1CH 20

1 Chronicles 20:5

WEB

Again there was war with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.

BSB

Once again there was a battle with the Philistines, and Elhanan son of Jair killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.

KJV

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.

Matthew Henry

Verses 4–8

1 Chronicles 20:4–8

The Philistines were nearly subdued (Ch1 18:1); but, as in the destruction of the Canaanites by Joshua the sons of Anak were last subdued (Jos 11:21), so here in the conquest of the Philistines the giants of Gath were last brought down. In the conflicts between grace and corruption there are some sins which, like these giants, keep their ground a great while and are not mastered without much difficulty and a long struggle: but judgment will be brought forth unto victory at last. Observe, 1. We never read of giants among the Israelites as we do of the giants among the Philistines - giants of Gath, but not giants of Jerusalem. The growth of God's plants is in usefulness, not in bulk. Those who covet to have cubits added to their stature do not consider that it will but make then more unwieldy. In the balance of the sanctuary David far outweighs Goliath. 2. The servants of David, though men of ordinary stature, were too hard for the giants of Gath in every encounter, because they had God on their side, who takes pleasure in abasing lofty looks, and mortifying the giants that are in the earth, as he did of old by the deluge, though they were men of renown. Never let the church's friends be disheartened by the power and pride of the church's enemies. We need not fear great men against us while we have the great God for us. What will a finger more on each hand do, or a toe more on each foot, in contest with Omnipotence? 3. These giants defied Israel (Ch1 20:7) and were thus made to pay for their insolence. None are more visibly marked for ruin that those who reproach God and his Israel. God will do great things rather than suffer the enemy to behave themselves proudly, Deu 32:27. The victories of the Son of David, like those of David himself, are gradual. We see not yet all things put under him; but it will be seen shortly: and death itself, the last enemy, like these giants, will be triumphed over.

Cross-references: 1Chr 18:1 · Josh 11:21 · 1Chr 20:7 · Deut 32:27

Hebrew interlinear

H1961

הָיָהhâyâh/haw-yaw/

v — exist, be, become, come to pass

Derivation: a primitive root (compare 1933);

to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

KJV: beacon, × altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, follow, happen, × have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, × use.

הָיָה

vb — fall out

הָיָה 3570 vb. fall out, come to pass, become, be

Qal

I.

1.

a. Fall out, happen

b. occur, take place, come about, come to pass

2. esp. & very oft., come about, come to pass

a.

(1). וַיְהִי and it came to pass that, most often (c. 292 t.)

(2). rarely also Pf. c. וְ conj. וְהָיָה

b. less oft. וְהָיָה Pf. consec. and it shall come to pass, or frequentat. came to pass (repeatedly, etc.)

II. Come into being, become

1.

a. abs., in lively narrative, arise, appear, come

b. sq. prep.

2. become

a. sq. pred. noun (to be viewed as implicit accus.)

b. sq. pred. adj.

c. become like

d. sq. pred. לְ pers.

e. sq. לְ pred.

f. oft. c. לְ pred. לְ pers.

g. with עַל and לְ

h. sts. c. לְ pers. only = became the property of, come into the possession of

III. Be (often with subbordinate idea of becoming)

1. exist, be in existence

2. abide, remain, continue

3. with word of locality, be in or at a place, be situated, stand, lie

4. as copula, joining subj. & pred.

5. periphrastic conjug.

Niph.

1. either be done, be brought about, or occur, come to pass

2. be done, finished, gone

H5750

עוֹדʻôwd/ode/

adv — iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more

Derivation: or עֹד; from 5749;

properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more

KJV: again, × all life long, at all, besides, but, else, further(-more), henceforth, (any) longer, (any) more(-over), × once, since, (be) still, when, (good, the) while (having being), (as, because, whether, while) yet (within).

עוֹד

subst — a going round

עוֹד and (14 t.) עֹד subst. a going round, continuance, but used mostly as adv. acc. still, yet, again, besides

H4421

מִלְחָמָהmilchâmâh/mil-khaw-maw'/

n-f — battle, engagement, war, war-fare

Derivation: from 3898 (in the sense of fighting);

a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. war-fare)

KJV: battle, fight(-ing), war(-rior).

מִלְחָמָה

n.f — battle

מִלְחָמָה 319 n.f. battle, war

H854

אֵתʼêth/ayth/

prep — nearness, near, with, by, at, among

Derivation: probably from 579;

properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.

KJV: against, among, before, by, for, from, in(-to), (out) of, with. Often with another prepositional prefix.

אֵת

prep — with

אֵת, prep. with—prep. denoting proximity

1. Of companionship, together with

2. Of localities

3. אֵת פּ׳ denotes specially

a. in one's possession or keeping

b. in one's knowledge or memory

4. מֵאֵת from proximity with

Note. אֵת expresses closer association than עִם: hence while מֵעִם sts. denotes hardly more than from the surroundings or belongings of, מֵאֵת expresses from close proximity to.

H6430

פְּלִשְׁתִּיPᵉlishtîy/pel-ish-tee'/

a — Pelishtite

Derivation: patrial from 6429;

a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth

KJV: Philistine.

פְּלִשְׁתִּי

adj.gent — Philistine

פְּלִשְׁתִּי 288 adj.gent. Philistine

H5221

נָכָהnâkâh/naw-kaw'/

v — strike

Derivation: a primitive root;

to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)

KJV: beat, cast forth, clap, give (wounds), × go forward, × indeed, kill, make (slaughter), murderer, punish, slaughter, slay(-er, -ing), smite(-r, -ing), strike, be stricken, (give) stripes, × surely, wound.

