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14 and they buried Saul’s bones and his son Jonathan’s bones in the territory of Benjamin in Zela, in the tomb of Saul’s[a] father Kish. After they had done everything that the king commanded, God responded to prayers for the land.[b]

Israel Battles Four Giants from Gath(A)

15 Afterwards, war broke out between the Philistines and Israel, so David went down to fight the Philistines. David became weary, 16 and Ishbi-benob, who had been fathered by giants,[c] said he intended to kill David. (His bronze spearhead weighed 300 shekels,[d] and he carried state-of-the-art[e] weaponry.)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 21:14 Lit. his
  2. 2 Samuel 21:14 Cf. 2Sam 24:25
  3. 2 Samuel 21:16 Lit. by the Rapha; and so throughout the chapter
  4. 2 Samuel 21:16 I.e., about seven and a half pounds at 0.4 shekels per ounce
  5. 2 Samuel 21:16 Or newly-issued; lit. newly girded