And there was yet another battle with the Philistines: and Elhanan the son of Jair slew [a]Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff was like a weaver’s beam.

And yet again there was a battle at Gath, where was a man of a great stature, and his fingers were by [b]sixes, even four and twenty, and was also the son of Haraphah.

And when he reviled Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David’s brother did slay him.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 20:5 Read 2 Sam. 21:19.
  2. 1 Chronicles 20:6 Meaning, that he had six apiece on hands and feet.

In another battle with the Philistines, Elhanan son of Jair killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, who had a spear with a shaft like a weaver’s rod.(A)

In still another battle, which took place at Gath, there was a huge man with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot—twenty-four in all. He also was descended from Rapha. When he taunted Israel, Jonathan son of Shimea, David’s brother, killed him.

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