War with the Philistines

¹⁵ And ^(A)the Philistines were at war again with Israel, so David went down and his servants with him; and as they fought against the Philistines, David became weary. ¹⁶ Then Ishbi-benob, who was ^(B)among those born to the ^[a]giants, the weight of whose spear was ^[b]three hundred shekels of bronze in weight, ^[c]was girded with a new sword, and he ^[d]intended to strike down David. ¹⁷ But ^(C)Abishai the son of Zeruiah helped him, and struck the Philistine and put him to death. Then the men of David swore to him, saying, “^(D)You shall not go out again with us to battle, so that you do not extinguish ^(E)the lamp of Israel.”

^18 (F)Now it happened afterwards that there was war again with the Philistines at Gob; then ^(G)Sibbecai the Hushathite struck down Saph, who was among those born to the ^[e]giants. ¹⁹ There was war with the Philistines again at Gob, and Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim the Bethlehemite struck down ^[f]Goliath the Gittite, ^(H)the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam. ²⁰ Then there was war at Gath again, and 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 ^(I)to the ^[g]giants. ²¹ And he ^[h]reproached Israel, so Jonathan the son of Shimei, David’s brother, struck him down. ^22 (J)These four were born to the ^[i]giants in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.