Goliath
Reply to Dan McClellan regarding the slaying of Goliath and textual criticism, attempting to show that the Bible is inconsistent about how killed Goliath.
In 1 Chronicles 20:5 Goliath is killed by a leader of David's army named Elhanan, a man who shares his name with another of David's leaders.
This Goliath's brother specifically targeted David a couple battles ago and his other brother was killed by David's nephew (who shares the name of David's best friend and his uncle). These giants are sons of "the" giant, and apparently have beef with David. Having just listed the 4 giants killed by people other than David, the chapter concludes saying that these were killed by David and his servants.
So, this Goliath of is definitely the same one that David supposedly killed because they have the same name and share a feature.
Makes sense.
The part about the translation of et is fascinating. Excellent evidence that the record of David existed prior to the Babylonian exile.