Who killed Goliath?

Question

Was it maybe David...?
I Samuel 17:23, 50
the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name...David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone and struck the Philistine and killed him.


Or was it Elhanan...
II Samuel 21:19
And there was again war with the Philistines at Gob; and Elhanan the son of Joareoregim, the Bethlehemite, slew Goliath the Gittite.

Note: Gittite means man of Gath, so – Goliath
Note: This contradiction was so obvious that in KJV we find

...Elhanan, the son of Joareoregim, the Bethlehemite, slew the BROTHER of Goliath the Gittite... II Samuel 21:19, Although ’’brother’’ isn’t mentioned in the original...The alone try of making the things better with false translations is enough.

Answer 1

David.

Answer 2

"Note: This contradiction was so obvious"
Obvious to those who do not know how to look things up in a Young's Interlinear. The word "brother" is there in the original text.

In Hebrew, the three letters that look almost identical are the Tav "ת", the Hay "ה" and the Khet "ח". A distortion in the Chet of Second Samuel 21 caused it to render as an untranslatable word. Rather than researching the possible distortion, the translators chose to ignore it.

II Samuel 21:19
0853 את 'eth ayth = untranslatable

I Chronicles 20:5
0251 אח 'ach awkh = Brother

Best to keep quiet and be thought a fool, rather than post an accusing Yahoo question and remove all doubt.

Answer 3

All it shows is that the two or more people who finally wrote down this part of early Hebrew history did so distant in both time and space. Two versions of the same event is not at all unusual. It says NOTHING about the accuracy or lack thereof in either rendition.

Try reading an account of a current event in several newspapers, some local to the event, others from other cities and even from other countries. Trust me, they'll vary, often wildly, from telling to telling. If we can still s***w it up in this day and age, why do you insist that 3,000 years ago they should have been better? Get a grip, kiddo! Get a grip!

Answer 4

Thats very interesting. David was Gods warrior and was designed to never be defeated..Perhaps this was an old story they used to tell to build his character up to the people so that they would rabble in his honor

Answer 5

David, the man after Gods own heart did.

Answer 6

actually, golliath had a stroke.