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“And there was againe a battell in Gob, with the Philistines, where Elhanan the sonne of Iaare-Oregim a Bethlehemite, slewe the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staffe of whose speare was like a weauers beame.”
(Blueletterbible.org: 2 Samuel 21:19)
“The brother of” is not found in the GreekHebrew. so So some critics state, the translators of the KJV added it “deliberately” to get around a contradiction, since David slew Goliath already and Goliath was a Philistine, while Elhanan slew Goliath the Gittite.
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“And there was warre againe with the Philistines, and Elhanan the sonne of Iair, slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spearestaffe was like a weauers beame.“
(Blueletterbible.org: 1 Chronicles 20:5)
Now we know, who the Gittite in the family of Goliath was: Lahmi. And he was Goliath's only brother (“the” brother, not “a” brother). Changing 2 Samuel 21:19 therefore was not adding to the Bible. It was explained in another part of the Word of God. We can be very sure of this, because, like a confirmation, the guy kille dby Elhana is described as “the staffe of whose speare was like a weauers beame” and “whose spearestaffe was like a weauers beame“. While David’s Goliath was bearing a sword.
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