18 (A)Now it happened afterward that there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob. Then (B)Sibbechai the Hushathite killed [a]Saph, who was one of the sons of [b]the giant. 19 Again there was war at Gob with the Philistines, where (C)Elhanan the son of [c]Jaare-Oregim the Bethlehemite killed (D)the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.

20 Yet again (E)there was war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature, who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in number; and he also was born to [d]the giant. 21 So when he (F)defied Israel, Jonathan the son of [e]Shimea, David’s brother, killed him.

22 (G)These four were born to [f]the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 21:18 Sippai, 1 Chr. 20:4
  2. 2 Samuel 21:18 Or Rapha
  3. 2 Samuel 21:19 Jair, 1 Chr. 20:5
  4. 2 Samuel 21:20 Or Rapha
  5. 2 Samuel 21:21 Shammah, 1 Sam. 16:9 and elsewhere
  6. 2 Samuel 21:22 Or Rapha

18 In the course of time, there was another battle with the Philistines, at Gob. At that time Sibbekai(A) the Hushathite killed Saph, one of the descendants of Rapha.

19 In another battle with the Philistines at Gob, Elhanan son of Jair[a] the Bethlehemite killed the brother of[b] Goliath the Gittite,(B) who had a spear with a shaft like a weaver’s rod.(C)

20 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. 21 When he taunted(D) Israel, Jonathan son of Shimeah,(E) David’s brother, killed him.

22 These four were descendants of Rapha in Gath, and they fell at the hands of David and his men.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 21:19 See 1 Chron. 20:5; Hebrew Jaare-Oregim.
  2. 2 Samuel 21:19 See 1 Chron. 20:5; Hebrew does not have the brother of.