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There was another battle with the Philistines, and Elhanan, the son of Jair, slew Lahmi, the brother of Goliath[a] of Gath, whose spear shaft was like a weaver’s beam.(A)

There was another battle, at Gath, and there was a giant, who had six fingers to each hand and six toes to each foot; twenty-four in all. He too was descended from the Rephaim. He defied Israel, and Jonathan, the son of Shimea, David’s brother, slew him.

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Footnotes

  1. 20:5 Elhanan…slew Lahmi, the brother of Goliath: with this notice the Chronicler solves the difficulty of the apparent contradiction between 1 Sm 17:49, 51 (David killed Goliath) and 2 Sm 21:19 (Elhanan killed Goliath).