David fought Goliath in 1 Samuel 17:
Was he clinically dead?
I don't know. I don't think David knew either, and he was not going to check Goliath's pulse.
Did David kill Goliath twice?
No. The word "killed" appears twice in a row ambiguously.
The giant's body was flat on the ground motionless, as good as dead. The Philistines were wondering: Goliath, get up.48 When the Philistine arose and came and drew near to meet David, David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet the Philistine. 49 And David put his hand in his bag and took out a stone and slung it and struck the Philistine on his forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the ground.
50 So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and struck the Philistine and killed him.
Was he clinically dead?
I don't know. I don't think David knew either, and he was not going to check Goliath's pulse.
David cut off his head to demonstrate to everyone that Goliath was dead.There was no sword in the hand of David. 51 Then David ran and stood over the Philistine and took his sword and drew it out of its sheath and killed him and cut off his head with it.
Ya, Goliath was dead alright.When the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled.
Did David kill Goliath twice?
No. The word "killed" appears twice in a row ambiguously.