everybody thinks its David, but 2 Samuel 21:19 say it was ELHANAN in battle at Gob.
2006-10-12 02:45:10 · 13 answers · asked by billy t 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
i always go by first instincts... i vote David
2006-10-12 02:47:58 · answer #1 · answered by STORMY K 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
2 Samual Ch 21 V 19 states: (KJV): 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.
2006-10-12 10:11:33 · answer #2 · answered by Crystal 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Goliath had 4 brothers, who were also giants.
One of them came over to the Israelite side after Goliath was killed, but the Israelites didn't trust him, and so they killed him, too. It was actually kind of sad.
That's the event you're reading about, not the killing of Goliath.
Goliath's death at the hands of the shepherd boy, David, has much historical and religious significance.
There's no way it could be misinterpreted.
2006-10-12 11:55:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
David killed Goliath, Elhanan killed Goliath's brother.
2006-10-12 09:49:03 · answer #4 · answered by iwant_u2_wantme2000 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
David killed Goliath with the help of God. David trusted God
2006-10-12 11:42:19 · answer #5 · answered by lover of Jehovah and Jesus 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Enlightenment killed Goliath. And David. And Elhanan (whoever that is).
2006-10-12 09:48:18 · answer #6 · answered by XYZ 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
That would be God. Elohim- is that the spelling?
David with God killed Goliath-
"And the stone was just the right size, to put the giant on the ground...."
Casting Crowns- the voice of Truth
2006-10-12 09:47:37 · answer #7 · answered by IN Atlanta 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
David slew Goliath. think you're referring to an entirely different person and battle as others have already stated.
2006-10-12 09:56:11 · answer #8 · answered by Marvin R 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Let the games begin! The biblical scholar Avalos also pointed this out. You're going to get a lot of soft-show routine explanations on this one - even some that say ". err.. that must have been Goliath's twin brother..." ... etc. Maybe we'll get some some funnier ones.
(An even funnier one is where a verse says this king guy rule 18 years while another says he ruled 10. Explanation?
"... smudges!!!") I kid you not.
2006-10-12 09:52:48 · answer #9 · answered by JAT 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Elchana was david (the name is simply a nickname meaning "Loved by god") and he was referred to as he son of Jaare-oregim Heb. ××ר×××, lit. weavers. For his family wove curtains for the Holy Temple which was called Jaar (see I Kings 10:17, and 10:21).
2006-10-12 09:58:23 · answer #10 · answered by rosends 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