Elhanan
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Elhanan in the Bible Dictionary
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1. A distinguished warrior in the time of David, who killed Lahmi, the brother of Goliath, the Gittite
2 Sam 21:19
19 And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim, a Bethlehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.
2 Samuel 21:19 -
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1 Chr 20:5
5 And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff was like a weaver's beam.
1 Chronicles 20:5 -
2. Son of Dodo, one of David’s heroes
2 Sam 23:24; 1 Chr 11:26
24 Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
2 Samuel 23:2426 Also the valiant men of the armies were, Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
1 Chronicles 11:26
From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), by Orville J. Nave.
