Who Killed Goliath?
The New International Version (NIV) does say that David killed Goliath in First Samuel.
1 Samuel 17:48-51
As the Philistine moved closer to attack him, David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet him. Reaching into his bag and taking out a stone, he slung it and struck the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell facedown on the ground.
So David triumphed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone; without a sword in his hand he struck down the Philistine and killed him.
David ran and stood over him. He took hold of the Philistine’s sword and drew it from the sheath. After he killed him, he cut off his head with the sword. When the Philistines saw that their hero was dead…
However, the problem is, as you keep reading the NIV, eventually you will come across the same account in Second Samuel
2 Samuel 21:19
In another battle with the Philistines at Gob, Elhanan son of Jair, the Bethlehemite killed Goliath the Gittite, who had a spear with a shaft like a weaver’s rod.
In the KJV, it says that Elhanan killed--not Goliath, but--Goliath's brother, who was also at the battle between the Israelis and the Philistines when David killed Goliath.
2 Samuel 21:19
And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim, a Bethlehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.
In this passage in the NIV, someone other than David is said to have killed Goliath! The bible has a way of repeating itself to provoke you to study it in its entirety to get more info and details about another passage—to compare scripture with scripture!
Most people know the account of David and Goliath from First Samuel; but many don't go on to study out the other passages of scripture that speak about the account (found also in 1 Chronicles 20)! Someone reading the Second Samuel account in their NIV would have been confused, which is just what Satan desires. But our Apostle Paul says that God is not the author of confusion.
Satan is very subtle, he will not try to corrupt 1 Samuel 17 in other versions because he knows that that passage is very popular. But he will however, change the account in other places in those versions. He will choose less studied out passages, like the one in 2 Samuel 21. Satan is always banking on our ignorance, but God through our Apostle Paul would not have us ignorant.
Again, in 2 Samuel 21:19, in the NIV, someone else other than David is said to have killed Goliath, which is not true! When it comes to what I said about the NIV, I say it from experience, because it is the first version of the bible that I ever used when I got saved, until I found errors in it.
I believed the Lord Jesus Christ when he said that "Man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God." He also said to the Father "Sanctify them by Thy Truth, Thy word is truth." If we are to live by every word of God and if we are sanctified (set apart unto him) by his word of truth, then we need to have it perfectly right! So once I found this out about 10 years ago, I prayed and searched until I found a version without error, and that version was the KJV!
Even the so-called New King James Version (NKJV) has errors. Compare the following passages from the NKJV with the same in the KJV, and see how even the NKJV takes away from the Lord Jesus' glory.
When you study out all these passages between the NIV and NKJV, and compare it with the same verses in the KJV, you will see that the other versions take away from the Lord's glory, and waters down His faith and His position as God's only perfect Son!
In order for a person’s faith to increase, they must have words from God that they can trust! Here are more verses to study out and compare between the KJV and the NIV:
Mark 1:2, Acts 8:37, Acts 9:6, 1 Corinthians 1:18, Hebrews 3:16.
The issue with the other versions is not an issue of translation, but it is an issue of different underlying bible text.
Hopefully this helps!
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It’s important to note: Because the flaws in the modern versions have been exposed, publishers are making changes and publishing new, updated versions. In 2010 the publishers came out with an updated version of the NIV that made changes throughout, the account of David and Goliath being one of them. However, in order to stay true to the underlying text that the NIV is based on, they included a footnote stating the error about the account of David and Goliath.
2 Samuel 21:19
In another battle with the Philistines at Gob, Elhanan son of Jair the Bethlehemite killed the brother of[d] Goliath the Gittite, who had a spear with a shaft like a weaver’s rod.
[d] 2 Samuel 21:19 See 1 Chron. 20:5; Hebrew does not have the brother of.
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