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2 Samuel 21:17-19
English Standard Version
2 Samuel 21:17-19
English Standard Version
17 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah came to his aid and attacked the Philistine and killed him. Then David's men swore to him, (A)“You shall no longer go out with us to battle, lest you quench (B)the lamp of Israel.”
18 (C)After this there was again war with the Philistines at Gob. Then (D)Sibbecai (E)the Hushathite struck down Saph, who was one of the descendants (F)of the giants. 19 And there was again war with the Philistines at Gob, and (G)Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim, the Bethlehemite, struck down Goliath the Gittite, (H)the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.[a]
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- 2 Samuel 21:19 Contrast 1 Chronicles 20:5, which may preserve the original reading
2 Samuel 21:17-19
New International Version
2 Samuel 21:17-19
New International Version
17 But Abishai(A) son of Zeruiah came to David’s rescue; he struck the Philistine down and killed him. Then David’s men swore to him, saying, “Never again will you go out with us to battle, so that the lamp(B) of Israel will not be extinguished.(C)”
18 In the course of time, there was another battle with the Philistines, at Gob. At that time Sibbekai(D) the Hushathite killed Saph, one of the descendants of Rapha.
19 In another battle with the Philistines at Gob, Elhanan son of Jair[a] the Bethlehemite killed the brother of[b] Goliath the Gittite,(E) who had a spear with a shaft like a weaver’s rod.(F)
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 21:19 See 1 Chron. 20:5; Hebrew Jaare-Oregim.
- 2 Samuel 21:19 See 1 Chron. 20:5; Hebrew does not have the brother of.
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