Elhanan

Warrior from Bethlehem who killed Goliath's brother Lahmi

A written article for Elhanan is still to come. Below and alongside: where Elhanan appears in Scripture, with the original words and any dates on record.

  • 1100 BC
    1000 BC
  • Elhanan
    c. 1000 BC

Original word

  • אֶלְחָנָן elhanan
    H445
Relationships
Father: Jair
Citations
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Where Elhanan appears in Scripture

2 Samuel 21

וַתְּהִי-עוֹד הַמִּלְחָמָה בְּגוֹב עִם-פְּלִשְׁתִּים וַיַּךְ אֶלְחָנָן בֶּן-יַעְרֵי אֹֽרְגִים בֵּית הַלַּחְמִי אֵת גָּלְיָת הַגִּתִּי וְעֵץ חֲנִיתוֹ כִּמְנוֹר אֹֽרְגִֽים׃
19
And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim, a Bethlehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.

2 Samuel 23

עֲשָׂה-אֵל אֲחִֽי-יוֹאָב בַּשְּׁלֹשִׁים אֶלְחָנָן בֶּן-דֹּדוֹ בֵּית לָֽחֶם׃
24
Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,

1 Chronicles 11

וְגִבּוֹרֵי הַֽחֲיָלִים עֲשָׂה-אֵל אֲחִי יוֹאָב אֶלְחָנָן בֶּן-דּוֹדוֹ מִבֵּית לָֽחֶם׃
26
Also the valiant men of the armies were, Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,

1 Chronicles 20

וַתְּהִי-עוֹד מִלְחָמָה אֶת-פְּלִשְׁתִּים וַיַּךְ אֶלְחָנָן בֶּן-‫(יעור)‬ יָעִיר אֶת-לַחְמִי אֲחִי גָּלְיָת הַגִּתִּי וְעֵץ חֲנִיתוֹ כִּמְנוֹר אֹֽרְגִֽים׃
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.