Editing Goliath (section)

===Elhanan and Goliath===
In [[2 Samuel 21]], verse 19, the Hebrew Bible tells how Goliath was killed by "[[Elhanan son of Jair|Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim]], the Bethlehemite". The fourth-century BC [[Books of Chronicles|1 Chronicle 20:5]] explains the second Goliath by saying that Elhanan "slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath", which is thought by [[higher criticism|biblical source critics]] to have constructed the name [[Lahmi]] from the last portion of the word "Bethlehemite" ("''beit-ha’lahmi''"), and the [[King James Bible]] adopted this identification into 2 Samuel 21:18–19. Regardless, the Hebrew text at Goliath's name in 2 Samuel 21 makes no mention of the word "brother".{{sfn|Halpern|2003|pp=[https://books.google.com/books?id=tn8PG4XfuBAC&pg=PA8 7–10]}} Most scholars dismiss the later 1 Chronicles 20:5 material as "an obvious harmonization".<ref name="Hubbard Younger Arnold Konkel 2015 p. 1841">{{cite book | last1=Hubbard | first1=Robert L. | last2=Younger | first2=K. Lawson | last3=Arnold | first3=Bill T. | last4=Konkel | first4=August H. | last5=Hill | first5=Andrew E. | last6=Jobes | first6=Karen H. | title=NIVAC Bundle 2: Historical Books | publisher=Zondervan Academic | series=The NIV Application Commentary | year=2015 | isbn=978-0-310-53003-9 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=foGmCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT1841 | access-date=4 March 2022 | page=unpaginated | quote=Most scholars dismiss the parallel in 1 Chronicles 20:5 as an obvious harmonization}}</ref>