Matthew Poole and continuators on 2 Samuel 21:19

19 And there was again a battel in Gob, with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim, a Bethlehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite , the staff of whose spear was like a weavers beam .

Another of David's worthy and valiant Commanders.

The relative word Brother, is not in the Hebrew Text, but is fitly supplied out of the parallel place, 1 Chron. 20. 5▪ where it is expressed. And such defects of relatives are not unusual in Scripture. Thus the word Wife is understood, Matth. 1▪ 6. Ioh. 19. 25. and Father or Mother, Mar. 15. 40, 47. Compare with Mar. 16. 1. and Luk. 24. 10. and Son, Matth. 4. 21. Mar. 2. 14. Ioh. 21. 15. and Brother, Luk. 6. 16. Compare with Iud. v. 1. And such Ellipses do also frequently occur in profane Authors. Although the place may be, and is otherwise rendred Elhanan the son of Iaare-oregim, slew Beth-halachmi or Lachmi, (as he is called by way of abbreviation, 1 Chron. 20. 5. which is very frequent in the Hebrew▪ Tongue), who was (which words are frequently understood in the Hebrew Text) with (so eth is oft rendred, as hath been noted before) Goliath the Gittite, i. e. in his Company, bred up with him to the War, and related to him as his Brother. Or, he slew Beth-halachmi a Goliath (or, another Goliath) of Gath, or the Gittite. So the name of the Giant was Beth-halachmi, who may be here called Goliath, not onely for his near relation to him, being his Brother, but for his exact resemblance of him in Feature, or in Stature and Strength, or in Courage and Military Skill; as Iohn the Baptist was called Elias, for the like reason. Peradventure also, after the death of the first and famous Goliath the Gittite, 1 Sam. 17. that name was either given to him by others, or taken by himself.

In thickness. See 1 Sam. 17. 7.

Marginal references: [illegible: 1+ letters]ee 1 Chro. [illegible: 1 word]. 5.