1 Chronicles 20:5

5 And there was again war with the Philistines, and Elhanan the son of 1Jair struck down Lahmi 2the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.

1 Chronicles 20:5 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 20:5

(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 20:1).

1 Chronicles 20:5 In-Context

3 And he brought out the people who were in it and set them to laborwith saws and iron picks and axes. And thus David did to all the cities of the Ammonites. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
4 And after this there arose war with the Philistines at Gezer. Then Sibbecai the Hushathite struck down Sippai, who was one of the descendants of the giants, and the Philistines were subdued.
5 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.
6 And there was again war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature, who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in number, and he also was descended from the giants.
7 And when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea, David's brother, struck him down.

Cross References 2

  • 1. [2 Samuel 21:19]
  • 2. [2 Samuel 21:19]
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