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1 Chronicles 20 is the twentieth chapter of the Books of Chronicles in the Hebrew Bible or the First Book of Chronicles in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. [1] [2] The book is compiled from older sources by an unknown person or group, designated by modern scholars as "the Chronicler", and had the final shape established in late fifth or fourth century BCE. [3] This chapter records the account of David's wars against the neighboring nations, especially the Ammonites and the Philistines. [4] The whole chapter belongs to the section focusing on the kingship of David (1 Chronicles 9:35 to 29:30). [1]

Contents

Text

This chapter was originally written in the Hebrew language. It is divided into 8 verses.

Textual witnesses

Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in Hebrew are of the Masoretic Text tradition, which includes the Aleppo Codex (10th century), and Codex Leningradensis (1008). [5]

Extant manuscripts of a Koine Greek translation known as the Septuagint, made in the last few centuries BCE, include Codex Vaticanus (B; B; 4th century), Codex Alexandrinus (A; A; 5th century) and Codex Marchalianus (Q; Q; 6th century). [6] [lower-alpha 1]

Old Testament references

The capture of Rabbah (20:1–3)

The passage parallels 2 Samuel 11:1; 12:26a, 30–31, leaving out the episodes involving David, Bathsheba and Uriah the Hittite as well as 2 Samuel 12:27–29 , which would be between verse 1 and 2. [11] [12]

Verse 2

And David took the crown of their king from off his head, and found it to weigh a talent of gold, and there were precious stones in it; and it was set upon David's head: and he brought also exceeding much spoil out of the city. [13]

Battles against the Philistines (20:4–8)

This passage contains the accounts of three battles against the Philistines involving David's mighty warriors out of the four reported in 2 Samuel 21:15–22 . [4] The episode where Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, saved David from being killed by Ishbi-benob is not included in the Chronicles, probably to avoid the unpleasant impression of a Philistine endangering David, so the number "four" appearing in 2 Samuel 21:22 is also removed in the corresponding verse 8. [4] The Chronicles also harmonizes the confusing claims in the books of Samuel (1 Samuel 17:4 , 50 and 2 Samuel 21:19 ) into a clearer statement in verse 5. [12]

Verse 5

King James Version

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. [17]

New English Translation

There was another battle with the Philistines in which Elhanan son of Jair the Bethlehemite killed the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear had a shaft as big as the crossbeam of a weaver’s loom. [18]

The Hebrew text comparison with the corresponding verse 2 Samuel 21:19 demonstrates that the Chronicles (composed after the Babylonian exile) provides clarification to the older text written before the exile, as can be seen here (Hebrew text is read from right to left): [19]

2 Samuel 21:19:   ויך אלחנן בן־יערי ארגים בית הלחמיאת גלית
transliteration: wa·yaḵ ’el·ḥā·nān ben-ya‘·rê ’ō·rə·ḡîm bêṯ ha·laḥ·mî, ’êṯ gā·lə·yāṯ
English: "and killed Elhanan ben Jaare-Oregim bet-ha-Lahmi, (brother) of Goliath"
1 Chronicles 20:5: ויך אלחנן בן־יעיר          את־לחמי אחי גלית
transliteration: wa·yaḵ ’el·ḥā·nān ben-yā·‘îr                  ’eṯ-laḥ·mî,  ’ă·ḥî gā·lə·yāṯ
English: "and killed Elhanan ben Jair                    Lahmi, brother of Goliath"

The relation of Lahmi to Goliath in the older text (Samuel) is only given using the word "’êṯ" which can be rendered as "together with; related to", whereas in the newer version (Chronicles), it is given using the word "’ă·ḥî" meaning "brother". [19] Therefore it is clear in the Chronicles that David killed Goliath (as recorded in 1 Samuel 17), then Elhanan killed the brother of Goliath. [4] [20] [21] [22]

It is also noted that the word "’ōregîm" (meaning "weaver") is written only once in this verse, but it is found twice in 2 Samuel, the first of which is attached to the proper name "Jaare" to be "Jaare-oregim", which may create confusion with the second use of the word to describe the weapon of the Philistine. [19]

Verse 8

These were born to the giant in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants. [23]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ The extant Codex Sinaiticus only contains 1 Chronicles 9:27–19:17. [7] [8] [9]

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Elhanan, son of Jaare-Oregim the Bethlehemite is a character in 2 Samuel 21:19, where he is credited with killing Goliath:

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References

  1. 1 2 Ackroyd 1993, p. 113.
  2. ↑ Mathys 2007, p. 268.
  3. ↑ Ackroyd 1993, pp. 113–114.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Mathys 2007, p. 278.
  5. ↑ Würthwein 1995, pp. 35–37.
  6. ↑ Würthwein 1995, pp. 73–74.
  7. ↑ Würthwein, Ernst (1988). Der Text des Alten Testaments (2nd ed.). Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft. p. 85. ISBN   3-438-06006-X.
  8. ↑ Swete, Henry Barclay (1902). An Introduction to the Old Testament in Greek. Cambridge: Macmillan and Co. pp. 129–130.
  9. ↑ Wikisource-logo.svg This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Codex Sinaiticus". Catholic Encyclopedia . New York: Robert Appleton Company.
  10. 1 2 1 Chronicles 20 Berean Study Bible. Biblehub
  11. ↑ Mathys 2007, p. 277.
  12. 1 2 3 Coogan 2007, p. 606 Hebrew Bible.
  13. ↑ 1 Chronicles 20:2 KJV
  14. ↑ Note [a] on 1 Chronicles 20:2 in NET Bible
  15. ↑ Note on 1 Chronicles 20:2 in ESV and MEV
  16. ↑ Note on 1 Chronicles 20:2 in NKJV
  17. ↑ 1 Chronicles 20:5 KJV
  18. ↑ 1 Chronicles 20:5 NET Bible
  19. 1 2 3 Heiser, Michael S. "Clash of the Manuscripts: Goliath & the Hebrew Text of the Old Testament". Bible Study Magazine, October 31, 2014.
  20. ↑ KJV Today. "“Brother of Goliath” or “Goliath” in 2 Samuel 21:19?". Accessed October 31, 2018.
  21. ↑ Slick, Matt. "Who killed Goliath, David or Elhanan?". Bible Difficulties, Joshua - Esther, The Bible. Christian Apologetics & Research Ministry. November 28, 2008.
  22. ↑ Note [a] on 1 Chronicles 20:5 in NET Bible. Quote: "...it is likely that the accusative marker in front of לַחְמִי (lakhmi, "Lachmi") was originally בֵּית (bet), and that אֶת־לַחְמִי (ʾet lakhmi) should be emended to בֵּית הַלַּחְמִי (bet hallakhmi, "the Bethlehemite")."
  23. ↑ 1 Chronicles 19:7 NKJV
  24. ↑ 1 Chronicles 20:8 Hebrew text analysis. Biblehub
  25. ↑ 2 Samuel 21:22 Hebrew text analysis. Biblehub

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