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Tuesday, April 02, 2013
Who Really Killed Goliath?
In chapter 21 in the Book of Samuel, we read, “…and Elhanan
the son of Jaare-oregim the Beth-lehemite slew Goliath the Gittite.” Um... didn’t we read earlier that David slew
Goliath? One possibility: David was a
royal name he took up upon assuming the monarchy, and Elchanan was his name
previously (we see no references to David by name prior to his beginning on his
royal track.) Another possibility is
that the giant David killed in his youth was not Goliath. Once the back-and-forth between David and the
giant ensues in Samuel I 1:17, the giant is always referred to merely as, “the
Phillsitine,” or, “the uncircumcised one.”
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