18 (A)Now it came about after this that there was war again with the Philistines at Gob; then (B)Sibbecai the Hushathite struck and killed Saph, who was among the descendants of the [a]giant. 19 And there was war with the Philistines again at Gob, and Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim the Bethlehemite [b]killed [c]Goliath the Gittite, (C)the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam. 20 And there was war at Gath again, where there was a man of great stature who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in number; and he also had been born (D)to the [d]giant.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 21:18 Heb Raphah
  2. 2 Samuel 21:19 Lit struck
  3. 2 Samuel 21:19 In 1 Chr 20:5, Lahmi, the brother of Goliath
  4. 2 Samuel 21:20 Heb Raphah

18 In the course of time, there was another battle with the Philistines, at Gob. At that time Sibbekai(A) the Hushathite killed Saph, one of the descendants of Rapha.

19 In another battle with the Philistines at Gob, Elhanan son of Jair[a] the Bethlehemite killed the brother of[b] Goliath the Gittite,(B) who had a spear with a shaft like a weaver’s rod.(C)

20 In still another battle, which took place at Gath, there was a huge man with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot—twenty-four in all. He also was descended from Rapha.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 21:19 See 1 Chron. 20:5; Hebrew Jaare-Oregim.
  2. 2 Samuel 21:19 See 1 Chron. 20:5; Hebrew does not have the brother of.