Reference: Jaare-oregim
Easton
forests of the weavers, a Bethlehemite (2Sa 21:19), and the father of Elhanan, who slew Goliath. In 1Ch 20:5 called JAIR.
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Fausets
2Sa 21:19. Father of Elhanan, a Bethlehemite, who slew Goliath (KJV "the brother of Goliath," to accord with 1Ch 20:5 and not to contradict 1 Samuel 17 where David kills Goliath). But the true reading is 1Ch 20:5; "Elhanan, the son of Jair, slew Lahmi (eth Lahmi being altered into Bethlehemi), the brother of Goliath (eth Goliath being substituted for ahiy Goliath). The change was the more readily made as Lahmi's spear is described exactly as Goliath's (1Sa 17:7). (See ELHANAN.) Oregim, "weavers," is a transcriber's accidental interpolation after "Jair," taken from the latter part of the verse. The ancient versions agree with the present Hebrew text, which shows the error is of very ancient date.
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Hastings
According to 2Sa 21:19, the name of the father of Elhanan, one of David's heroes; but according to 1Ch 20:5 his name was plain Jair. Obviously oregim ('weavers') has crept in from the next line. See Elhanan.
W. F. Cobb.