|birth_date={{circaYaklaşık}} 1064 BCE<ref name="Josephus">{{Web kaynağı | last = Josephus | title = Book 5 Chapter 10 Section 4 | url = http://www.sacred-texts.com/jud/josephus/ant-5.htm | work = [[Antiquities of the Jews]] | publisher = Sacred Texts | accessdate = 7 Ekim 2011 | arşivurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20180216154830/http://sacred-texts.com:80/jud/josephus/ant-5.htm | arşivtarihi = 16 Şubat 2018}}</ref>{{sfnp|Halley|1927|p=178}}<ref>I. Singer, “The Philistines in the Bible: A Reflection of the Late Monarchic Period?”; ''Zmanim'' (2006 Heb.), pp74–82; Garsiel, “The Valley of Elah Battle and the Duel of David with Goliath,” pp404–410</ref>