2 Samuel 21:15-22

The Voice

¹⁵ Philistia and Israel were at war again, and David and his soldiers fought them long and hard until at last he grew weary. ¹⁶ Then Ishbi-benob (who was a descendant of Raphah) announced that he had come to kill David. He carried a bronze spear, the head of which weighed nearly 10 pounds, and he carried a new sword. ¹⁷ But Abishai, Zeruiah’s son, came to David’s aid. He attacked and killed this Philistine.

¹⁸ Later the Israelites fought the Philistines at Gob; and Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Saph, another Philistine warrior descended from the giant. ¹⁹ In another fight at Gob with the Philistines, Elhanan (son of Jaare-oregim of Bethlehem), killed the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear shaft was as large as a weaver’s beam. ²⁰ Then in a battle at Gath, they fought against another famous warrior. He was a huge man with 6 fingers on each hand and 6 toes on each foot—24 in all—and he was also descended from the giant. ²¹ When he insulted the people of Israel, Jonathan (the son of David’s brother Shimei) killed him. ²² All four of these great warriors were descended from the giant of Gath, but all of them were defeated by the skill of David and his men.