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Why Is Goliath Killed Twice in the Bible?

Summary by TheCollector
David’s slaying of Goliath is one of the Bible’s most well-known stories. But the story’s plot line in the Hebrew Bible contains three confusing wrinkles. First, the reader is introduced to David twice in the narrative. Second, David meets Saul, the king of Israel, twice in the story, apparently for the first time in both instances. Third, David kills Goliath twice. These wrinkles resulted from how the text was constructed. Originally, there wer…
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TheCollector broke the news in on Sunday, June 15, 2025.
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