The war zone
The events of 1 Samuel 17 would fit comfortably today into a TV news report.
It would be 'Live, from our correspondent on the front line with the Israeli troops some 13 miles west of Bethlehem.' Kate Adie would be telling us how Goliath emerges in the distance from the Philistine army lines to shout his daily challenge: Choose a man and have him come down to me. If he is able to fight and kill me, we will become your subjects; but if I overcome him and kill him, you will become our subjects and serve us ... This day I defy the ranks of Israel (1 Samuel 17.8-10).