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19 There was still another battle with the Philistines at Gob. A soldier named Elhanan killed Goliath[a] from Gath, whose spear shaft was like a weaver's beam.[b] Elhanan's father was Jari[c] from Bethlehem.

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Footnotes

  1. 21.19 Goliath: According to 1 Chronicles 20.5, Elhanan killed the brother of Goliath.
  2. 21.19 weaver's beam: A large wooden rod used by a weaver when making cloth.
  3. 21.19 Jari: Or “Jaare.”

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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Footnotes

  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.

19 And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim, a Bethlehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.

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