2 Samuel 21:14-16

Contemporary English Version

^13-14 David had their bones taken to the land of Benjamin and buried in a side room in Saul's family burial place. Then he gave orders for the bones of the men who had been hanged^[a] to be buried there. It was done, and God answered prayers to bless the land.

The Descendants of the Rephaim

(1 Chronicles 20.4-8)

¹⁵ One time David got very tired when he and his soldiers were fighting the Philistines. ¹⁶ One of the Philistine warriors was Ishbibenob, who was a descendant of the Rephaim,^[b] and he tried to kill David. Ishbibenob was armed with a new sword,^[c] and his bronze spearhead^[d] alone weighed about three and a half kilograms.