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Elhanan
The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia
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- According to 2 Samuel 21:19, R. V., the son of Jaareoregim, the Bethlehemite, who in a battle with the Philistines at Gob killed Goliath, the Gittite. According to 1 Chronicles 20:5, he was the son of Jair, and killed Lahmi, the brother of Goliath. The original traditions had it that the death of Goliath was brought about by Elhanan; but when David became the central figure of heroic adventures it was attributed to him instead, and to Elhanan was credited the death of Lahmi, Goliath's brother. The discrepancy is arbitrarily harmonized by the Targum, which identifies Elhanan with David, and takes "oregim" literally as "who wove the curtains for the Temple."
- Another Bethlehemite, son of Dodo, and one of the "thirty" of David (2 Samuel 23:24 = 1 Chronicles 11:26).
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Elhanan'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/e/elhanan.html. 1901.
Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Elhanan'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/e/elhanan.html. 1901.
