Subject: [b-hebrew] DSS, the brother of Goliath the Gittite, 2 Samuel 21:19
Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2003 07:56:30 -0500
Shalom b-Hebrew
>2 Samuel 21:19 (KJV)
>And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines,
>here 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."
Schmuel
>I'm told the Vulgate and the socalled LXX had "brother of", but haven't
>checked that,
>while the Peshitta does not, it matches the MT.
Correction... this was in relationship to another verse.
My understanding is that that there is no ancient manuscript evidence for
"brother of"
and since I posted this I have learned that the verse section is missing from
the DSS manuscripts .... (perhaps too many coffee-stains :-) j/k).