Lahʹmi was the brother of Goliath the Gittite.
The account at 1 Chronicles 20:5 reads, in part, “Elhanan the son of Jair got to strike down Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite,” during a war with the Philistines. However, in a parallel text at 2 Samuel 21:19 the reading is: “Elhanan the...
David killed Goliath. Elhanan later killed Goliath’s brother. Further, the context of 2 Samuel 21:19 makes it clear that it is describing an entirely separate event from David’s slaying of Goliath in 1Samuel17:50. Second Samuel 21:11–14 puts the passage after the death of Saul, who was alive...
I would suggest that this is insufficient warrant to assert "probably". In fact, all that we know about anthropology (both physical and cultural) would suggest that it is far more "probable" that we are reading legend or embellished folk history. Certainly there are far more examples of...
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Giants of Gath
David Gaddy
Posted on 10/03/2001
We all have heard the story of David and how he slew Goliath the giant of the Philistines. But just in case, let's recap a bit...