OLD TESTAMENT

1 Chronicles 20:5

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

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Verse 5. Adeodatus. Hebrew “Elchanan, the son of Jair, of Lehem;” or, “slew Lechemi, brother of Goliath;” or equal to him in strength. Calmet.—Brother is here supplied, as it is wanting. 2 Kennicott. D.

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