1 Chronicles 20:5

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

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Douay Rheims 1609

AD 1609

gave them ayde. And the Agarenes were delivered into their hands, and all that were with them, because they called upon God when they fought: and he heard them, (b) because they believed in him. (b) Of these and the like, St. Paul saith: By faith they overcame kingdoms, Heb: 11.

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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849

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 Kings. (Du Hamel)

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Richard Challoner

AD 1781

2 Samuel 21:19 reads "the son of the Forrest," so it is rendered in the Latin Vulgate, by giving the interpretation of the Hebrew names, which are Elhanan the son of Jaare.

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