2 Samuel 21:16

Contemporary English Version

¹⁶One of the Philistine warriors was Ishbibenob, who was a descendant of the Rephaim,^[a] and he tried to kill David. Ishbibenob was armed with a new sword,^[b] and his bronze spearhead^[c] alone weighed about three and a half kilograms.

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Footnotes

21.16 Rephaim: This may refer to a group of people that lived in Palestine before the Israelites and who were famous for their large size.
21.16 new sword: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
21.16 spearhead: Or “helmet.”

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