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War With the Philistines

After this, war arose at Gezer[a] with the Philistines. Then Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Sippai,[b] one of the descendants of Rapha the giant,[c] and the Philistines were subdued.

There was another battle with the Philistines. Elhanan, the son of Jair, killed Lahmi, the brother of Goliath the Gittite. The shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s beam.

There was another battle, this time at Gath. There was a very tall man who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, twenty-four digits in all. He also was descended from Rapha the giant.[d] He taunted Israel, but Jonathan, the son of Shimeah, David’s brother, killed him. These were descended from the giant in Gath. They fell by the hand of David and the men who served him.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 20:4 In 2 Samuel 21:18 this battle is located at Gob.
  2. 1 Chronicles 20:4 Also called Saph in 2 Samuel 21:18
  3. 1 Chronicles 20:4 Literally the Rephaim. Rapha was the ancestor of a group of very tall men who lived among the Philistines. They are called the Rephaim, and the valley where some of these battles were fought was named after them.
  4. 1 Chronicles 20:6 Literally the Rapha, which serves as the name of the patriarch of this clan of giants, also in verse 8

The Philistine Giants Slain

And after this there arose a war in Gezer with the Philistines. Then Sibbecai the Hushathite struck down Sippai, one of the descendants of the Rephaim. And they were subdued. And again there was war with the Philistines. And Elhanan son of Jair struck down Lahmi, the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam. And again there was war in Gath. And there was a very tall[a] man there, and he had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in all.[b] He himself was also a descendant of the Rephaim. And he taunted Israel, but Jehonathan son of Shimea, brother of David, struck him down. These were born to the giants in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 20:6 Literally “measured”
  2. 1 Chronicles 20:6 Literally “and his fingers, six and six, twenty-four”