Author Topic: Is Uriah the Hittite a Giant Slayer (Read 1469 times)

Dario Dante · « **on:** March 24, 2012, 08:37:58 PM »

I was reading a book about Benniah and at the end it said that his name got changed to Uriah. So didn't Benniah kill the Huge Egyptian?? So doesn't that make him a Giant Slayer, meaning that Goliath can't return Uriah the Hittite to territory. Or am I wrong??

THANKS,

-DARiO-

Arrthoa · « **Reply #1 on:** March 24, 2012, 09:11:20 PM »

if you read in the Bible Joab helped kill Uriah. Benaiah killed Joab so the name change isn't by the Bible. About the Giant Slayer I am not to sure if it would make him one.

Praeceps · « **Reply #2 on:** March 24, 2012, 09:23:52 PM »

Two things:

1. I'm not sure where you are getting Benniah's name change from, but if you are right, that would still be a different character from Uriah the Hittite. UtH was a unique person, namely the husband of Bathsheba, so he's not just any Uriah.

2. The Huge Egyptian isn't classified as a Giant in the REG or anywhere else that I've found, so Benniah/Uriah wouldn't be considered a Giant Slayer.

Wings of Music · « **Reply #3 on:** March 24, 2012, 09:43:27 PM »

Huge Egyptian isn't a Giant? Interesting. Could the Elders affirm or negate this statement?

Tom Bombadil · « **Reply #4 on:** March 24, 2012, 10:06:33 PM »

Personally as far as I knew the Huge Egyptian was considered a giant because Caleb could remove him from the game according to every scenario I've been in where that came up. But that's just me.

Redoubter · « **Reply #5 on:** March 24, 2012, 10:14:42 PM »

Quote from: Tom Bombadil on March 24, 2012, 10:06:33 PM

Personally as far as I knew the Huge Egyptian was considered a giant because Caleb could remove him from the game according to every scenario I've been in where that came up. But that's just me.

A quote on this situation from as far back as 2009:

Quote from: Bryon on May 03, 2009, 11:38:34 AM

not a giant, just huge

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So it looks like this is the ruling as of now. It is not mentioned anywhere on the card or in the identifiers anywhere the card is listed. Therefore, unless you can find archaeological proof that this Huge Egyptian was a giant (I believe the standard of evidence involves finding his body and presenting it to be authenticated), it is not a giant.

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MitchRobStew · « **Reply #6 on:** March 25, 2012, 04:21:28 PM »

Quote from: Rockyaacdtm on March 24, 2012, 08:37:58 PM

I was reading a book about Benniah and at the end it said that his name got changed to Uriah. So didn't Benniah kill the Huge Egyptian?? So doesn't that make him a Giant Slayer, meaning that Goliath can't return Uriah the Hittite to territory. Or am I wrong??

THANKS,

-DARiO-

If you are talking about Day of War (Cliff Graham) it was Keth who had his name changes to Uriah not Benaiah.

Tom Bombadil · « **Reply #7 on:** March 26, 2012, 12:09:40 AM »

Well according to what I know and the amazing plethora of knowledge from wikipedia, Uriah the Hittite was only involved in being indirectly murdered by David by having his men retreat from the front lines so he can be killed so David could have his wife. And I just did a bit of research on the huge Egyptian, not finding anything, so I went straight to the card, and the reference on the card said nothing about the Egyptian being a giant, from what I could see, it seemed that most of the giants still remaining in that time were in the Philistine camp.

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