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(A)Now it happened afterwards, that war [a]broke out at [b]Gezer with the Philistines; then Sibbecai the Hushathite struck down Sippai, one among those born of the [c]giants, and they were subdued. And there was war with the Philistines again, and Elhanan the son of (B)Jair struck down Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the (C)shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam. Then there was war at Gath again, and there was a man of great stature who had twenty-four fingers and toes, six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot; and he also had been born to the giants. And he [d]reproached Israel, so Jonathan the son of Shimea, David’s brother, 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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  1. 1 Chronicles 20:4 Lit stood up
  2. 1 Chronicles 20:4 In 2 Sam 21:18, Gob
  3. 1 Chronicles 20:4 Heb Raphah, so in vv 6, 8
  4. 1 Chronicles 20:7 Or defied

War with the Philistines

Once again war broke out at Gezer with the Philistines. At that time Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Sippai, one of the descendants of the Rephah,[a] and the Philistines were subdued. In another war with the Philistines, Jair’s son Elhanan killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite. The shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s beam. At another war in Gath there was a huge man with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in all, who was also descended from Raphah. When he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of David’s brother Shimea killed him. These were descended from the Raphah in Gath, and they fell by the hands of David and his servants.

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  1. 1 Chronicles 20:4 Or giants; also in 20:6-7