would be HUGE. (Which doesn’t negate your statement about how he might’ve had like giantism or something; just an additional layer to add to the story.)
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@wollman@mastodon.social 2025-02-04 02:41
@jhooper@techhub.social @jackeric@beige.party @ElleGray@mstdn.social Also, I don't think the ancient Hebrews had figured out the square-cube law yet.