14 And the bones of Saul and of Jonathan his son buried they in the country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the grave of Kish his father: and when they had performed all that the King had commanded, God was then [a]appeased with the land.

15 ¶ Again the Philistines hath war with Israel: and David went down, and his servants with him, and they fought against the Philistines, and David fainted.

16 Then Ishbi-Benob which was of the sons of [b]Haraphah (the head of whose spear weighed three hundred [c]shekels of brass) even he being girded with a new sword, thought to have slain David.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 21:14 For where the magistrate suffereth faults unpunished, there the plague of God lieth upon the land.
  2. 2 Samuel 21:16 That is, of the race of giants.
  3. 2 Samuel 21:16 Which amount to nine pounds three quarters.

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