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NASB | 2 Samuel 21:19 There was war with the Philistines again at Gob, and Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim the Bethlehemite killed Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver's beam. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Samuel 21:19 There was war with the Philistines again at Gob, and Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim, a Bethlehemite, killed Goliath the Gittite, whose spear shaft was like a weaver's beam. |
Bible Question: Did David kill Goliath as we read in 1 Sam. 17 or did Elhanan (2 Sam. 21:19)? |
Bible Answer: Nolan yours and Prayon's answers are quite right but I think this says it most clearly. From the Book "When Critices Ask" ask by Norman Geisler and Thomas Howe publisher Victor Press, pg. 176 'The 2 Samuel text is probably a scribal error in copying the manuscripts and should read "Elhanan... slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite." This conculsion is supported by a parallel report of the story in 1 Chronicles 20:5 which has the missing highlighted phrase "Lahmi the brother of," thus showing it was the brother of Goliath that Elhanan killed and not Goliath, whom David slew just as 1 Samuael 17 reports.' |