2 SAMUEL 21:19 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 1
“And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaare–oregim, a Beth–lehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.”
And there was again war with the Philistines at Gob, and Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim, the Bethlehemite, killed Goliath the Gittite, whose spear was like a weaver's beam — The narrative attributes the slaying of Goliath to Elhanan (rather than David, as in 1 Samuel 17). This apparent contradiction has generated considerable scholarly discussion; possibly, Goliath's name was a title, or multiple giants shared similar characteristics, or there are variant traditions of Goliath's death.
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