19 And there was war with the Philistines again at Gob, and Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim the Bethlehemite [a]killed [b]Goliath the Gittite, (A)the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.

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  1. 2 Samuel 21:19 Lit struck
  2. 2 Samuel 21:19 In 1 Chr 20:5, Lahmi, the brother of Goliath

19 In another battle with the Philistines at Gob, Elhanan son of Jair[a] the Bethlehemite killed the brother of[b] Goliath the Gittite,(A) who had a spear with a shaft like a weaver’s rod.(B)

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  1. 2 Samuel 21:19 See 1 Chron. 20:5; Hebrew Jaare-Oregim.
  2. 2 Samuel 21:19 See 1 Chron. 20:5; Hebrew does not have the brother of.

23 And he killed an Egyptian, a man of great stature [a]five cubits tall. Now in the Egyptian’s hand was (A)a spear like a weaver’s beam, but he went down to him with a club and snatched the spear from the Egyptian’s hand and killed him with his own spear.

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  1. 1 Chronicles 11:23 About 7.5 ft. or 2.3 m

23 And he struck down an Egyptian who was five cubits[a] tall. Although the Egyptian had a spear like a weaver’s rod(A) in his hand, Benaiah went against him with a club. He snatched the spear from the Egyptian’s hand and killed him with his own spear.

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  1. 1 Chronicles 11:23 That is, about 7 feet 6 inches or about 2.3 meters