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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.

Gob (Gezer)

Two fights with Philistine champions happened here. Sibbecai killed Saph, and Elhanan killed a brother of Goliath. Chronicles calls the place Gezer, and whether that is a copying difference or a nearby site is unclear.

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Two fights with Philistine champions happened here. Sibbecai killed Saph, and Elhanan killed a brother of Goliath. Chronicles calls the place Gezer, and whether that is a copying difference or a nearby site is unclear.

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Gob was the site of two battles between David's men and Philistine champions descended from the giants of Gath, in which Sibbecai killed Saph and Elhanan killed a brother of Goliath (2 Sam. 21:18-19). The parallel account in Chronicles calls the location Gezer instead (1 Chr. 20:4), and it is unclear whether this reflects a scribal variation or two nearby sites known by different names.

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H1359

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Where it appears
  • 2 Samuel 21:18
  • 2 Samuel 21:19

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