Israelite army

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The Israelite army in the David and Goliath story is the force of King Saul’s soldiers who face the Philistines but are initially paralyzed by fear of the giant warrior Goliath until David steps forward to fight him.

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Label Occurrences
Israelite army canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient army ⓘ
biblical military force ⓘ
appearsInBook 1 Samuel ⓘ
appearsInChapter 1 Samuel 17 ⓘ
appearsInWork Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to: Tanakh

Old Testament ⓘ
benefitsFrom David’s victory over Goliath ⓘ
experiencesEmotion dismay ⓘ
fear of Goliath ⓘ
facesThreatFrom Goliath ⓘ
fightsAgainst Philistine army ⓘ
genreContext religious narrative ⓘ
hasAllegiance Kingdom of Israel ⓘ
hasEnemy Philistines ⓘ
hasKing Saul ⓘ
hasLeader King Saul ⓘ
hasMember David ⓘ
Saul’s soldiers ⓘ
hasMotivation defense of God’s honor ⓘ
defense of Israel ⓘ
hasNotableFigure David ⓘ
Jonathan ⓘ
hasPrimaryLocation Valley of Elah ⓘ
hasReligion worship of Yahweh ⓘ
hasSourceText Masoretic Text of 1 Samuel 17 ⓘ
linked to: Masoretic Text
hasSourceTradition Deuteronomistic history ⓘ
initiallyLacks champion to fight Goliath ⓘ
isChallengedBy Goliath’s single-combat challenge ⓘ
isCommandedBy Saul ⓘ
isDescribedIn narrative of David and Goliath ⓘ
isEncouragedBy David’s faith in God ⓘ
isPartOf narratives of Saul’s reign ⓘ
isStationedOn one hill opposite the Philistines ⓘ
isTransformedBy David’s act of courage ⓘ
isUnderAuthorityOf monarchy of Israel ⓘ
languageContext ancient Hebrew culture ⓘ
literaryRole foil to David’s faith and courage ⓘ
pursues retreating Philistines ⓘ
timePeriod biblical Iron Age ⓘ
usesWeaponType shields ⓘ
spears ⓘ
swords ⓘ
winsBattle battle against Philistines at Valley of Elah ⓘ
witnessesEvent David killing Goliath ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

David and Goliath → hasCharacter → Israelite army ⓘ
King Agag → capturedBy → Israelite army ⓘ