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,^[a] said he intended to kill David. (His bronze spearhead weighed 300 shekels,^[b] and he carried state-of-the-art^[c] weaponry.) ¹⁷ But Zeruiah’s son Abishai came to David’s aid, attacked the Philistine, and killed him. After this, David’s army told him, “You’re not going out anymore with us to battle, so Israel’s beacon won’t be extinguished!” ¹⁸ Sometime later after this incident, there was another battle with the Philistines at Gob. Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Saph, who had been fathered by giants. ¹⁹ In yet another battle at Gob, Jaare-oregim the Bethlehemite’s son Elhanan killed Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear resembled that of a weaver’s beam. ²⁰ Later on, there was another battle at Gath, where there was a very tall man with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot—24 in number—who had also been fathered by giants. ²¹ When he defied Israel, David’s brother Shimeah’s son Jonathan killed him. ²² These four giants, who had been fathered by a giant in Gath, were killed at the hands of David and his servants.