The Hatfields and The McCoys

We've all heard of the feud between the Hatfield's and the McCoy's.  What I didn't realize was that there was a similar thing going on in the Old Testament.  Take a look.

1 Chronicles 20:4(NKJV)

4Now it happened afterward that war broke out at Gezer with the Philistines, at which time Sibbechai the Hushathite killed £Sippai, who was one of the sons of the giant. And they were subdued.

1 Chronicles 20:5(NKJV)

5Again there was war with the Philistines, and Elhanan the son of £Jair killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.

1 Chronicles 20:6-8(NKJV)

6Yet again there was war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature, with twenty-four fingers and toes, six on each hand and six on each foot; and he also was born to the giant. 

7So when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of £Shimea, David’s brother, killed him.

8These were born to the giant in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.

We all know the story of David and Goliath.  What I didn't realize was that it developed into a long running feud between David and his relatives and Goliath and his relatives. 

As the Old Testament tells us in Ecclesiastes, there is nothing new under the sun!