A-Z: Literary titles from the Bible
- Between the Porch and the altar
- Blessed are the peacemakers
- Blessed are they that have not seen
- Blessed be the paps
- Blessed Virgin Mary Compared to the Air We Breathe, The
- Blind Bartimaeus
- Bread upon the waters
- Bunch of grapes, The
- Burning of the Temple
- But men loved darkness rather than light
- By the rivers of Babylon we sat down and wept
- By the waters of Babylon, B.C.570
- By the waters of Whitechapel
- Cana Revisited
- Carpenter's Son, The
- Carpenter's Son, The
- Castle of Perseverance (and various other mystery plays)
- Charity
- Chewing the cud, The
- Child
- Children of men, The
- Christ
- Christ crucified
- Christmas
- Cold Lazarus
- Coming of the End, The
- Coming of the plague, The
- Confessions of a Justified Sinner
- Consider the Lilies
- Consider the [3Lilies3] of the Field
- Coronet, The
- Covenant, The
- Crucible, The
- Crucifixion (many poems contain this term)
- Crucifying
- Darkness at Noon
- Darkness Visible
- Daughter of Herodias, The
- David
- David and Bathsheba
- David and Goliath
- David in the cave of Adullam
- Day of Atonement
- Day of Judgement
- Day of Judgement, The
- De Profundis
- De Profundis
- Death is Swallowed up in Victory
- Death of Moses, The
- Death of Saul, The
A-Z: Literary titles from the Bible: David and Goliath
Genre
PoemDefinition
David cut off the head of the Philistine champion. Goliath, their hero was dead and they fledIn the Old Testament the second king of Israel, after Saul, anointed by Samuel to be king.
In the Bible these were traditional enemies of the Israelites in the territory of Israel.
In the Old Testament a Philistine giant who opposed the Israelite army. He was killed with a slingshot by David, who was then only a boy.
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