Battles With the Philistine Giants

¹⁵ War occurred again between the Philistines and Israel. So David went down with his troops and fought against the Philistines. David became very tired. ¹⁶ Ishbi Benob was one of the descendants of Rapha the giant.^[a] His bronze spear weighed more than seven pounds,^[b] and he was equipped with a new weapon. He said that he was going to kill David. ¹⁷ Abishai son of Zeruiah came to David’s aid. He attacked the Philistine and killed him. Then David’s men swore to him, “You are not to go out to battle with us anymore, so that you do not put out the lamp of Israel.”

¹⁸ After this, there was another battle with the Philistines at Gob, in which Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Saph, who was also descended from Rapha the giant.

¹⁹ There was yet another battle with the Philistines at Gob. Elhanan son of Jair, the Bethlehemite, killed the brother of Goliath the Gittite,^[c] whose spear shaft was like a weaver’s beam.

²⁰ There was war again in Gath. There was a very tall man who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in all. He also was descended from Rapha the giant. ²¹ When he taunted Israel, Jonathan son of Shimeah,^[d] the brother of David, killed him. ²² These four were descended from Rapha the giant in Gath. They fell at the hand of David and his servants.