נָכָה

vb — smite

[נָכָה] 501 vb. smite (not in Qal)

Niph. and he shall be smitten [struck by weapon in battle] and die

Pu. both be smitten down by the hail

Hiph.

1.

a. lit., smite (with a single, non-fatal, blow), strike

b. smite repeatedly, beat a man

c. and they clapped hands (in applause)

d. give a thrust (with fork) into pot; strike roots

e. rarely smite (in battle) so as (merely) to wound

f. smite, of sun

2. Smite fatally

3. Smite = attack, attack and destroy a company

4. Of God

a. smite with a plague, disease, etc.

b. smite = chastise, or send judgment upon

c. of God’s destroying palaces

Hoph. be smitten

H445

אֶלְחָנָןʼElchânân/el-khaw-nawn'/

n-pr-m — Elchanan

Derivation: from 410 and 2603; God (is) gracious;

Elchanan, an Israelite

KJV: Elkanan.

אֶלְחָנָן

n.pr.m — Elkanan

אֶלְחָנָן n.pr.m. (God has been gracious) two of David’s chiefs

H1121

בֵּןbên/bane/

n-m — son

Derivation: from 1129;

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)

KJV: afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ( ) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, (young) bullock, (young) calf, × came up in, child, colt, × common, × corn, daughter, × of first, firstborn, foal, very fruitful, postage, × in, kid, lamb, ( ) man, meet, mighty, nephew, old, ( ) people, rebel, robber, × servant born, × soldier, son, spark, steward, stranger, × surely, them of, tumultuous one, valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.

בֵּן

n.m — son

בֵּן 4870 n.m. son

1. son, male child, born of a woman

2. children (male and female)

3. youth, young men

4. the young of animals

5. of plant shoots

6. fig. of lifeless things, sparks, stars, arrows

7.

a. member of a guild, order or class

b. of animals son of (the) herd

8. ב׳ as n. relat. followed by word of quality, characteristic, etc.

9. n. relat. of age

בְּנוֹ

n.pr.m — his son

בְּנוֹ 1 Ch 24:26, 27 as n.pr.m. in AV, RV, but render: the sons of Jaaziah his son, & the sons of Merari by Jaaziah his son, cf. VB & Be Öt.

H3265

יָעוּרYâʻûwr/yaw-oor'/

n-pr-m — Jaur

Derivation: apparently the passive participle of the same as 3293; wooded;

Jaur, an Israelite

KJV: Jair(from the margin).

יָעוֹר

n.pr.m — Jair(from the margin)

יָעוֹר Kt, יָעִיר Qr, n.pr.m. father of Elḫanan the giant-slayer

H853

אֵתʼêth/ayth/

prt — self, even, namely

Derivation: apparent contracted from 226 in the demonstrative sense of entity;

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

KJV: [as such unrepresented in English].

אֵת

mark of the accusative

אֵת the mark of the accusative, prefixed as a rule only to nouns that are definite

H3902

לַחְמִיLachmîy/lakh-mee'/

n-pr-m — Lachmi

Derivation: from 3899; foodful; (or perhaps erroneous transcription) for 1022

Lachmi, an Israelite; or rather probably a brief form

KJV: Lahmi. See also 3433.

לַחְמִי

n.pr.m — Lahmi. See also

לַחְמִי n.pr.m. brother of Goliath of Gath (q.v.) slain by Elhanan, acc. to 1 Ch 20:5

H251

אָחʼâch/awkh/

n-m — brother

Derivation: a primitive word;

a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance [like 1])

KJV: another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'.

אָח

n.m — brother

אָח 630 n.m. brother

1. brother, born of same mother (& father)

2. indef. = relative

3. fig. of resemblance

4. in phr. one … another

H1555

גׇּלְיַתGolyath/gol-yath'/

n-pr-m — Goljath

Derivation: perhaps from 1540; exile;

Goljath, a Philistine

KJV: Goliath.

גָּלְיַת

n.pr.m — Goliath

גָּלְיַת n.pr.m. (conspicuous?) Philistine giant slain by David

H1663

גִּתִּיGittîy/ghit-tee'/

a — Gittite

Derivation: patrial from 1661;

a Gittite or inhabitant of Gath

KJV: Gittite.

גִּתִּי

adj.gent — the Gittites

גִּתִּי adj.gent. of Obed-edom; Ittai; Goliath; the Gittites

H6086

עֵץʻêts/ates/

n-m — tree, wood

Derivation: from 6095;

a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)

KJV: carpenter, gallows, helve, pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.

עֵץ

n.m — tree

עֵץ 329 n.m. tree, trees, wood

1. (c. 150 t.)

a. a standing tree

b. coll. trees

2. (c. 175 t.; c. 120 t. pl., to denote pieces [or articles] of wood)

H2595

חֲנִיתchănîyth/khan-eeth'/

n-f — lance, thrusting, pitching

Derivation: from 2583;

a lance (for thrusting, like pitching a tent)

KJV: javelin, spear.

חֲנִית

n.f — spear

חֲנִית n.f. spear (as flexible?)

1. spear, as hurled

2.

a. shaft of spear

b. spear-head

c. butt of spear

3. metaph. of teeth of lions

H4500

מָנוֹרmânôwr/maw-nore'/

n-m — yoke, frame of a loom

Derivation: from 5214;

a yoke (properly, for plowing), i.e. the frame of a loom

KJV: beam.

מָנוֹר

n.m — beam

[מָנוֹר] n.m. beam (prob. round) carrying the heddles (in loom)

H707

אָרַגʼârag/aw-rag'/

v — plait, weave

Derivation: a primitive root;

to plait or weave

KJV: weaver(-r).

אָרַג

vb — weave

[אָרַג] vb. weave

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