Text: 1 Chronicles 20:4-8
OT Text Referred to: 2 Samuel 21:18-22
Subject: David's warriors defeat the giants of Gath
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: These are parallel accounts cataloguing the defeat of four Philistine giants, all identified as יְלִידֵי הָרָפָה (yelidei haraphah, "descendants of the giant") from Gath. Both texts name the same warriors and their opponents: Sibbecai killed Saph/Sippai, Elhanan killed Lahmi/Goliath's brother, and Jonathan son of Shimei killed the giant with six fingers on each hand. The Chronicler places this unit immediately after the fall of Rabbah, creating a seamless military narrative, while Samuel locates it in an appendix (chs. 21-24). A notable textual difference: 2 Samuel 21:19 says Elhanan killed "Goliath the Gittite" while 1 Chronicles 20:5 clarifies he killed "Lahmi the brother of Goliath" — a variant that has generated extensive text-critical discussion about whether the Samuel text suffered scribal corruption.