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Who killed Goliath?

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David killed Goliath with a slingshot.

A second version of the story says that Elhanan, son of Jair, from Bethlehem, killed Goliath. Explanations include:

  1. Elhanan was David's name at one point in his life
  2. Story tellers changed the story from the lesser known individual to David the King.
  3. Elhanan killed Goliath's brother.
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Where is Goliath's body now?

The Bible says the birds ate the flesh off of Goliath's corpse leaving nothing but the skeleton behind. No one knows what happened to Goliath's body after David killed him.


In the KJV Bible who had 24 fingers and toes?

Goliath.


How many Goliath are there in the bible?

Millions of young children have been taught the famous story of David slaying the Philistine giant, Goliath, to guide them to understand the greatness of David and, perhaps, his God. But the legends of Goliath were already ancient when the Bible was written, resulting in confusion and duplication.The most famous account is to be found in 1 Samuel 17:58, where David slew Goliath with a slingshot, winning the gratitude of the Hebrews and demonstrating the courage to become king.Another episode, at 2 Samuel 21:19 casts further light on the legend of Goliath. The Hebrew Bible in English (JPS 1917 Edition) says: "And there was again war with the Philistines at Gob; and Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim the Beth-lehemite slew Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam." In other words, there seems to be another, probably older, tradition that Elhanan killed Goliath.1 Chronicles, written later and apparently dependent on the Deuteronomic History, attempted to resolve this in two ways. First, there is no mention of David killing Goliath, even though the Book of Kings presents this at the most important single feat leading to David being accepted as a potential king. Second, at 20:5, the book says that Lahmi (Elhanan) killed the brother of Goliath. 1 Chronicles 20:5 is a later rewrite of 2 Samuel 21:19, so the 'brother' should be discounted: Lahmi killed the same Goliath as in 2 Samuel.The King James (KJV) translation altered 2 Samuel 21:19 (in line with 1 Chronicles), adding 'the brother of' [in italics to indicate that this was not an exact translation], but most other English translations of the Book of Samuel seem to have more faithfully followed the Hebrew Bible version.In summary, the various stories are really about the same Goliath, but are told in different forms.


Who was Goliath?

Goliath was a nine foot Trained Warrior like Conan from the army of the phillistines. The Philistines challenged Israel to a one on one battle, so as to spare many soldier's lives. His challenge was accepted by an unarmed boy with a divine acurate sling shot. Goliath had super Human strenght and could carry all his armor like it was nothing. His sword was a sharp sledge hammer that could slice through your armor. If you saw Goliath, you didn't stick around to see what he would do. If you saw Goliath, you ran and hoped he doesent feel like killing anyone that day. If you saw Goliath, you are very far away but he still looks pretty big. Goliath was meant by God to be a very known mighty warrior. The Death of Goliath made David famous. That sling shot was his viral moment.


What is the height difference between the goliath at la ronde and behemoth?

Toronto Wonderland Behemoth: 70m (height) Montreal LaRonde Goliath: 53m (height)

Related questions

How did David killed Goliath?

David killed Goliath by hitting him with a stone thrown from a slingshot.


Who Killed Goliath With A Slingshot And Five Stones?

I don't know who killed Goliath with five stones, but i do know who killed Goliath with ONE stone and that was David.


Which large man was killed by David?

David killed Goliath.


Did David kill with a stone?

David killed Goliath with a stone.


When did David fight Golaith?

David was 'only a youth' when he killed Goliath [say, 17] and 70 when he died in about 971BC. This would make it about 1024BC when he killed Goliath.


Why didn't Jonathan fight Goliath?

When David killed Goliath he was a small boy, Jonathan was the son of saul and they were the same age and friends.


Who died when he was hit on the forehead by a stone from a sling?

Goliath, the Philistine giant, was stunned by a stone from the slingshot of David, future king of Israel. David then killed Goliath with his (Goliath's) own sword.


Where is Goliath's body now?

The Bible says the birds ate the flesh off of Goliath's corpse leaving nothing but the skeleton behind. No one knows what happened to Goliath's body after David killed him.


Did the stone that killed goliath have a name?

As the story is told, it was just a pebble fired from a sling.


Who kill the giant that conered and almost kill david?

David killed the giant Goliath.


Where david slew goliath?

David killed Goliath in battle in the city of Sochoh in the territory of Judah, which was in the heart of the Kingdom of Israel. See story in 1 Samuel 17.


Who was the king of israel when david killed goliath?

technically Saul [1st Samuel 17, but actually Saul was rejected by Yahweh as king over yisrael back in chapter 15:26; so textually; HOWEVER - because david was anointed by the prophet Samuel as king in 16:13; the death of goliath happened in chap 17....so saul rejected-15:23 david anointed-16:13 goliath killed-17:15 you could then say that david was king when he killed goliath :)