Most people are familiar with the story of David and Goliath.
The shepherd boy. The five smooth stones. The sling. It's the ultimate underdog victory.
But here's what far fewer people realize: Goliath wasn't the last giant.
Gath didn't raise one oversized warrior and call it a day. It raised an entire lineage of them.
There was a remnant of ancient warrior clans that survived in that Philistine city, each one carrying the same defiance, the same monstrous strength, the same ancestral hatred toward Israel's God.
And Scripture quietly records what happened to them.
"These four were descendants of the giants in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants." (2 Samuel 21:22)
Let that phrase sink in for a moment: "by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants."
Not just David. David and his people.
You weren't meant to fight every giant by yourself.
2 Samuel 21 and 1 Chronicles 20 record four more giants who came after Goliath. Warriors who emerged from Gath's cursed soil like weeds that refuse to die:
And like Goliath before them, they were physically abnormal, exceptionally powerful, deeply hostile, and connected to those ancient Rephaim giant clans that Joshua never quite finished off.
Four giants. One bloodline. One city that just wouldn't stop producing enemies of God's people.
But here's where the story takes an unexpected turn…
A staggering detail sits quietly in the background of 2 Samuel 21, easy to miss if you're reading too fast:
David grows tired. (2 Samuel 21:15)
When facing Ishbi-Benob, the legendary giant-slayer can't do what he once did. His strength fades. His reflexes are slow. His hands tremble.
And Ishbi-Benob, the first giant after Goliath, nearly kills him.
But then Abishai steps in.
A warrior formed by David's example. Sharpened by David's leadership. Empowered by David's legacy.
He kills the giant that David could not.
Then Scripture records something beautiful and bittersweet:
"David's men swore an oath to him: 'You shall no longer go out with us to battle, lest you quench the lamp of Israel.'" (2 Samuel 21:17)
Translation: “You're our king, not our weapon. You taught us to fight, now let us fight for you.”
Each of David's warriors goes on to take down a giant.
One man's courage became a nation's inheritance.
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There's a reason Scripture preserves this strange, often-overlooked chapter about Goliath's relatives.
It's because the giants in your life don't stop after the first one falls.
Old temptations return, wearing new faces.
New fears rise from the same soil you thought you'd salted and burned.
Fresh battles call your name just when you thought you'd finally earned some peace.
And sometimes you're just tired.
You slayed addiction once, but now a different form of it grabs your ankles in the dark.
You broke free from a toxic relationship, but loneliness creeps in with its own Goliath-sized shadow.
You overcame depression, but a new wave rolls in stronger than the last, and you're wondering if you have another fight left in you.
And you're standing in the Valley of Elah again, realizing with sinking dread: There's another giant. And I don't know if I can do this again.
Here's the truth Scripture wants you to see, the truth woven into David's story: You weren't meant to fight every giant by yourself.
David killed the first giant—and that victory was essential, paradigm-shifting, world-changing.
But his community killed the rest.
That's how God designed life to work:
When your hands go limp, someone else lifts the sword.
When your faith falters, someone else speaks truth over you.
When your knees buckle under the weight, someone else stands beside you and says, "I've got this one. You taught me how. Now rest."
The point isn't to be invincible.
The point isn't to slay every giant solo and never need anyone.
The point is to be connected.
