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...Goliath's Cubits...
Measuring Goliath's height in feet and inches had never occurred to me, so when I read in your March 1 issue that Goliath was 9 ft. 9 in. tall, I immediately desired to know where you obtained this exact information...
After a thorough and exhaustive search of various Bibles, Bible dictionaries, abridged and unabridged dictionaries, the works of Josephus, The Bible Concordance, etc., I found that Goliath could have been anywhere between 6 ft. 6 in. and 11 ft. 4½ in. tall. His brass breastplate weighed between 156 and 312 lb. His iron spear tip weighed about...
...Bible states that Goliath was six cubits and a span in height. Josephus says he was four cubits and a span in height...
Please confirm your assertedly authoritative statement concerning the height of Goliath in feet and inches...