Goliath vs David... and Goliath is about to LOSE! coloring page

 It is Sunday so I drew a drawing from the Holy Bible.

I have drawn David and Goliath many times. 

But I love drawing from that story. 

So here is another one of my free coloring pages. 

It is called "Goliath vs David."

Goliath vs David

This is a depiction of David using his sling to take out Goliath.  I drew them very close together.  IF David let Goliath get this close then the stone from David's sling would have maximum velocity and be the most deadly.  So maybe this drawing makes sense.

Notice the symbolism of the birds.  The giant has vultures on his side of the drawing and the shepherd boy has a dove on his side of the drawing.  This represents what was about to happen.  In fact, Goliath told David, "Come to me and I will give thy flesh to the birds of the air and beasts of the field!"

In fact, the opposite happened.  DAVID is the one who fed GOLIATH'S flesh to the birds etc.  It is not usually portrayed in kid movies of this event but David used Goliath's own sword to behead the giant.  What is always portrayed is David's verbal and non-verbal answers to the Philistine.   But not all of his answer is included in most of the David and Goliath movies.   

David said, with great faith in the Lord, "...I come to thee in the name of the God of the armies of Israel whom thou has defied!  This day will the Lord deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thy head from thee; and I will give the carcasses of the host of the Philistines this day to the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel."

David actually did do what he said he would do... with the help of the Lord.  Whatever age David was and whatever skill he had with a sling, it did take some divine intervention to help David knock Goliath out.  Then David took Goliath's own sword and beheaded the arrogant Philistine giant.  

This story tells how great faith can accomplish miracles.  But I also think that David had prepared himself.  He most certainly had long hours to practice with his sling while watching the sheep.  So, in my opinion, God had some good material to work with.  David was close to God.  He was brave.  In fact, David had killed both a lion and a bear that tried to kill some of David's father's sheep.  

David probably was in his teens when he slew Goliath.  But it still was a miracle.   No one really thought that David had a chance against an armed and possibly 9-foot-tall giant that was wearing armor over most of his body. 

I forgot to mention that the dove is a symbol of the Holy Spirit AKA the Holy Ghost.  So the dove is on David’s side of the drawing because David certainly had the Holy Spirit with him when he faced off against Goliath. 

So as the prophet Brigham Young said, "Pray as if everything depended on God and work as if everything depended on you."

NOTE:  This drawing, in printable form, is found by clicking on the "Religious" button.  Then scroll down to the bottom of the "Old Testament" section for this title.  By the way, the Old Testament section has several drawings of David and Goliath.  May you, your child, or the children around you enjoy coloring this drawing.  May ANY adult who likes coloring also enjoy the coloring pages that I have drawn.