Fighting Philistine Giants^(A)

⁴ Afterwards, war broke out against the Philistines at Gezer, where Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Sippai, one of the descendants of the Rephaim,^[a] defeating the Philistines. ⁵ There was also another battle against the Philistines, when Jair’s son Elhanan killed Lahmi the Gittite, Goliath’s brother, whose spear was as big as^[b] a weaver’s beam. ⁶ There was also a battle at Gath, where there was a very tall man with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot—for a total of 24 digits—who was a descendant of the Rephaim.^{[c] 7} When he challenged Israel, Shimei’s son Jonathan, David’s nephew,^[d] killed him. ⁸ These descendants from the giants in Gath died at the hands of David and his servants.