GOLIATH
There are
two Goliaths
mentioned in the Bible. David slew one. David was
just a lad when he slew this
Goliath. 1Sa 17:4 And a
champion went out from the camp of the
Philistines, named Goliath, from Gath, whose
height was six cubits and a span. 1Sa 17:23 Then
as he talked with them, there was the
champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by
name, coming up from the armies of
the Philistines; and he spoke according to the
same words. So David heard them. 1Sa 17:49 Then
David put his hand in his bag and took
out a stone; and he slung it and struck the
Philistine in his forehead, so that
the stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on
his face to the earth. ‘The brother
of’ has been
added to this verse to try to make the Bible
correct. This should never be
done, as there are many warnings about changing
scripture. Elhanen killed this
giant, whose name was also Goliath. David was
getting on in years when Elhanan
killed the second Goliath. 2Sa 21:19 Again
there was war at Gob with the
Philistines, where Elhanan the son of
Jaare-Oregim the Bethlehemite killed the
brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of
whose spear was like a weaver’s
beam. Notice in
this verse ‘the
brother of’ is inspired. This is a different
Elhanan. 1Ch 20:5 Again
there was war with the Philistines, and
Elhanan the son of Jair killed Lahmi the brother
of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft
of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam. David was a
lad when he
killed the first Goliath, who was a giant. Elhanan, the
son of
Jaare-oregim killed the second Goliath, who was
also a giant. Elhanan, the
son of Jair
[this is a different Elhanan.] killed the second
Goliath’s brother: Lahmi, also
a giant. Saul was
alive when David
slew Goliath. 1Sa 17:2 And
Saul and the men of Israel were gathered
together, and they encamped in the Valley of
Elah, and drew up in battle array
against the Philistines. Saul was
dead when Elanhan
slew his goliath. 2Sa 21:14 They
buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan
his son in the country of Benjamin in Zelah, in
the tomb of Kish his father. So
they performed all that the king commanded. And
after that God heeded the
prayer for the land. The Bible is
full of little
posers like this. |