1 Chronicles 20:5

וַתְּהִי ־ עוֹד מִלְחָמָה אֶת ־ פְּלִשְׁתִּים וַיַּךְ אֶלְחָנָן בֶּן ־ יעור אֶת ־ לַחְמִי אֲחִי גָּלְיָת הַגִּתִּי וְעֵץ חֲנִיתוֹ כִּמְנוֹר אֹרְגִֽים ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff was like a weaver’s beam.

In Context

4וַיְהִי אַחֲרֵיכֵן וַתַּעֲמֹד מִלְחָמָה בְּגֶזֶר עִם ־ פְּלִשְׁתִּים אָז הִכָּה סִבְּכַי הַחֻֽשָׁתִי אֶת ־ סִפַּי מִילִדֵי הָרְפָאִים וַיִּכָּנֵֽעוּ ׃

6וַתְּהִי ־ עוֹד מִלְחָמָה בְּגַת וַיְהִי ׀ אִישׁ מִדָּה וְאֶצְבְּעֹתָיו שֵׁשׁ ־ וָשֵׁשׁ עֶשְׂרִים וְאַרְבַּע וְגַם ־ הוּא נוֹלַד לְהָרָפָֽא ׃

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Cross References

1 Samuel 17:7וחץ חֲנִיתוֹ כִּמְנוֹר אֹֽרְגִים וְלַהֶבֶת חֲנִיתוֹ שֵׁשׁ ־ מֵאוֹת שְׁקָלִים בַּרְזֶל וְנֹשֵׂא הַצִּנָּה הֹלֵךְ לְפָנָֽיו ׃

1 Samuel 22:10וַיִּשְׁאַל ־ לוֹ בַּֽיהוָה וְצֵידָה נָתַן לוֹ וְאֵת חֶרֶב גָּלְיָת הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי נָתַן לֽוֹ ׃

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 20:5-8

4 And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezer with the Philistines; at which time Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Sippai, that was of the children of the giant: and they were subdued. 5 And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff was like a weaver's beam. 6 And yet again there was war at Gath, where was a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on each hand, and six on each… Read the whole commentary →

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