(A)Now it came about after this, that war [a]broke out at [b]Gezer with the Philistines; then Sibbecai the Hushathite [c]killed Sippai, one of the descendants of the [d]giants, and they were subdued. And there was war with the Philistines again, and Elhanan the son of (B)Jair [e]killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the (C)shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam. Again there was war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature who had twenty-four fingers and toes, six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot; and he also was descended from the giants. When he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea, David’s brother, [f]killed him. These were descended from the giants in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.

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  1. 1 Chronicles 20:4 Lit stood up
  2. 1 Chronicles 20:4 In 2 Sam 21:18, Gob
  3. 1 Chronicles 20:4 Lit struck
  4. 1 Chronicles 20:4 Heb Raphah, and so in vv 6, 8
  5. 1 Chronicles 20:5 Lit struck
  6. 1 Chronicles 20:7 Lit struck

Fighting Philistine Giants(A)

Afterwards, war broke out against the Philistines at Gezer, where Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Sippai, one of the descendants of the Rephaim,[a] defeating the Philistines. There was also another battle against the Philistines, when Jair’s son Elhanan killed Lahmi the Gittite, Goliath’s brother, whose spear was as big as[b] a weaver’s beam. There was also a battle at Gath, where there was a very tall man with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot—for a total of 24 digits—who was a descendant of the Rephaim.[c] When he challenged Israel, Shimei’s son Jonathan, David’s nephew,[d] killed him. These descendants from the giants in Gath died at the hands of David and his servants.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 20:4 Or the giants
  2. 1 Chronicles 20:5 Lit. was like
  3. 1 Chronicles 20:6 Or the giants
  4. 1 Chronicles 20:7 Lit. brother