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- The giant fell, and David ran to him, pulled out Goliath’s sword, killed him with it, and cut off his head. The Philistine army ran away, and God’s people were triumphant.
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Jan 4, 2022 · Here’s what’s clear: 1 Samuel 17:50 says that David killed Goliath: “So David triumphed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone; without a sword in his hand he struck down the Philistine and killed him.” The “Philistine” in this verse is identified as Goliath in verse 4.
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David Kills Goliath - The Philistines gathered their troops for battle. They assembled at Socoh in Judah. They camped in Ephes Dammim, between Socoh and Azekah.
50 So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone, struck the Philistine down and killed him. Since there was no sword in David’s hand, 51 David ran, stood over the Philistine, picked up his sword, drew it from its sheath, slew him and cut off his head with it.
49 He reached into his bag and took out a stone, which he slung at Goliath. It hit him on the forehead and broke his skull, and Goliath fell face downward on the ground. 50 And so, without a sword, David defeated and killed Goliath with a sling and a stone!
- Further Problems
- A Closer Look at The Text
- The Hero’S Name
- The Giant’S Name
- One Last Problem
- Putting It All Together
- Lessons Learned
Things get even more confusing when we examine the parallel passage in 1 Chronicles 20:5 (much of Samuel-Kings is paralleled in the book of Chronicles): “And there was again war with the Philistines, and Elhanan the son of Jair struck down Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.” This verse, quit...
When we juxtapose the Hebrew words in the problematic portions of the two verses side-by-side, interesting features emerge. To appreciate this, we can set the English to follow the Hebrew word order of verb-subject-object (color coded as blue-yellow-red). The two main problems that require attention are (1) the identity of the Israelite hero and (2...
The first problem is the easier one to solve. Notice that the family (or patronymic) name of the hero, Elhanan, differs slightly in both verses. In 1 Chronicles 20:5 he is Jaur but in 2 Samuel 21:19 he is Jaare-oregim.1There is more to say about the Jaare/Jaur/Jair name but the textual history is too much to get into for this article. The word “ore...
The real difficulty, as mentioned above, is the identity of the Philistine giant. Because of the way the Hebrew text is laid out, this problem partly intersects with the issue we just addressed: the identity of Elhanan. In Samuel, Elhanan is identified as a Bethlehemite, but not in Chronicles. Conversely, in Chronicles, the giant’s name is given as...
With all this, however, the apparent contradiction still remains in place. Elhanan the Bethlehemite slew Goliath. A couple of clarifications should be given at this point. Notice from the chart that the word ͗ēt (which has no equivalent in English) is a way that Biblical Hebrew marks the direct object (the word that receives the action of a verb: “...
A translation of the text of 2 Samuel 21:19, highlighting the suggested changes, would read as follows: “And there was again war with the Philistines at Gob, and Elhanan the son of Yaur, the Bethlehemite, struck down the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.” We can now put all the steps together, for bo...
As can be seen, the textual issues involved are complex. Given the arguments outlined above, however, one plausible historical reconstruction is that Elhanan the Bethlehemite actually killed the brother of Goliath, whose name we aren’t given. That this giant was unnamed is not unusual, since the very next mini episode in 2 Samuel 21:20–21mentions a...
The first passage in Scripture that states someone killed Goliath is 1 Samuel 17:48-50. It indicates that David killed Goliath. Then it happened when the Philistine rose and came and drew near to meet David, that David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet the Philistine.
Apr 11, 2020 · A common “difficulty” or contradiction cited in the Bible is the fact that the text tells us David “killed” Goliath twice. The passage is 1 Samuel 17:50-51. Here’s how it reads in the ESV. So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and struck the Philistine and killed him.
